EDUCATION: SCHOOLS OF ROCK

There is still a long way to go before the industry really opens up to the talent being produced by the colleges. "The problem is that the industry spends its whole life in a kind of paranoia, looking over its shoulder wondering if it's still got a job next week," says Kevin Nixon, one of BIMM's founding directors. "We've got to take a more mature, long-term view. There will always be a music business and we've got the responsibility of shaping its future.