You know the names of all the best new artists and where their records got to in the charts or maybe you’ve been watching MTV and like the lifestyle that you see some of these artists living; from their MTV Cribs, to their pimped out rides and now you're dying to join one of the UK's most glamorous and successful industries.

Well, you're not alone. Every year, hundreds of school leavers and college graduates, not to mention other young people who feel they're wasted in dead-end jobs, share the same dream as you.

Sadly, for almost all of them, that's all it will ever be, for the simple reason that there are few jobs going and the competition is fierce indeed. It may make huge headlines, but the music industry in the UK is actually quite small and only employs around 125,000 people. The latest study taken in 2004 showed that only 20.5% of media graduates go onto work within the field of media and entertainment.

However this is not to say that there are not career opportunities. If anything there are more now than ever before; the youth market drives today's music industry so record companies are always looking for bright young newcomers who can keep them in the loop with the latest trends.

Unfortunately you won't find many of those jobs advertised in the papers.

Most vacancies are filled by people who hear of them by word of mouth or simply being in the right place at the right time. So it's only the lucky ones who are able to turn their passion for music into a career for life by landing that vital first job and getting their feet on the bottom rung of the ladder.

If you are serious about getting into the music industry then “Origins Media Industry” is where you need to be. With a break down of the way in which different departments in the industry function, in depth interviews with the people in those positions giving advice on the best way to get in the game, a jobs and intern board, seminar and networking events, reading lists, useful trade associations and websites as well information on how to secure funding for musicians and young entrepreneurs Origins Media Industry is all you need to get ahead of the pack.