Why I chose the entertainment industry

I can remember the first time I saved for my own concert tickets. I was 14 and I washed my dads car every week until I had enough money to pay for it before I trekked up to Wembley to watch one of my favourite bands (You Me At Six, Final Night of Sin). That was the first time I experienced that moment and I think that was when I decided I wanted to work in entertainment and the feeling never left. You know when the lights are dark, the band is about to come onto stage, everyone in the crown has that sense of anticipation and excitement and every releases that breath in the same second when the music starts, lights flash and then boom. Call it what you want, but I have never felt so alive as I do in those few seconds.

I think myself as lucky that I worked this out so young. I worked hard outside school: in my own music, writing for a music blog where they gave me free tickets to review shows, organising music events at school, doing work experiences at Army Music, Kerrang Magazine, reading everything I could get my hands on and low key stalking people like Grace Archuleta who had jobs I could dream of. Throughout that though, people laughed or shook their heads and rolled their eyes telling me to pursue a real job or thinking I just wanted to meet famous people. But I always shrugged it off and would say 'Someone has to do it, why can't it be me?'. There are so many reasons I want to work in the industry, but I'll focus on the main three.

1) Being part of the love

As I mentioned before, that moment of being one person in a crowd of equally dedicated fans all there to share someone we loved really appealed to me. I really enjoyed working for consumer brands, but the love people have for their favourite brand of suncream is nothing compared to the passion from their favourite singer or actor or baseball player. Have you ever seen anyone cry over getting the new Fairy Liquid? People have so much love and passion for these series or songs and to be even a small part of this would be amazing. I used to help a friend's band get gigs and I stood there one day watching them on stage and people dancing to them and to know I was involved was insane.

2) Constantly Changing & Evolving

I think the entertainment industry is one of the best at keeping up with modern trends and also resurging old ones. Everyone on their phones more? Ditch CDs and get music on the device. Live tv numbers are going down because people are watching catch up or streaming it on Netflix. It's a very adaptable industry and there is no threat that it's going to die out, but I think this sense of who knows what's going to be popular in 10 years is exciting. Technology aside, the actual heart of entertainment evolves too. Currently there's an element of girl power dominating the music industry with artists like Ariana Grande, Little Mix & Nina Nesbitt. The cheesy 00s Katherine Heigl style rom-coms have moved aside for these big budget Marvel type films. Who knows what'll be next?

3) Go Crazy

Like I said, people love this industry. Beyonce dropped Lemonade overnight with no warning and everybody went insane over it. Although that in itself was a PR tactic, it says a lot about the industry. Because there is an element of you'll get a reaction regardless of the publicity stunt there gives a lot more room to be creative and maybe do something a bit crazy. Think Rihanna's 777 tour or the HIStory launch where they sent giant Michael Jackons down the Thames or Ariana Grande incorporating 4 of the most well known teen flicks into her music videos. Dont get me wrong, you can get pulled off that Pedestal before you can blink but there is something in having a big budget and the freedom to be really creative compared to the more mundane PR of selling a suncream.