The BRIT School has been around for 23 years. That’s a pretty long time. And over the years, the school has been hailed as the factory of manufactured pop with artists such as Jessie J, Amy Winehouse and Katy B being sung from the hymn sheet which is the BRIT school alumni. But does really everyone who graduates become an instant superstar or do the rest just, *shock horror* go on to mundanity and normal life?
I’m a fresh graduate from the school and I have now been thrust out of the warm bubble of school life into the harsh reality of work and bills. I’m not a singer. Nor a dancer. I wouldn’t really call myself anything really but I have skills which will, hopefully, do me some good in the long run.
The main problem and stereotype that surrounds the school is that everyone sings and dances on the tables or in the corridors. There is an element to truth to that; I’ve danced upon a couple canteen tables in my time. However, the annoying fact is that the non performing students pretty much go unnoticed. There are artists, graphic designers, animators and radio presenters haunting the corridors of the school. Yet.. they’ll probably not be hailed as prestigious alumni. Although, a lot of students have gone on to work on million-dollar projects and film sets, but because they’re behind instead of in front of the camera, they’re not recognized.
And that kind of sucks. But I get it.
At the end of the day, we all worked pretty hard to get there and stay there. So, the singers that do go on to become megastars, nice one. Because you most likely worked pretty damn hard on getting there. But to the rest of you, the ones heaped in the edit suites, radio studios and stuffy TV galleries.. I salute you.
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