Journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer once pointed out that music is the hardest thing to write about — get it right, you are ready to write about anything.
The Observer feature writer also explained if you can extract a killer quote from a pop star who has been talking constantly for the past five hours — maybe even the past five months — on the same subject, then you can get a good interview out of anyone.
And if the roll-call of graduates from the weekly music press is anything to go by — including columnist Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons, author, broadcaster and journalist, who both started their journalism careers at NME — it seems that making your name is music writing can set you up for a very exciting career indeed.
So, if you want to know what it takes to break into — and succeed — in music journalism, we’ve assembled a panel of experts to answer your questions.
