1.2 Case study of people within the creative and media industry

Paul Mardles

Occupation: journalist
Paul Mardles has worked on many topics in journalism. However, he mainly focuses on writing about music. During Paul’s job he has to know what types of music are popular. So he has to conduct interviews with people of the public in order to understand their views in music. Some of the advantages in Paul’s job are that he gets the chance to meet interesting people. In his opinion he believes that one of the most difficult and important things that he has to do during his job is keeping up with the deadlines. The other most difficult thing that he has to do during his job is to be careful when writing an article to make sure that is doesn’t gain a bad reputation. When asked about the amount of money that he gets paid, although he doesn’t give a specific amount, he does say that the amount that he is given varies quite often. Another advantage that he has added is that he gets to travel to a variety of countries such as Australia, America and Denmark for the purpose of interviewing. During his the times that he is conducting his interview he starts off by asking questions that are quite easy to answer, so that the interviewee will open up to him


Marcel Pusey

Occupation: Composer, Bassist, founder of Bassistry Music Productions and also the creator of the O-generator, Bassist for the band Bassistry. Marcel had studied Jazz at the Western Australian Conservatorium at brief time. When he returned to London, he studied a combination both business and finance at Greenwich University along while touring with an African band called Kariba. Marcel has managed to develop Bassistry music productions in three different areas and those are composition, education and multimedia. Marcel has also managed to produce two albums, which are well received. Some of the other things that Marcel was done are writing music for television companies such as BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He has also composed for multimedia companies.


Kevin Leo

Occupation: Song Writer
Kevin Leo is known by being a South African opera singer. He also performs regularly with a person known as Jakkie Louw. Jakkie works under the stage name of Jackal and Leo, and with Mathys Roets and Danie Niehaus three of the best on. During 1994 he was called to the Crescendo competition.