Tony Ereira’s job in investment banking took him around the world – now he is helping promising musicians in Yorkshire move their own careers to the next level. His award-winning organisation Come Play With Me supports artists from under-represented groups and marginalised communities in a variety of ways – from releasing their music to putting on workshops about promoting their work and making their finances work.
He co-launched a company called Hatch Records, which following a merger became Clue Records. “Very quickly I kept meeting lots of young folks who would be trying to start their music careers, get to their mid-20s and see their friends settling down and think they need to get a ‘real job’. No one is pretending that it is easy to make life work in music and the arts in general but I wanted to see what I could to help. That was the genesis of Come Play With Me.