Amersham Music

Offering practical academic qualifications with extensive industry links and work experience at Reading, Wireless and Download Festivals, as well as production days with bands such as The Killers, RHCP, The Script, Rammstien and Kings of Leon

Links with Industry

Avid Pro Tools training partner http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/pro-tools
Pro Tools is the most used audio recording and editing software in profgessional studios.

Alternator Gigs - http://www.alternatorgigs.co.uk/ Over the last 12 years we have arranged over 500 events encompassing over 2,000 bands. Alternator is now recognised globally as one of the leading independent promoters of Rock and Alternative music in the UK. Previously artists booked include: Enter Shikari, Funeral For A Friend, Skindred, While She Sleeps, Your Demise, Don Broco, Jettblack, Throwdown, The Skints, Strung Out, Hacktivist, Voodoo Glow Skulls & many more. Also books for Bucks New University Crash Rock Club. http://www.facebook.com/crashrockclub

Focusrite/Novation sponsored edit suite - http://uk.focusrite.com/home , http://uk.novationmusic.com/home

Emeraz https://www.emeraz.com One of the fastest growing online resources for songwriters and composers in Europe, with direct links to publishers and record labels.

Leo Crabtree - Touring drummer with the Prodigy from ACS.

In college record label - Sham Records
https://soundcloud.com/sham-records/sets/sham-records-vol-6-1

Integrated Industry Projects

Local High Wycombe Music Fesitval Frogfest.
Alternator Gigs @ BNU Student Union & Scorpios.
All ages shows @ The Roundhouse with DriveFire Promotions. www.facebook.com/soundstudio.gigs
Bucks Country Council Youth Music Project Soundstudio http://www.soundstudio.org.uk/ who provided musical development for Leigh- Anne Pinnock from Little Mix

Experience-Resources

Over 10 year’s experience as an Events Promoter, working with the likes of Sikth, Skindred, Funeral for a Friend.

Over 7 year’s experience Youth Music Worker at Bucks Country Council Youth Music Project Soundstudio

Press & Promotions Coordinator for EMI Music working on projects for Kelis and Mel C

Tour manager with 15 year’s experience for Labarinth, Lawson, Hard Fi, Lady Sovereign, The Charlatans, Badly Drawn Boy, The Future Heads, Jurassic 5, The Cribs, Natasha Bedingfield, The Waterboys.

15 years experience in music performance course leadership.

8 years experience in professional functions band.

10 Year experience working in the live music industry as backline tech and production manager. Alongside bands such as Muse, Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasbian, Kula Shaker, The Killers, Bluetones and The Libertines . As well as experience in working at Glastonbury, Reading/Leeds. T in the Park, V Festival, Guilfest, Frequency Festival in Austria and Oxegen Festival.

Performance lecturers who have performed Birmingham Symphony Hall, Stockton International Arts Festival and Barbican. As member of Mercury Signed band Delta - Performed at T in the Park, Sheperds Bush Empire, Scala, Camden Barfly, Manchester Academy, 100 club, Metro. Has featured in NME and Q magazine. As a Singer Songwriter has had music featured on BBC, ITV and on Film.

Qualifications

Bmus Hons Composition form Birmingham Conservatoire
BA Honours Music Industry Management from Buckinghamshire Chiltern University
BA Honours Music Technology from Rose Bruford

Work Experience Opportunities

BT Live Students played on bandstand stage at Hyde Park during The Olympics.

Backstage production days at Reading, Leeds, Wireless and Download Festivals. Previous other gigs attended: Kings of Leon at Hyde Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Script, The Australian Pink Floyd & Rammstein.

Past artist liaison opportunities with Beyonce At Twickenham stadium.

www.readipop.com

Oftsed Grade 2

Alumni

George Lindsay – Drummer with Futures https://www.facebook.com/futuresband
Sean Semmens – Guitarist with Coastal Cities https://www.facebook.com/CoastalCities
Declan Cullen - Lead singer with Coastal Cities
Dan Graham – Drummer with This is Freedom (now known as Runner) http://www.therunnerofficial.com/ Featured on opening credits on Hollywood film The Chalet Girl
Charlie Costello - Guitarist & lead vocal with Big Sixes http://bigsixes.com/ https://www.facebook.com/omegasixes
Nicole Bernard – Drummer with Rouge https://www.facebook.com/RougeGirls
Amir Sharma – Lead singer Jackson Live – Michael Jackson tribute act.
Jack Carrack – Drummer with Tinlin http://www.tinlinmusic.com/
Ross O’Reilly – Solo artist
Rob Lehane – Vocalist with Primitive Graven Image http://www.primitivegravenimage.com/
Marc Gambrell – Guitarist with Replica https://www.facebook.com/replicarockaholics
Rhys Morgan – Bassist with Replica
Jack Hollywood – Guitarist with Confront the Carnage https://www.facebook.com/ConfrontTheCarnage