A new Brighton based music school - the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) – has confirmed Martin McCarrack (Therapy), Skye Edwards (Morcheeba), Ace and Mark Richardson (Skunk Anansie), Rob Harris (Jamiroquai) and Carleen Anderson (Brand New Heavies) are amongst its teaching staff. Founded and funded by industry veterans Bruce Dickinson, Kevin Nikon, Sarah Clayman and Damien Keyes, the school is offering courses designed to give practical help to artists at the ‘intermediate stage’ in their careers. Ronan Keating has sponsored several tuitions for the year-long vocalist course, and will judge the first round of auditions in August. "I'm very happy to help out," Keating told reporters. "There's so many talented new artists out there, sometimes they need a helping hand to get them started in the music industry." A songwriting course, supported by BMG Publishing, will feature tutorials with seasoned writers such as Mark Flannery (Def Leppard, Tom Jones, U2), and Ian Ramage, managing director of BMG Publishing. There will also be a songwriting competition sponsored by Neil Hannon of Divine Comedy, who will conduct master classes along with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
Jul 23, 2002
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Musicians line up to teach
A new Brighton music school, BIMM, has signed musicians including Martin McCarrack, Skye Edwards and Ronan Keating as teachers and sponsors for its year-long courses.