A musician from the English rock band LOWER THAN ATLANTIS will to help give FREE music lessons at Guildford to celebrate National Learn To Play Day. With National Learn To Play Day coming up soon the ACM [Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music] are celebrating early by giving away FREE music lessons on 18th June at…
THE ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (ACM), the world leader in music industry education, has announced that it is to take a 20-year lease charge for the Guildford arts venue known as The Electric Theatre. ACM’s 21-year history and 10,000 alumni legacy has made it a major player in the Guildford community, having generated and invested…
The Academy of Contemporary Music Surrey UK has announced the very first recipient of the prestigious Freddie Mercury Scholarship. The winner, Arjelevez Maxwell, was chosen due to her outstanding talent for songwriting, her passion and potential. Arjelevez will study the Music Industry Practice degree — completely debt free — and will be based at the…
Surrey band BRIGHTLIGHT CITY have announced the release of their new single titled “Thieves” We have always thought the band is sensational, with “diamond sharp lyrics and chirpily relentless vocals” coupled with “insistent choruses that drill into your skull and find places to curl up to slumber- burst out later to surprise you…” The band…
The Lost Songs campaign aims to seek out the very best songs that have been written but never recorded. The album was recorded at Metropolis Studios where an average of 50% of the UK’s Top 40 Chart is recorded, mixed or mastered. It will be released on M:89 Records. The brainchild of Ticking Tree’s songwriter ‘ADMAN’ Lost Songs is there…
Since graduating from the Academy of Contemporary Music in 2012 guitar player CARMEN VANDENBERG has hit the ground running – fast tracking a career in the music industry. She performed in BONES alongside singer ROSIE BONES on a sold out European tour, she has also worked with Roger Taylor, Dave Stewart, Kate Nash, Roger Mayer and…
The new single “Love You More” by KATY HURT from Windlesham, Surrey has topped the iTunes Country Charts this week The Academy Of Contemporary Music alumni has been busily pulling in fans since she completed her course in Guildford in March. With an ever-growing fan-base the chances of global success for this young country singer…
The English folk musician, singer-songwriter and mult-instrumentalist Dave Swarbrick has died — 3 June 2016. Swarbrick is most famous for his work with Fairport Convention [1969-1984] and, in particular, the innovative Liege and Lief album (1969) which featured the vocal talents of Sandy Denny and kick-started the electric folk movement. Born in New Malden, Surrey, the family…
A Lingfield, Surrey indie rock four-piece band (now based in Guildford and studying at the Academy of Contemporary Music) calling themselves “Sweet Revenge” delivered a superior performance at the Surrey Young Superstars Award this year, held at the upscale Guildford Harbour hotel on Sunday, May 8th. The young band won a contest organized by the Academy…
SKINDRED SHARE SECRETS OF SURVIVAL FOR STUDENTS OF SURREY SKINDRED’S frontman Benji Webbe and guitarist Mikey Demus dropped into Guildford’s ACM (Academy Of Contemporary Music) in Surrey to talk to the students about how best to endure and deliver in the music business. They also played a special acoustic set. Formed in 1998, SKINDRED have…
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