Brighton Institute of Modern Music
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| Established: | 2001 |
| Students: | 750 |
| Location: | Brighton, UK |
| Campus: | BIMM East in Brighton BIMM West in Hove |
| Website: | http://www.bimm.co.uk |
The Brighton Institute of Modern Music is a modern popular music college based in the city of Brighton & Hove (England).
The University of Sussex acts as the validating authority for all undergraduate awards taught at BIMM.[1]
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[edit] History
BIMM was conceived by musicians Bruce John Dickinson, Kevin Nixon and Damian Keyes and former Sony Music business manager Sarah Clayman,[2] who between them have sold six million records worldwide and enjoyed fifty chart hits. BIMM was founded at the BIMM East facility in 2001, then proceeded to open its doors at West in 2005.
In the 1980s Dickinson was a member of the band Little Angels. After his career was over when the band was dropped after the Grunge boom in 1991, he then realised that there was a need for a modern music college. Dickinson and the three co-founding Directors set up BIMM in Rock Street, with Ronan Keating sponsoring a group of students, and U2 and the Divine Comedy loaning equipment.[3]
Every year, all the students compete for their tracks to be included on the BIMM charity record How To Mend A Broken Pier. Now on its fifth volume, the funds from downloads and local record sales support Childline and The Orpheus music centre for disabled young people.[4]
[edit] Facilities
- BIMM EAST - located in the Rock Place, Brighton. The original building where BIMM opened in 2001. An 800 sq ft (70 m²) performance / lecture studio, with three dedicated teaching studios and a tutorial / A&R Guidance room.
- BIMM WEST - a 9,000 sq ft (800 m²) facility located in Brunswick Street West, Hove. The facilities include two drum kited rooms, a 60 ft live performance room, two mirrored vocal rooms, two guitar rooms with choice amp heads, a bass room also with Ampeg etc, a songwriting room with studio and a student common room
- BIMM Protools Studio - a professional recording studio, which is supplemented by access to other studios across Brighton and Hove
There will also soon be a new BIMM campus in Bristol, although very little information has been released about this and the courses it will offer so far.
BIMM also has weekly access to Brighton based live music venue CONCORDE 2. Over two days in the week, students over the different courses have access to the full facilities and there are a minimum of seven gigs throughout the BIMM academic year, the main three occurring at the end of each BIMM term.
[edit] Alumni
- The Kooks - Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Luke Pritchard got bassist Max Rafferty involved in a college project, which formed the base of the band. They later were joined by fellow students lead guitarist Hugh Harris and drummer Paul Garred[5]
- Beth Rowley - singer/song writer of R&B and Soul music
- Speedway
- Kate Nash - Solo artist and one of the first to gain true notoriety through the Myspace artist phenomenon.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) : Partnership Office : University of Sussex
- ^ metaluk.com music news / BRIGHTON INSTITUTE OF MODERN MUSIC Rock For Charity
- ^ BBC NEWS | Education | Learning to rock and roll
- ^ metaluk.com music news / BRIGHTON INSTITUTE OF MODERN MUSIC Rock For Charity
- ^ :: SoundStation - INSIDE THE KOOKS
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