Tech Music Schools is
composed of Drumtech, Vocaltech, Guitar-X, Bass
Guitar-X and Keyboardtech and is
situated in Acton
, West
London. It is a group of contemporary music schools that
trains musicians for the music industry in the following
disciplines: drums, vocals, guitar, bass guitar and keyboard.The
schools are known for their notable alumni, including
Radiohead's
Phil Selway
and
Ed O'Brien.
History
Founded in 1983 by drum tutor Francis Seriau, and described as the
original contemporary music schools, they have grown into
comprehensive contemporary music colleges that train musicians to
be professional performers.
Accredited by
Thames Valley
University, Tech Music Schools offer a
Bachelor of Music degree, Two Year Diploma
in Higher Education,
Certificate of Higher
Education (Popular Music Practice), One Year Diploma, 3 Month
Certificate, Part-Time Courses and Private lessons, delivered by a
faculty of teachers who are also working professionals.Tech Music
Schools are internationally known and have significant numbers of
students from Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA.Drumtech was
featured in the 2007
BBC documentary series
Play It Again (episode 3), where
celebrity Aled Jones was taught by Drumtech's own tutor Erik Stams
to play the drums.A poll to find the greatest guitar riffs of all
time amongst students from Tech Music Schools received huge media
attention in 2008/9. It was featured as the main story on the BBC
Breakfast news on Wednesday 2 April 2008, as well as in the Daly
Mail, The Telegraph, and The Metro. The results of the poll sparked
widepread debate through comments in response to online
articles.
Patrons
Nick BeggsSam
BrownBilly CobhamJason CooperGary
HusbandJohn JorgensenAndy NewmarkBilly
OceanRick Wakeman
Notable alumni
- Mick Avory - The
Kinks
- Richard Beasley - Gary Numan
- Olly Betts- The Duke Spirit,
- Jon Brookes - Charlatans
- Julien Brown -
A1, Will Young,
Kylie Minogue, Romeo, Heather Small,
Lynden David Hall, Mica Paris, Kano
, Mariah Carey
- Me'sha Bryan - Bryan Ferry
- Luke Bullen - KT Tunstall, Joe
Strummer
- Rob Cieka - Boo
Radleys
- Laurence Colbert - Supergrass, Ride, The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Jason Cooper - The Cure
- Nathan "Tugg" Curran - Basement Jaxx, Reef
- Mark Decloedt - EMF
- Aaron
‘Breakbeat’ Fagan AKA Breakbeat
UKSP - Estelle, David Sneddon, Kanye
West, Brandy, Marlon Saunders, Will
Smith, John Legend, Nate James, N-Dubz,
Lethal Bizzle, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, Black Eyed
Peas, Chris Brown
- Graham Godfrey - Gabrielle, Soweto
Kinch
- Brian Greene - George Benson, Cliff
Richard
- Dominic Greensmith - Reef, Kubb
- Victoria Hart
- Mark Heaney - The Seahorses
- Ged Lynch - Black Grape, Peter
Gabriel, Electronic, Public
Enemy
- Tom Meadows - Lucie Silvas, Girls
Aloud, Duffy
- Aditya Narayan - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
- Ed O'Brien - Radiohead
- Andie Rathbone - Mansun
- Mark Roberts - Massive Attack, Neneh
Cherry, D:Ream
- Phil Selway - Radiohead
- Ashley Soan - Faithless, Squeeze,
Del Amitri, Hear'Say, Lewis
Taylor
- Sebastian Steinberg -
Lily Allen
- Amy Studt
- Justin Welch - Elastica
- Pick Withers - Dire Straits
Scholarships and Bursaries
The schools run a large number of high profile scholarships with
various magazines and other media partners including
EMI's Music Sound Foundation bursaries which are awarded
to only 7 colleges in the UK and whose Patrons include
Sir George Martin,
Sir Paul McCartney,
Yoko Ono,
Sir Simon
Rattle,
Sir Cliff Richard,
Diana Ross,
Mstislav Rostropovich and
Tina Turner.Ongoing scholarship partners
include;
The Stage,
Marshall Amplification, Rhythm
magazine, Total Guitar magazine, Guitar Part magazine (French),
Percussioni magazine (Italian).The schools have made a pledge to
support the aims of the
Music
Manifesto.
References
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