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Bristol Sounds and Systems: Pursuing A Career In The Music Industry
For those of you who are interested in the music industry – listen up! Whether you’re an aspiring artist or keen to conquer live events or even promoting artists. BIMM Institute Bristol are hosting a free event which will see key speakers talk about their experiences and give an insight to the industry.
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You’ll be in safe hands as influential music and media academic and author Dr Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike will be hosting the event, having worked with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Eminiem and Dr. Dre to name a few. She is also BIMM Institute’s Global Music Ambassador.
Dr Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike will be hosting. Image by Alex Hurst.
Speaking on the event, Dr Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike says: “I am so honoured to be hosting Bristol Sounds and Systems: Pursuing a Career in the Music Industry at BIMM Institute Bristol. It will be incredible to share the stage with some of my personal heroes and makers of the iconic soundscape of British music.
Bringing together everyone from Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award nominated Jeremy Pritchard of Everything Everything to Will Sergeant, founding member of the iconic Echo and the Bunnymen, with key media makers from the city should provide current and future students with a real-world and practical look at the plethora of career opportunities that this dynamic area offers”.
The event will also feature an exclusive and intimate in-conversation with Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen, Jeremy Pritchard of Everything Everything and Bristol based punk band Heavy Lungs.
Emma Garland (VICE UK) will also be giving a talk. Image by Christopher Bethell Photography.
There will be an arsenal of music industry professionals there to give advice to young creatives. Also giving their experiences and pearls of wisdom will be Emma Garland (Features Editor VICE UK), Roisin O’Connor (Music Correspondent, The Independent) and Richard Pitt (BBC Introducing). This will also showcase BIMM Institute’s Music Business, Event Management and brand-new Music Marketing, Media and Communication (MMMC) courses.
Bristol Sounds and Systems – Pursuing A Career In The Music Industry will be Saturday April 4 at BIMM Institute Bristol.
For more information and to reserve your place, visit: https://www.bimm.ac.uk/events/sounds-and-systems-pursuing-a-career-in-the-music-industry/
Main photo supplied by BIMM Institute Bristol
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