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The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is proud to announce that none other than metal guitar supremo Steve Smyth is joining the visiting faculty! Steve will be bringing with him his incredible skills, his valuable time and his wealth of knowledge and expertise – all now exclusively available to Institute students!

Continuing their 40th anniversary celebrations, Orange Amps have re-launched their website incorporating new anniversary graphics and a whole host of new and exciting features. With a full re-design the all-new website is packed with great new user friendly search facilities, loads more pictures and a wealth of new information.

Fully updated with a new product guide, the site now has a comprehensive easy to access product information section, including new image gallery, detailed specs and a comprehensive site search resource.

The London Guitar Show 2008

The UK’s biggest public guitar show is only one week away and the line-up in nothing short of Stella. With guitar god himself Joe Satriani, rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists Yngwie Malmsteen and arguably the world’s great bass player, Billy Sheehan all performing guitar fans are in for a treat of epic proportions.

The final line-up is as follows :

London Guitar Show Main Stage

In a deal finalised earlier today Malcolm takes control of the station with

The London Guitar Show 2008

MASTER OF THE BASS, LAURENCE COTTLE, WOWS INSTITUTE STUDENTS!

Laurence Cottle is one of the world's greatest bassists and the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance was delighted to recently host a masterclass with this ‘Master of the Bass'.

This year Tech Music Schools celebrates 25 years of training musicians. The 25th anniversary marks a huge achievement for us. The schools now comprise of Drumtech, Vocaltech, Guitar-X and most recently Keyboardtech, and have come a long way since 1983, when founder and director, Francis Seriau, began one-on-one Tuition from the front room of his house!

Rockschool has always been committed to formal and high standards in mainstream music education. It is intended that these diplomas (developed in association with the Musicians’ Union) will swell the ranks of qualified teachers of popular music, and provide a quality benchmark amongst those educators.

Ever wanted to learn the secrets of how to succeed in the music industry? The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is excited to announce that they will host an exclusive event with one of the music industry’s most influential men, Alan McGee, on Tuesday 19th February from 7.00pm to 9.00pm.

As the nights draw in rapidly there is no sign of hibernation at Rockschool HQ. 2008 is shaping up to be a big year, with new qualifications, publications and projects being most feverishly developed...