career advice
BIMM tutors and department leaders offer students career advice and are available to discuss all aspects of your course and career progression including; personal or course issues, touring, A&R, Public Relations, Indie and Major Deals, Management, and advice on different ways of making a living through music.

		jon stewart As the guitarist and songwriter for 90's Brit pop band Sleeper, Jon enjoyed three Top 5 albums and nine top 40 singles. Jon has also toured with REM, Elvis Costello and Blur, and written and recorded guitar for artists such as KD Lang, Mel C and record producers like Stephen Street and Madonna collaborator Damian Le Gassick. Jon teaches the business courses and is BIMM's career advisor. He is available to help you put together a detailed and realistic plan of action to run in parallel with your studies, helping to get you as much of ahead start as possible.

		mark clayden Mark is the man behind a decade of Pitchshifter success, he has recorded 8 albums and toured 23 countries. He has toured with the biggest names in rock and metal including; Black Sabbath, Deftones, Incubus, Tool, Ozzy, Staind, Jello Biafra from Dead Kennedys, Taproot, Hundred Reasons, Funeral for a Friend and the Queens of the Stone Age. Mark also runs his own record label and is an experienced tour manager.

		bruce dickinson With 11 top 40 hits and a number 1 album, Bruce has toured the world with some of the biggest bands in history including; Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, ACDC, Guns and Roses and Aerosmith. Bruce contributes to Guitarist and Total Guitar magazine and is co-author of the book 'Running a Band as a Business'. Bruce is available to discuss original bands and artists, touring, A&R, Public Relations, Indie and Major Deals, Management and all business aspects.

		damian keyes Damian has performed alongside artists such as Alanis Morissette, David Bowie, The Prodigy and Eric Clapton. He has project-managed bands, teaching practices and studios since he was 16 years old and is the master at avoiding getting a real job! Damian is available through the tutorial system to discuss different ways of making a living through music.

		kevin nixon Kevin has spent his entire career in the music business spanning some 30 years. As an artist he was signed to EMI and RCA, 8 years as a Record Producer having hits with Alex Harvey, UK Subs, Patrick Hernandez etc. Significantly in 1987 Kevin closed his independent label Powerstation to become manager of Little Angels (featuring one Bruce Dickinson on guitar!) and has continued to manage artists ever since. Some of these have included Francis Dunnery, Kula Shaker (2 million albums worldwide) and Kirsty MacColl (Gold album in UK and Europe). Kevin also spent 2 years as A&R Director for V2 Records from 1999 to 2001, before becoming a founder member of BIMM. Kevin has worked directly with artists including U2, Robert Plant, Dave Matthews Band, Bryan Adams, Pete Townsend, The Stereophonics, as well as producers such as George Martin, Rick Ruben, Bob Clearmountain and Peter Collins. Kevin now contributes his songwriting experience to Acoustic Magazine.

		sarah clayman Sarah has spent most of her life in the music industry including spending several years in New York managing D'Influence, Zhane and No 1 dance act Living Joy. On returning to the UK Sarah was the International Promotions Manager at Sony Music Entertainment UK with artist's Leftfield, Roachford, Kula Shaker and Grooverider. Sarah is a partner of Major Minor Management Ltd and in that capacity has co-managed Kirsty MacColl, Subcircus, Younger Younger 28's, Straw and The Jeeves. Along with Crispian Mills and Kevin Nixon they set up Cowboy Musik specifically to release The Jeevas records worldwide (selling 100,000 copies of the bands 1st album). Sarah is available though the tutorial system to discuss progression of original bands, A&R, Public Relations and Management.

		mel thomas With over 7 years spent in house at major labels, Mel launched the band All Saints and managed their PR for three years before moving to BMG to work with Simon Cowell on Five and other major pop acts. After 2 years at Way To Blue, the UK's leading music, film and game online PR company as Head of Press (Travis, Badly Drawn Boy, Basement Jaxx, The Streets) Mel moved to Brighton and set up Stay Gold PR, spending more time working with rock acts as well as working with local bands including The Love Gods and consulting to BMG on Avril Lavigne and Pink (in 04).. Mel will be teaching Higher Diploma Business Studies,and is a huge fan of rock music.

		jake shillingford Jake Shillingford, founder of the cult orchestral alternative band My Life Story, released three successful albums and had six top forty singles. Jake started out co-promoting bands in a London club called The Panic Station booking early shows for The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Chili Peppers. His band My Life Story went on to collaborate with with PJ Proby, Marc Almond, Morrissey, The Wonderstuff and even headlined over Oasis. He now runs his own label and new musical project ExileInside, financed online by investors. ‘One of our most colourful lyricists’ Steve Lamacq