visiting faculty tutors
“This place is great! What an amazing school!” - Ricky Wilson (Singer, Kaiser Chefs)
BIMM also has musicians and tutors who regulary come to the college for lectures, masterclasses and lessons. These musicians are people who have excellent playing skills, work ethic and valuable experience, who cannot come into BIMM each week as they are touring the world or producing albums for many months. They are commited to music education and the music industry and visit when their busy schedules allow it......check out these musicians below......you will be impressed!

		Guthrie Govan (Asia/Erotic Cakes) - Guitar Tutor Guthrie is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest guitarists, with an incredible stylistic diversity, backed up by a flawless technique. Guthrie won the Guitarist of the Year in 1993 and went on to secure the gig as lead guitarist in prog rock band Asia. He has played alongside legends like Tony Levin, Steve Howe and Vinnie Colaiuta. He writes regularly for Guitar Techniques and Guitarist magazines.

		Carleen Anderson (Solo Artist/Brand New Heavies) - Vocal Tutor Carleen is a true star and has a talent, pedigree and charisma that is totally unique. Originally Carleen shot to fame as lead singer with the Young Disciples and later Brand New Heavies. Subsequent solo albums with Paul Weller on production duties whilst work with Bryan Ferry and Dr John, confirmed her status as the queen of British Soul. Amazingly she is also the God-Daughter of "The Godfather Of Soul" James Brown. Carleen continues her successful solo career whilst being totally committed to teaching - we are privileged to have her with us!

		Mark Richardson (Feeder / Skunk Anansie) - Drum Tutor With multi platinum hit records from all 3 of his bands (Feeder, Skunk Anansie and Little Angels), stadium-level worldwide touring experience, Mark has a CV to envy most drummers in the world. Aged 18 his first ever gig with Little Angels was to 75,000 people at Cardiff Arms Park when they supported Bryan Adams (the next one was 90,000 at Wembley Stadium!). His later works, particularly with his current band Feeder, has seen Mark grow in skill and stature to be a truly world class player. With a powerhouse style similar to the late and great John Bonham, Mark has a wonderful reputation throughout the music business.

		Toby May (Metway Studios) - Degree Tutor Toby May has been a professional freelance sound engineer since 2001. Based at Metway Studios in Brighton, he has worked with a number of high-profile acts including the studio’s proprietors, The Levellers. Using a mixture of analogue and digital recording media and modern editing techniques, Toby has made a name for himself at BIMM by engineering and producing some of the college’s newest and exciting bands.

		Tim Hawes (Independent) - Songwriting Tutor Tim has worked as a songwriter and record producer for the last twenty years. Although starting his career writing and playing with guitar bands his success has come from writing songs for mainstream pop artists. Published by Universal Music Tim has worked with many acts including The Sugababes, The Spice Girls, Five, Hearsay and Aggro Santos. He has scored five number one singles worldwide and countless album cuts. He also received an Ivor Novello award for his songwriting. More recently Tim has set up Z1 music publishing in partnership with Bucks Music in the UK. Tim is an all round musician and able to write for many genres, being comfortable with guitar in hand or programming in front of the computer, but perhaps his biggest passion is for lyric writing and is at his happiest with pen in hand trying to work out a new way to tell an old story!