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!

		Carleen Anderson - 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 - 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.

		Mark Clayden - Bass Tutor 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, is an experienced tour manager and a founding member of metal supergroup This is Menace. Mark is also our College Manager at the BIMM Bristol branch.

		Paul Englishby - Keyboard Tutor Paul Englishby is a highly experienced theatre, orchestral, television and film composer whose credits are extensive and renowned. Paul’s theatrical clients have included the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and several productions in London’s West End. Paul’s film scores cover national and international productions such as Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz), Confetti (Jimmy Carr, Jessica Stevenson), Proof (Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow), Birthday Girl (Nicole Kidman), Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett), About A Boy (Hugh Grant) and Blackball (Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas) to name but a few. Paul is an invaluable visiting faculty tutor and we are very proud to have him on board!

		Toby May - 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.