Damian Keyes
Encyclopedia
Damian Keyes is the founding director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
.
, Eric Clapton
, Bob Dylan
, Mike Flowers Pops, Turin Brakes
, Matt Willis
, Taylor Hawkins
from the 'Foo Fighters
'.
Keyes was hired as a bass guitar teacher at The Academy of Contemporary Music
in Guildford
in 1997.] where he met Bruce Dickinson. In 2001, Keyes and Dickinson left ACM to start their own music school in Brighton
with Kevin Nixon and Sarah Clayman called The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
.
BIMM are in the Guinness Book of World Records for 'The loudest guitar amp' which they hold in association with Punk band 'Gallows
'
In 2006, Keyes teamed up with former Skunk Anansie
axe-man Ace on the radio show The Damo and Ace Show on Juice 107.2 in Brighton. The 3 hour nightly show promotes local unsigned bands as well as what's new in the world of rock, indie, metal and alternative music. In 2007.
Damian Keyes has been working in music education for the last 12 years.
Brighton Institute of Modern Music
BIMM Brighton & Bristol Institutes of Modern Music in England is an independent college of popular music based in the cities of Brighton & Hove and Bristol...
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Career
As a bass player, Keyes has performed in many cover bands, and has performed in front of Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
, Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Mike Flowers Pops, Turin Brakes
Turin Brakes
Turin Brakes are a modern folk duo, comprising Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London. They had a UK top 5 hit with their song "Painkiller ".-1999–2003:...
, Matt Willis
Matt Willis
Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :...
, Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Oliver Taylor Hawkins is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters....
from the 'Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
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Keyes was hired as a bass guitar teacher at The Academy of Contemporary Music
Academy of Contemporary Music
The Academy of Contemporary Music is a music academy located in Guildford, Surrey, England.The school differs from more traditional music academies by its focus on rock and pop music, and its vocational approach...
in Guildford
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
in 1997.] where he met Bruce Dickinson. In 2001, Keyes and Dickinson left ACM to start their own music school in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
with Kevin Nixon and Sarah Clayman called The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
Brighton Institute of Modern Music
BIMM Brighton & Bristol Institutes of Modern Music in England is an independent college of popular music based in the cities of Brighton & Hove and Bristol...
.
BIMM are in the Guinness Book of World Records for 'The loudest guitar amp' which they hold in association with Punk band 'Gallows
Gallows
A gallows is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or by means to torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered...
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In 2006, Keyes teamed up with former Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009...
axe-man Ace on the radio show The Damo and Ace Show on Juice 107.2 in Brighton. The 3 hour nightly show promotes local unsigned bands as well as what's new in the world of rock, indie, metal and alternative music. In 2007.
Damian Keyes has been working in music education for the last 12 years.