Damian Keyes

Damian Keyes
Born (1976-08-05) 5 August 1976 (age 48)
Swansea
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Musician and music educator
Years active1997 – present
Known forfounding director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
TitleDirector at DK Music Management Ltd.
Websitedamiankeyes.com

Damian Keyes (born 5 August 1976) is a Welsh musician, teacher and founding director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music.[1][2][3]

Biography

Damian Keyes was born in Swansea, Wales. He studied at Emanuel School.[citation needed]

Keyes was hired as a bass guitar teacher at The Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford) in 1997 when he was 19 years old.[4]

In 2001, Keyes joined with record producer Kevin Nixon, former Little Angels guitarist Bruce Dickinson and promotions manager Sarah Clayman to open The Brighton Institute of Modern Music, an independent music school.[3] BIMM and Keyes have been awarded several business awards and are in the Guinness Book of World Records for "The Loudest Band in the World" (2007) record which they hold in association with Punk band Gallows.[5]

In 2006, Keyes teamed up with former Skunk Anansie Ace on the radio show "The Damo and Ace Show" on Juice 107.2 in Brighton.[6]

Keyes left BIMM in 2008 to start "Vocademy", a singing school for children.[7][8][9]

In 2010, Keyes sold his shares of BIMM in 2010 and started DK Music Management company.[10][11] and DK Music Academy (a music school in Surrey).[4][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Rosemary Woodworth (2006). Rhinegold Guide to Music Education. Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 9781904226901.
  2. ^ Andy Darling (10 February 2004). "School of rock". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b Stephen Hoare (29 March 2005). "Brighton rocks". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Brighton music school founder goes solo". thelatest.co.uk. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Gallows become the world's loudest band!". Kerrang! magazine. June 2007. Archived from the original (21) on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
  6. ^ Jeff Hemmings (10 March 2009). "Latest Music: news". "The Latest" #7(414). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Sussex singing academy hits the high notes". sussexlife.co.uk. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. ^ Frank le Duc (22 April 2014). "Hove singing school scales up with classes in Brighton". brightonandhovenews.org. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Youngsters urged to strike right chord at new singing school in Dorchester". dorsetecho.co.uk. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  10. ^ Cat Rose (10 March 2009). "CIP026: Damian Keyes on Marketing for Musicians". thecreativeintrovert.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. ^ Andrew Apanov (14 August 2017). "MGT94: Starting With Social Media From Scratch – Damian Keyes". dottedmusic.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  12. ^ Laura Nightingale (7 November 2014). "Children in Need: everyone's favourite bear is back". getsurrey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  13. ^ "6 Viral Music Marketing Hacks That Exploded These Artists' Success |". Producer Hive. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.