Damian Keyes

Damian Keyes
Born Richard Damian Keyes
(1976-08-05) 5 August 1976
Swansea
Residence Brighton
Nationality British
Occupation Musician, music educator, entrepreneur
Years active 1997 – present
Known for founding director of The Brighton Institute of Modern Music
Title Director at DK Music Management Ltd.
Website damiankeyes.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.

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]

Music career

As a bass player, Keyes has performed alongside Eric Clapton.[2]

Keyes is a lead singer and bass player in The Indie Killers rock band.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Rosemary Woodworth (2006). Rhinegold Guide to Music Education. Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 9781904226901.
  2. 1 2 Andy Darling (2004-02-10). "School of rock". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. 1 2 Stephen Hoare (2005-03-29). "Brighton rocks". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  4. 1 2 "Brighton music school founder goes solo". thelatest.co.uk. 2014-06-14. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  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 (2009-03-10). "Latest Music: news". "The Latest" #7(414). Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  7. ↑ "Sussex singing academy hits the high notes". sussexlife.co.uk. 2014-02-19. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  8. ↑ Frank le Duc (2014-04-22). "Hove singing school scales up with classes in Brighton". brightonandhovenews.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  9. ↑ "Youngsters urged to strike right chord at new singing school in Dorchester". dorsetecho.co.uk. 2014-04-02. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  10. ↑ Cat Rose (2009-03-10). "CIP026: Damian Keyes on Marketing for Musicians". thecreativeintrovert.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  11. ↑ Andrew Apanov (2017-08-14). "MGT94: Starting With Social Media From Scratch – Damian Keyes". dottedmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  12. 1 2 Laura Nightingale (2014-11-07). "Children in Need: everyone's favourite bear is back". getsurrey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
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