This summers Mad4Music was a hit with the kids and with all of us at the studio. We were amazed at the talent and in some cases natural ability that walked through our doors on Monday morning. I had only been working at Ivy Arch Studios for little over a week when I was asked to help teach a six piece band some songs of their choosing. As soon as I closed the door to the rehearsal room they were zooming ahead with the first song, working as if they had been working together for years! As the week went by it was getting harder and harder to tear both bands away from their work as they would practically inhale their lunch and be back in the rooms practising or writing new parts for original songs. By the time of the gig they had five original songs written between both bands and 3 cover songs learnt, which is no mean feat in a week, especially when you consider that some of the kids had never played an instrument before Monday morning. 

The gig (preview here)was hosted at the local community centre, The Sidney Walter Centre, and went down great. The Bands both thoroughly enjoyed it as did the parents and all of us at the studios. 

To follow this years success there will be more Mad4Music courses around christmas (see website for more info), but in the mean time there will be some exciting new jam sessions hosted at Ivy Arch Studios in conjunction with Rockschools UK. You can find out more about those here http://www.rockschools-uk.com

Katy’s Work Experience BlogHey Guys!My name is Katy from Worthing High School and for my work experience I have managed to grab a spot at Ivy Arch Studios. It hasn’t fell short of my expectations in any way, I learned so much in just my first day. Learning how to use lots of the specialist equipment was a great experience and I can’t wait to hopefully give some of it a go. There is so much going on here in the holidays, some things that I already knew about and some that I didn’t. For instance, Mad 4 Music, I knew about it but I didn’t really know how much goes on, a good 6 hours of tuition! It’s a great environment to be in, the people areal really lovely that I’ve met so far, and have really made me feel welcome for my short time that I will be here.Thanks for reading!Katy x 

We have been busy at Ivy Arch Studios this month, hosting our new Adult Education Courses.

Working in partnership with West Sussex Adult Learing Services, Ivy Arch is proud to offer 5 week specialist music courses in:

Popular Vocals

Songwriting

Introduction to Sound Studio Engineering

These courses are very reasonable at £36 for 5 week sessions.

Open to all adults who want to take their hobby to the next level. No previous experience is required. Using our Live Stage Room :

Ivy Arch is the perfect venue for learning in a professional environment.

So if you fancy learning the Art of Songwriting, lyrics, song structure, singing modern songs, breathing & microphone technique, recording your voice, learning how best to record in your home or pro studio give us a call!

Courses running throughout 2009. See WSALS Brouchure

For more info please call us. 01903 536106

www.westsussex.gov.uk/adulteducation

DJ Sessions @ Ivy Arch Studios

Learn on Vinyl mixing decks how to drop beats, scratch and mix music. Experienced DJ Fingasmith aka Felix will guide you through how to use all equipment. Pioneer Mk3 CD mixing decks are also available to hire for practice.

• Age: 10-13 or 14-19
• When: Wednesday’s (30.07, 13.08, 20.08, 27.08, 03.09) @ 10.30am-12.00pm beginners or 12.30pm-2.00pm Intermediates
• Cost: £6 a session (**SPECIAL OFFER** 5 for £25)
• Where: Ivy Arch Studio’s, Ivy Arch Road, Worthing.

For more info get in contact with Adele Grover on 01903 221121.

We are also running Adult Education courses together with West Sussex
Adult Learning Community Services starting in September at Ivy Arch Studios:
People can pick up a brochure at Ivy Arch Studios, or call Roger Whitehead
01403 261088.

Courses and workshops in the following:

Sound Studio Workshops & courses Introduction/Fundamentals
Performance Workshop for Musicians & Singers
Songwriting Workshops & courses
Popular Music vocals.
These 5 week courses are heavily subsidized by the council so are great
value for money at £36.
Saturday workshops £15.
The tutors are Nigel Ball and Dominique LeVack.
www.westsussex.gov.uk/adulteducation

Welcome to the Ivy Arch Studios Blog. Please check this page for all the latest news and events at Ivy Arch Studios www.ivyarchstudios.com

Please update us with all your local gigs and we’ll update out gigs section of the Ivy Arch site. Also we now have an mp3 page so if you have any tracks you want heard please submit them to us.

studio@ivyarchstudios.co.uk