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Leicester College’s pop-up studio at Riverside Festival

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Leicester College is giving festival-goers and supporting acts the opportunity to have their very own moment in the spotlight at the upcoming Riverside festival in June 2013.

The two-day celebration of life on the river kicks off at 12.30pm on Saturday June 1.

The Performing Arts and Music department from Leicester College will be setting up a ‘Pop-up Studio’ at the festival, equipped with acoustic guitars and bass guitar and the recording tools needed to create mini-demo CDs for talented musicians.

John Meredith, Programme Area Manager for Music and Sound Engineering at Leicester College, explains: “We are really thrilled to be offering local musical talent the chance to be recorded by staff and learners on the Music Tech courses.

“It’s a great opportunity for learners to practise in the real world and provide a nice ‘snapshot’ of Leicester’s Music scene as a free album download after the event, just like we did last year at Summer Sundae.”

He adds: “We are asking people to get in touch to book a session with us – whether it’s for you, your mates, an up-and-coming or well-established band.  We provide all instrument so don’t bring anything– anyone attending the festival is welcome to come and record with us and benefit from our expertise!

“Each session will last half an hour, allowing musicians to be as creative and innovative with their music as possible. We will then create a rough mix of the session and burn onto a CD which can be taken away on the day.”

The sessions will be professionally mixed the following week in the state-of-the-art studios at the Abbey Park Campus of Leicester College, to create the ‘Riverside Pop-Up Sessions’ album which will be available as a download. The best recordings will also be uploaded onto the Leicester College website and bands will obviously get their own copies for their own promotion.

The festival is organised by Leicester City Council and the Riverside Housing Association.

Image credit: Leicester Life

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