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

Biography

Damian Keyes was born in

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. He studied at

Emanuel School Emanuel School is a private, co-educational day school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded in 1594 by Anne Sackville, Lady Dacre and Queen Elizabeth I and today occupies a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site close to Clapham Junction ...

. Keyes was hired as a

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

teacher at The

Academy of Contemporary Music The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is a music academy in with campuses in Guildford, Surrey, Birmingham, and London, England providing contemporary music-based courses. The school of music has a focus on rock, pop music, electronic da ...

(

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...

) in 1997 when he was 19 years old. In 2001, Keyes joined with record producer Kevin Nixon, former ''

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'' guitarist Bruce Dickinson and promotions manager Sarah Clayman to open The Brighton Institute of Modern Music, an independent music school. BIMM and Keyes have been awarded several business awards and are in the

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for " The Loudest Band in the World" (2007) record which they hold in association with Punk band ''

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''. In 2006, Keyes teamed up with former ''

Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British Rock music, rock band whose members include Skin (musician), Skin (vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar), Ace (guitar) and Mark Richardson (musician), Mark Richardson (drums). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded ...

'' Ace on the radio show "The Damo and Ace Show" on Juice 107.2 in Brighton. Keyes left BIMM in 2008 to start "Vocademy", a singing school for children. In 2010, Keyes sold his shares of BIMM in 2010 and started DK Music Management company. and DK Music Academy (a music school in Surrey).

References

External links

DK Music Management
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keyes, Damian 1976 births Living people Musicians from Swansea Welsh bass guitarists Welsh educators British music educators Welsh music managers 21st-century British bass guitarists