Brighton’s Live Events & Promotions students organised an amazing show at Otherplace at The Basement in the heart of Brighton. A brilliant celebration of the varied programme on offer in Brighton we were treated to film screenings, photography exhibitions, live music performances and a fashion showcase. Students’ work was duly celebrated by tutors, parents and […]
There’s more to our courses than their titles might suggest. Embedded within each course are sessions working on Maths and English (Functional Skill or GCSE dependent on their prior level), showing how these essential skills are relevant to everything within education and the outside world. The key to this is having tutors just as passionate about these subjects […]
It’s that time again when we let the world know about our wonderful and accomplished tutors! This week we are making the world aware of the wonder that is our Level 1 Music tutor Matt Perry (no, not Chandler from Friends, someone much more interesting and less sarcastic). Matt has been making music for many years and […]
The Last Post letter writing project came to a poignant end in Bexhill last Monday as students delivered their letters written to unknown soldiers in WWI to the Bexhill war memorial. The project consisted of 4 workshops overseen by local artist DJ Skitz, assisted by acclaimed spoken word artist Holly McNish and rapper Inja, who […]
Last night Dv8 Sussex’s students, staff, friends and family braved the winter chill to deliver a showcase of musical talent and supreme event management skills at Brighton Arts Club. Central to what we do at Dv8 is giving students the chance to take their creativity out into the real world and gain experience and last […]
Media Production had another very busy last week beginning the practical side of their course project and taking a little trip outside of Dv8… They’ve been commissioned to work with their fellow Music Production and Fashion students to create a portfolio of photos that showcase their creative talents and identity. These photographs will be used […]
We had another fantastic sofa session at Dv8 Bexhill last week with the Programmer for The De La Warr Pavilion, Ollie Catchpole. He has previously worked for Komedia in Brighton and for The Great Escape festival before moving onto the The De La Warr where he’s been for two and a half years. Ollie was […]
Exciting times are afoot for Dv8 Sussex’s Bexhill music students as a series of industry lead events began last week. Staying true to Dv8’s belief that the best teachers are those who do what they teach, these events are all designed to give Bexhill’s future music stars a chance to meet and learn from people […]
We’ve featured Live Events, Media and Fashion tutors, so now it’s time to introduce Joe Newman, one of our many talented Music Production experts! Joe learnt guitar and bass at a young age and has been making a living from music since the age of 17. This has taken him on many adventures playing in […]
We recently caught up with Marcus, AKA Kidzie at our Bexhill centre for the low-down on his Dv8 journey! Our rising Hip-Hop star has been with us for over two years and in that time learnt, produced and performed his tracks with a deep passion and love for music. Read on for Marcus’s story… […]
On Tuesday 24th of June The Old Market played host to Brighton Breakout, a hip hop showcase which focused on the positive side of hip hop in order to break the stereotype of gangs, violence and drugs. The incredibly successful event was organised by Leanne, Shannel and Georgina from our Live Events course. The night brought […]
Two of our Level 1 Music Production students recently attended a high-profile music industry networking and Q&A event called The Student Sessions, courtesy of an invitation for Dv8 Sussex from BIMM and The Great Escape Festival – on May 9th. Aidan Mant and Alfie East were able to see guest speakers such as Andrea de Leon […]
It’s been a busy old month at Dv8 Sussex. Our students have launched four enterprise projects, released an EP on their own record label, created and screened a documentary on asexuality, secured a place on a degree course next year, welcomed a host of guest speakers from various creative industries, built video games and much […]
Beyonce has said gender equality is a myth and people need to “demand” women get the same opportunities as men. The US singer made the comments as part of The Shriver Report, which is examining the rates of financial insecurity among American women. “We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t […]
We had the incredibly talented Ninja from The Go! Team come in last week and visit our Level 2 Music Production group. Our aspiring musicians had loads of questions on how Ninja got to where she is now and how they can better promote themselves as artists. Ninja took the time to get to know everyone […]
Our Level 2 Dv8 Productions group is in the process of making a Dv8 Rising music video! Their brief was to create a stylistic, top quality video with creative concept/cutaways. The video has been shot in multiple locations that they chose themselves; they created an imaginative narrative and concepts, and did all their own make […]
We have some fantastic musical talent in the Dv8 building! Our latest creativity comes from Aiden Mant otherwise known as badmanriddum. Aiden is a student on our Level 1 Music Production course. As well as creating his music here in college, he’s continued to produce more at home in his spare time. He’s also co-produced […]
AudioActive Presents… Live showcase of fresh music from young people across Sussex Including: New music from AudioActive’s Fuse project, bringing together live instrumentalists with MCs, DJs and music technology Performances by MCs and Producers from The Lab (Rye) and Hip Hop Foundation (Brighton) And… a special guest performance from Brighton duo Frankie Stew and Harvey […]
What is Exchanging Notes? Exchanging Notes will establish effective models of partnership-working between schools and specialist music education providers in order to: Enable young people at risk of low attainment, disengagement or educational exclusion to achieve the best musical, educational and wider outcomes Promote a collective understanding of high quality music education, stimulating fresh thinking in music […]
It’s been a giddy few months for women in pop. If you haven’t been living in a cave, you may have heard about Miley Cyrus swinging naked on a wrecking ball, and Sinéad O’Connor’s subsequent open letter to the former child star. “The music business doesn’t give a shit about you,” O’Connor wrote. “They will prostitute you […]
Why work with young children and creative arts? There are a many huge reasons why creative arts activity with children in their early years is significant, and why we should support it and get involved. I’ve tried to narrow it down to six… By Ben Sandbrook 1. CHILDREN ARE READY FOR ARTS NOW Children are born […]
Where are all the female DJs? At a BBC Academy’s Radio Fast Train panel discussion in 2012 about the best way to break into the radio DJ business, Annie Mac blurted out: “More women in specialist!” It was a footnote to the discussion, the talk time was up and she was almost drowned out by applause. But someone at Radio 1 was listening. The news […]
This year, Dv8 Sussex is celebrating 10 years of delivering outstanding training to young people across Sussex. So – let’s look back at just some of the events and courses that have been on offer … Created with flickr slideshow.
[media id=82 width=320 height=240] Are you or is someone you know looking for a career in the creative industries? Are you trying to decide what course to start in September? Or just ever wondered what goes on at Dv8? Dv8 Sussex will be throwing its doors open to the public on Thursday 20 June from […]
