We are delighted to confirm our first three ambassadors for the upcoming academic year.
These music industry professionals will be a regular presence throughout the course, providing advice, guidance and feedback to all our music students. They provide an invaluable source of up to date knowledge on working in all aspects of the music industry, whether that be writing, recording, producing, performing or promoting.
We are looking forward to sharing details of further ambassadors before the start of the courses, as we confirm them.
Blair MacKichan
Additional credits comprise of the likes of Flynn, Billy Lockett, Tyler James, Mullally, Nakhane, Josh Kumra, Earl, Fink and many more.
Currently, Blair has been working with Dominic J. Wright, Keir, Nuschi, St. Lundi, Cherise, Empara Mi, Veronica Fusaro and has recently had music feature in adverts for Charlotte Tilbury.
Awards
- BRIT Award for Best British Single for Will Young‘s “Your Game”
- BMI award for the Trace Adkins track “Rough & Ready” and Amel Bent, who won the Victoire de la Musique award for Best New Artist.
Blair’s creative talent, vibrant personality, musicianship and humour make him a pleasure to work with. His reputation is constantly growing and his successes have made him a sought-after writer/producer in the UK.
Blair also performs with his band around East Sussex and at big private events across the UK and Europe. Blair’s infectious personality, brilliant musicianship and fantastic rapport with his audience keep him in high demand.
Siddy Bennett
Siddy herself quotes the White Stripes as a huge influence as well as early offerings by The Eagles and Patsy Cline, musical influences that are poles apart yet spark a confident and worldly sound to Siddy’s songwriting.
Siddy is hypnotic on stage and her truly relatable tales are infused with passion, humour, and above all, honesty, and it’s this latter policy that has her winning the hearts and high regard of her ever growing band of spectators.
Along with her range of sole projects, Siddy is currently part of the four-piece, Message from the Ravens, who are currently playing festivals across the UK.
Ben Beetham
Kid Kapichi’s success continued as they toured with Punk royalty. This included Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, FIDLAR and Slaves. After releasing their Sugar Tax EP, the band performed at Reading & Leeds Festival and performed sold-out headline shows in London and Brighton.
2021 saw their debut album This Time Next Year enter the UK Top 40 Albums Charts at Number 28. The band signed their first proper deal for follow-up Here’s What You Could Have Won These 11 new songs are an excellent showcase for the band’s bigger, punchier, ‘beat punk’ sound, co-produced with Dom Craik from Nothing But Thieves.
Comeback single New England in January 2022 was their most explicitly political song yet, with a guest verse from Bob Vylan. They followed it with Partygate polemic Party At No. 10, praised by Liam Gallagher on Twitter. They are currently touring around the UK and Europe well into next year. This has included a standout performance at this year’s Glastonbury festival.
