Category: News

I am very pleased to announce a NEW Online Guitar Shop.  Andy who is one of my student clientele, has recently opened ‘Foxy Rocks Music’.  He is a great guy who specialises in quality pre-loved Basses, Guitars, Amps and Accessories.  To find out more, please go to www.foxyrocksmusic.co.uk

Calling all RWP Bass Tuition student clientele!  We will be carrying out our long awaited ‘Summer School’ later this year.  UK leading tutors; Ian Randell (Guitar), Mike Baugh (Guitar) and Rory Pearse (Bass) will be heading up the teaching team for the event, and look forward to seeing you all there.  To find out more info, please contact Rors direct.

Tickets are now available for The London Bass Guitar Show.  Please see the attached link for further details about the show www.londonbassguitarshow.com

A massive congratulations to Aaron Jacques for recently passing Rockschool’s Grade 8 Performance Exam.  Thank you Aaron for all your hard work and dedication to your chosen instrument over the years – you did it!

A massive congratulations to Simon Fielding for recently passing Rockschool’s Bass Grade 8 Performance Exam.  Thank you Simon for all your dedication and hard work to your chosen instrument over the years – you did it!

Message from Simon:

I am really pleased to of achieved Grade 8 on bass.  It was a fantastic experience and has given me a real sense of satisfaction, as well as helping to ’round me out’ as a player in all different musical styles and techniques on the electric bass.  All the credit goes to Rory for his ongoing help and support during the whole process, it’s been an amazing journey

Simon Fielding (Age 18 )
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I will be Greg Howe’s session clinician bassist for an exclusive guitar master class, clinic and show in the UK on Saturday 23rd March 2013 http://www.worldclassmusic.co.uk/Tickets.html  Greg has an incredible groove and is one awesome guitarist, so this show is not to be missed!  If you haven’t booked tickets for this ‘special live show event’ then please see the above link for further details on how you can obtain tickets and more information about the event.  Please keep an eye on the news page as I’m going to be very busy carrying out more clinician roles in 2013.

The dates have now come through for The London Bass Guitar Show.  Please see the attached link for further details about the show www.londonbassguitarshow.com

Press Release – March 2012

Rockschool Launches Version 4 Bass Syllabus

Featuring Henry Thomas and Dave Marks

Tens of thousands of students every year take Rockschool exams and on the 1^st May 2012, Rockschool launches the eagerly awaited new Syllabus for bassists. Building on the global success of its current exams, Rockschool talked to students and teachers, listened to what they had to say and used their comments as a guide to develop the all-new fourth Syllabus. The new material for the exams features one of the worlds most respected session bass players, Henry Thomas and the highly versatile Dave Marks.

This new Syllabus represents an accumulation of over twenty years experience in the design and delivery of graded examinations in popular music all around the world. The format of the new curriculum will be very familiar to students with a number of new features and refinements that will enhance the total learning experience.

Rockschool has recognised that performers often want to concentrate on a particular musical genre and the new Syllabus has been built to allow a high degree of flexibility in musical choice. All the supporting tests and exercises will support your musical skills enabling you to approach the performance pieces with confidence as well as providing many of the tools needed for improvisation. As you move through the grades, a greater degree of choice and specialism is available now, reflecting the realities of how musicians learn, perform and progress.

To recognise and support this choice of musical paths, Rockschool has commissioned bespoke pieces, from specialist writers that allow you to demonstrate you mastery of a particular style as you advance. In addition, great care has been taken in the recording of the course material to ensure it is of album quality. The services of eminent producer Nick Davis (Genesis, XTC, Deep Purple, Bjork) were employed at Farm Studios (Genesis’ own studios). Nick’s experience and pedigree helped achieve stylistic authenticity using top session musician’s including horn sections and other instrumentation. The overall final result is commercial quality recordings that deliver the best production values and tracks to learn and play along to.

Rockschool has used top musicians to record the tracks and these include the UK’s top session bass player, Henry Thomas who has worked with Van Morrison, Paul Weller, Cliff Richard and George Michael. He is also well known for his involvement in West End shows such as Evita, Les Miserables and many more. Dave Marks CV boasts work with an incredible array of artists that include Gareth Gates, Paul Carrick, Carl Palmer Band and the Thriller Live show.

The new Syllabus, version 4, represents a milestone in the development of Rockschool’s graded exams making them more accessible, more appealing and more straightforward to teach. Looking forward Rockschool can also announce they will be making the arrangements of the Debut, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 grades available digitally in due course.

For further information please go to www.rockschool.co.uk/2012syllabus or contact qualifications@rockschool.co.uk

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About Rockschool:

Rockschool is Europe’s No. 1 Rock Music Exam Board and offers Graded Music Exams, Diplomas and Vocational Qualifications that are practical, flexible and fun. Founded in 1991 they run qualifications for thousands of musicians in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Rockschool has been independently and fully accredited by the UK government through Ofqual, DCELLS and CCEA since 2002. Their graded qualifications are also accredited by SQA Accreditation in Scotland. In 2010 all its qualifications were successfully re-accredited on the QCF. Further information about Rockschool’s independent public accreditation is available here. In the UK Rockschool has over 500 exam centres and more than 4500 instrumental teachers registered. 

http://www.rockschool.co.uk/news/newsarticles/newsarticle.aspx?NA=120

The dates have just been confirmed for the The Mansons Guitar Show.  This will be an exciting event as they’re celebrating their 20th year with many guests and manufacturers attending.  To book your ticket please contact Mansons Guitar Shop today on 01392 496379 or e-mail sales@mansons.co.uk www.mansons.co.uk/news