Staff
Alan Fisher
Email: fishera@wmin.ac.uk
Expertise
Audio design, Music Performance and Music Technology industry research.
Experience
A performer with Cabaret Voltaire, studio designer, founding director of Fon studios, Sheffield, and more recently features writer for the Mix magazine. Musician, producer and engineer with projects including Take That, Bjork, Boy George, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and 808 State. Currently working with Music Tank as a professional advisor.
Matej Dimlic
Programme director MA Audio Production
Principle lecturer in Music and Film, Mixed Media Artist.
Matj has extensive academic and professional experience in several media disciplines including music, sound design, film, TV, theatre, mixed media performance and graphic design.
In addition to course leadership of MA Audio Production, Matej leads Documentary Film and Contemporary World Cinema modules, (MA Film & TV), and lectures Narrative Forms on MA Screenwriting and Producing course. His academic experience also include 5 year stretch at the American Intercontinental University, where he had developed number of audio and visual courses for Media Production and Visual Communication Departments.
Matej's credits include:
Absolute Beginners Series, (director, producer)
Eastern Biologicals The Sound, audio-hybrid concept album and mixed media performance around audience,(composer, director, performer)
Fur, dir. Marcela Marcelo, (composition and sound design)
The Captive, dir. Adam Marek, (music and sound design) )
New Nation Rising, Newham Symphony/ RPO, a short film about composer Shirley Thompson, and many more.
Matejs critical review of the Pink Floyd s The Wall features on the
Reflections on "The Wall" 25th Anniversary Limited edition, DVDs disk set, Art House Classics.
He actively participates at national and international conferences, including recent presentation at the Insight Out Conference in Berlin.
In his research, Matej investigates the impact of sound and music on structure and the perception of the visual narrative.
He is currently working on development of the large-scale interactive audio installation project for various sites around London.
Mike Exarchos, MA BSc(Hons)
record producer and artist signed to Mo' Money Recording$, London (AMG Records).
His hip-hop work as Stereo Mike is licensed by Universal Music (Greece). Independent production personas include electronica alias Keim Thomas (signed to The Sound of Everything label) and band Magneteek (experimental industrial outfit). When he is not on the road performing, he composes as part of his PhD research entitled: "Sound Art and the Image; an exploration of the relationship between sonic and visual content towards a compositional methodology for the sonic artist working with visual media" (Sonic Arts Centre, Middlesex University). Mike has been a visiting lecturer for the University of Westminster since 2001, teaching production and synthesis on the MA in Audio Production and BA in Commercial Music, and as of 2006, he is the module leader for Analogue Synthesis on the BSc in Music Informatics.
Releases:
Satyroi Nomades LP (Mo' Money, Universal)
O Allos Mpampis / H Polis AA (Mo' Money, Universal)
Guernica (Hip Hop Culture II compilation, Atlantis Records)
Psychis Apomeinari (Love Hip Hop compilation, Atlantis Records)
Robot Poetry Vol.1 (Hellectronic LP01 compilation, The Sound of Everything)
Rap Tou Tipota (Evnus feat. Stereo Mike, Sunuparksi LP, Minded Rap Records)
Links:
www.momoneyrecordings.com
www.stereomikemusic.com
www.umusic.com
www.thesoundofeverything.com
www.mindedrap.gr
Dr Helen Reddington
Songwriter, Researcher
Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Commercial Music
Email: reddinh@wmin.ac.uk
Helen Reddington has been lecturing in production and cultural theory on popular music courses for around fifteen years; prior to this she spent more than 7 years performing as Helen McCookerybook in post-punk bands The Chefs (www.myspace.com/thechefs) and Helen and the Horns (www.myspace.com/helenandthehorns) both of which were much admired by the late John Peel and recorded Radio 1 sessions for him) and later, writing music for film and TV, including Channel 4's controversial "No One Likes Us, We Don't Care" about Millwall football club. She has recently started performing and touring again, and has released two solo albums, Suburban Pastoral (available from Rough Trade) and Poetry and Rhyme (distributed by Voiceprint).
She has also written songs for several musicals and musical projects, and has recently been employed by Creative Partnerships as a song writing mentor.
Last year she published The Lost Women of Rock Music (Ashgate Press), an academic book that charts the rise and fall of female instrumentalists in punk and rock bands in the UK punk era, featuring interviews with members of The Slits, Girlschool, The Raincoats and Dollymixture, amongst others.
She runs songwriting sessions across the UK and is an avid blogger (www.mccookerybook.com/blog) She is currently working with Martin Stephenson (of The Daintees) on a joint album to be released in 2009 and has recently recorded some rockabilly tracks with Martin, John Cavener from The Band of Holy Joy, and the legendary Joe Guillan www.myspace.com/helenmccookerybook
Savraj Matharu
Savraj is a multimedia specialist for the commercial and creative industries, and University Lecturer at the University of Westminster.
Savraj is best known for his digital portfolio and for his unique 3D Flash animations and sound synchronisation for animation. Since 1999, Savraj has focused on developing innovative ways to blend Flash, Video, 3D and Audio to form a new style of aesthetically pleasing and user friendly Multimedia, delivered exclusively through the web. His expertise in both Flash vector and raster 3D has brought much attention to his work and enabled him to speak at many Flash conferences. Savraj has created websites, design and animation for many world renowned commercial music companies and artists including Deathrow Records, MC Neat & Leona Lewis.
Savraj now finds himself working closely within the music industry and close to music artists in developing multimedia that best reflects the artists music as part of production and distribution, including multimedia for mobile devices, advertising and establishing the artist through brand identity.
Originating from an industry background and spearheading commercial projects in Multimedia Savraj aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry, having experienced both dimensions, calling upon knowledge, expertise within fresh new innovation and dynamic teaching style, he now teaches throughout the University in three different schools (Media Arts & Design, School of Computer Science, and School of Informatics) and on a number of degree programs including undergraduate and postgraduate within modular study, and runs over a dozen modules throughout the University, as well as running his own studio.
Samantha Bennett PGCE MA
Sam Bennett spent a decade experiencing the highs and lows of touring and recording with her bands, combined with work as an assistant engineer in 2 London studios and an assistant promoter in a live music venue. Since then, Sam has lectured in sound engineering and music technology for the last 6 years, previously at City of Westminster College and currently at the University of Westminster. She is committed to research in the area of recording & production techniques and is currently half way through an AHRC funded Doctorate at the University of Surrey, actively publishing and speaking at conferences worldwide. Previously, Sam contributed significant research on behalf of journalists and technical reporters for Audio Media UK magazine in the areas of digital audio. She is also an examiner of A & AS Level Music Technology for EdExcel. Sam is currently a member of the JAMES working group - establishing essential industry links with education and course accreditation - and is the JAMES London Regional Centre co-ordinator.
Keith Harris
Music Business Consultant
Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Commercial Music
Email: keith@keithharrismusic.co.uk
Expertise:
Music Business in general, and in particular Artists Management.
Experience:
Worked with Transatlantic Records, EMI Records, The Motown label, in Management with Stevie Wonder in the United States, and many UK based artists. He has also been Chairman of the MMF (the managers trade body in the UK). He is the Chairman of Musictank, He is also the Director of Performer Affairs for PPL.
He has done numerous radio and television broadcasts for both the BBC and Commercial Radio. He has also participated in international seminars on musicians' rights, for the International Federation of Musicians. He was awarded and honorary Doctorate by the University of Westminster in 2007. At the University of Westminster he is also our external consultant on Music.
Mykaell S Riley
Fellow of the RSA & Arts and Business
Music Producer and Manager, Educational Project Development
Senior Lecturer BA (Hons) Commercial Music
Director of the Centre for Black Music Research UK
Email: rileym@wmin.ac.uk
Expertise
Strategic Educational Project Development,
As a professional writer/producer, his work encompasses TV and Film and Theatre, but mainly albums, over thirty of them - resulting in over nine top twenty positions, and three number ones.
Experience
Mykaell S Riley's career spans over thirty years, during which he has performed, produced, managed and consulted on many artists and their projects.
Hes worked as A&R, In-House Writer for publishers and Music Researcher for TV.
He has also developed many educational projects with funding bodies including, the British Council, the Lottery, PRS, Arts council England and broadcasters such Channel 4, ITV and the BBC.
Bob Fisher
Music business
Director Exceptional Records
Dr John Eacott
Musician, Composer
Principal Lecturer in Commercial Music
Email: eacottj@wmin.ac.uk
Expertise
Composer for film, television and interactive media.
Experience
Johns most recent work Flood Tide (2008) fuses algorithmic composition with live performance and was premiered at Trinity Buoy Wharf, Docklands in June 2008. A related work Hour Angle premiered in 2008 sonifies solar movement. His interactive sound installation The Street is featured in Viva Viva exhibition at P3, Marylebone in December 2008.
Previous projects include Morpheus (2001) a CD Rom of generative techno and Intelligent Street (2003) developed in collaboration with the Interactive Institute, Sweden which allows users to create a shared sonic environment using text messages.
Theatre work includes the influential production of Gormenghast, which toured world-wide (1991-2007) and the RSC production of Timon of Athens 2002. Film work includes arrangements for Alfie starring Jude Law (2003) and four feature films soundtracks including Escape to Life featuring Vanessa Redgrave (2000) and 3 Steps to Heaven featured in the Cannes Film Festival 1995.
As a performer John has recorded and performed with Damon Albarn, Loose Tubes, Goldie, Stereo MCs and many others.
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