student diary

If you didn’t read my last blog my name is James Lane and I’m the proud winner of a Yamaha Guitar Scholarship at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. I’m going to share what I’ve been doing at the Institute and hopefully pass on a bit of information about playing and learning.

I’m currently on half term of Term two now, and it has flown by so fast. I’ll start by telling you a little about a couple of the lessons I’ve had this term.

Hi, my name is James Lane and I was the lucky winner of the Yamaha Guitar scholarship on the Institute’s Higher Diploma course. This is my first blog entry (so bear with me!) but my aim is to share some of my thoughts on playing and learning, give you some ideas about what’s going on here, and share some of my personal highlights from the first six weeks. So, here goes…

I start bright and early today with a 9am lecture in the main Music Week lecture theatre. This morning’s lecture is for the Music Industry Overview module and focused on the music industry and digital platforms. This is a subject I find really interesting, as I’m a keen user of the internet to showcase my music. We spent the lecture identifying how the music industry has adopted the internet and mobile phones to showcase artists and distribute music.