Brighton School of Audio Formed

Two live sound engineers, Jon Burton and Mark Jones, have joined forces to launch BSA Live, a ground-breaking training forum for young people interested in a professional career in live sound engineering. Burton and Jones have a combined touring experience of over 30 years and have engineered for a diverse array of top-level artists including Pulp, James, Radiohead, Suede, Bryan Ferry and Morcheeba. The decision to launch BSA Live grew out of the general countrywide lack of interactive live oriented courses. Burton said: "We’ve identified a gap in the market. There are studio courses available but virtually nothing specifically addressing live sound in a hands-on manner. We want to provide an opportunity for young people interested in sound and wanting to make a career out of live audio to get started."

The ‘Foundation in Live Sound Engineering’ course is designed for maximum accessibility, and is open to students of little or no previous experience. The course will run over an eight-week period with students attending on a part time, three-day-a-week basis. Classes will be restricted to a maximum of 10, allowing them to receive full attention. So far, BSA Live has gained enthusiastic support from several leading industry brands including XTA and Drawmer. XTA are donating computers, processor units and their new SIDD (Digital dynamic processor) units for use on the course, and their Audiocore software will be used as one of the teaching tools.

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