Cranford Review / June_2018

Beat The Street
Tour Bus
On
Monday 5th February 2018 we were fortunate to be
visited by Glen Rowe, Managing Director of Back
Stage Academy with a massive 18 metre tour bus. The
purpose of the visit was to introduce year 9 students to careers in
the music industry and to learn about what it is like to go on tour.
Glen Rowe, Tour Director for Muse and now Managing Director of
Backstage Academy, gave students an insight into the world of live
events production, life on the road and answered questions on his
twenty-year career in the industry. Students then got the opportunity
to spend time on the Beat the Street tour bus to get a glimpse of the
touring lifestyle.
The students really enjoyed the experience and were very impressed
by the tour bus. It certainly changed their views of the rock star life
style.
Luke Joyce and Rory O’Hare
(Creative Arts – Music)
“I really enjoyed
going on the tour bus and seeing it
all in person. I want a career in music
and seeing it all up close has really
inspired me and the rest of my band
members. I’ve always wanted to go on
tour and perform songs for people and
now I’ve had a taste of what that could
actually be like and I want to continue
working with my band and hopefully
at some point have our own mini tour.
The people that came in to talk about
what it’s like in the music industry
have also helped as now I know what
to expect for the future”.
Corben Smith (year 9)
“I really enjoyed that day, particularly
walking into the tour bus. As an
aspiring musician in a band this
has been a wonderful, inspiring and
educational lesson. It showed me how
life is on tour and how it is not as bad
as it seems, because I’m in a band,
I want to go on tour and this shows
how life is like on the road. Glen who
worked with Muse, showed us how
there is more to the music industry
than just bands and producers. He
really enlightened me on the subject
and I really am pleased having
learnt that”.
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Zayia Berum (year 9)