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Phil McDonnell - Director
Phil created the Institute and has a background in both the music industry and vocational training. As an artist and songwriter he has had many record releases, TV and radio appearances. Phil has been a manager in music retail and owned his own recording studios and promotional companies. He is national administrative director for the 2337 and 2338 suite of City & Guilds qualifications (which he was instrumental in developing) and is responsible for the New Deal for Musicians music programmes in Greater London and the East of England.
Email philmcdonnell@imthurricane.org
Pat-C Brown - Senior Administrator
Pat-C has extensive knowledge of local education and employment services organisations and procedures and provides invaluable advice to students and staff alike. She is also a talented MC, vocalist and songwriter in her own right and DJs on a local radio station specialising in R'n'B and hip hop.
Email workwithus@imthurricane.org
Mark Narayn - Head of Sound Engineering Department
Mark has been with the Institute since it began, in 1989.
His varied career has included: running his own business, Musical Director for the 'Vic Reeves Big Night Out', production of TV commercials, BBC film sound recordist, audio consultancy, drumming and performing in a host of bands and loads of sound engineering and production work.
Email marknarayn@imthurricane.org
Roisin Orr - Administrator
Roisin is an indispensable member of our team, and administers our New Deal for Musicians programme.
Email info@imthurricane.org
Brian - Building maintenance
Hurricane would simply cease to function without Brian's constant care and attention.
Carl Marsh - NDfM MIP team leader
Carl recorded four albums and toured extensively with noisy art bastards Shriekback in the 80s. He recorded a solo album for Polydor before moving to New York for four years, where he was signed to Atlantic Records as Happyhead. He now writes with various obscure artists and is a partner in a production company making music for commercials, TV and libraries. As a further attention-seeking ploy, Carl also freelances in PR and advertising, and, when he can be bothered, wanders in to IMT to confuse Sound Engineering students and offer patently fraudulent advice to MOLP clients.
Email carlmarsh@imthurricane.org
Dan Maitland - NDfM MIP Advisor
Apart from being a very unselfish lover, Daniel has played with, written with or written for; Melanie Blatt (All Saints). members of Stereo MCs, Geno Washington, Fats Domino, The RSC, Yorkshire TV, VH1 etc. He currently lives with his toothless Grandmother and their dog Rabies deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest in a house built entirely of chicken droppings.
Email danielmaitland@imthurricane.org
Ben Henderson - Sound Engineering & Music Technology lecturer
Ben currently produces at Black Valve Studios in Surrey as well as being the director of Bump & Thumper Recording Co. The bump and Thumper group are a collective of artists, engineers, and producers working together to provide professional services to the music industry.
Ben regularly gives lectures on Music Technology and Sound Engineering at IMT, as well as Kingston College.
Formerly a member of the internationally successful band BOA, Ben was signed with Polystar in Japan and has had Album and Single releases in Japan, South East Asia, the USA and the UK. The song DUVET was used as the theme tune for "LAIN", the Japanese Manga anime, and remixed by D.J. Wasai on the"LAIN- SERIAL EXPERIMENTS" Album. Pioneer USA have recently released the Album "TWILIGHT" in the United States, amalgamating Tracks from the "TALL SNAKE" E.P., which was originally released in Japan.
Ben's regularly performs with his current band MOTH, and also sound engineers at various live venues in the UK. MOTH have performed to raise funds for the London City Mission, Oxygen, and Youth initiatives.
Email benhenderson@imthurricane.org
Ryan Jackson - NDfM MIP Advisor
A talented artist in his own right, Ryan has been in the music industry for the last nine years. He has worked with Whitney Houston, Damage, Phats & Small, Peter Andre and Honeyz and been contracted to Warners, JVC, Sanctuary, Sony, East West and EMI.
Email ryanjackson@imthurricane.org
Tim Palmer - Music Technology Lecturer and Assessor
Tim has a background in computing and music technology and has worked with composers such as Jamie Petrie (D Ream "Things can only get better") and Winston Sela (Maxi Priest, "Close To You").
Email timpalmer@imthurricane.org
Matt Ottewill - Head of Music Technology & Multimedia Departments
Matt has a music industry background which encompasses composition and record production (he has worked with Precious Wilson, Jeb Nichols, Mica Paris, Carol Thompson, and Incognito among others).
Since completing a BA in Music Technology and a masters degree in Multimedia, Matt has lectured at Greenwich University, Rose Bruford College and Kingston University, and presented papers at The Royal College of Music and Doncaster University among others.
Visit his personal site at www.mattottewill.com and research site at www.planetoftunes.com
Email mattottewill@imthurricane.org
Doug Sturrock - NDfM MIP Advisor
Doug has extensive experience in managing and developing new up and coming acts. We'll let you know who some of them are as soon as we can pin him down for long enough to ask him!
Email dougsturrock@imthurricane.org
Toby Stack - apprentice
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