As well as being home to York's Access to Music course, Jam Factory Studios is also in the hub of York's music scene, providing rehearsal space for many of York's finest bands of the past, present and the future!
Jam Factory Studios has been favoured by Shed Seven, Chris Helme (of The Sea Horses) and Colour Of Fire, to name but a few. The Jam Factory is situated a short walk from the city centre and has convenient access by bus, road or rail.
Facilities include four fully-equipped sound-proofed rehearsal rooms, a small but perfectly-formed studio, technology loft and seminar room, as well as a comfortable chill-out area with vending facilities. The centre is handy for local amenities including sandwich shops and St Johns College.
Jam Factory Studios is at the heart of Yorks thriving music scene which features a plethora of venues small and large catering to every taste in music. The centre has excellent links with local venues, music industry, press and schools as well as youth organisations such as The Princes Trust, Future Prospects and Connexions etc.
The York centre prides itself on its range of enrichment activities which include regular performance opportunities, pop video projects, music journalism, work experience with local industry contacts and the opportunity to work on the press team which produces our in-house magazine Toast. These are in addition to ATMs diverse range of enrichments.
COURSES AVAILABLE:
Performing Musician (PM)
Creative Music Producer (CMP)
CONTACT DETAILS
ATM STUDIOS The Jam Factory 106 Eldon Street YORK YO31 7NH T:01904 655 290
F: 01904 655 290 E: atm.york@access-to-music.co.uk
Contacts: Charlie Daykin and Jane Humphreys
If you've already decided on the course you want to do CLICK HERE to apply!
Access to Music course run all over the country.
Please click on the link below to view the access to music website to find out more information about other centres in the UK.
But first and foremost Jam Factory Studios is a place for budding musicans run by other musicians! We welcome all types of musician into our arms be it drummer, vocalist, DJ, or programmer and everything inbetween! If you have an interest in music, we have an interest in you!
If you're not looking for a college course but you are looking for rehearsal rooms contact Chris on:
01904 339879 for more information or to book a rehearsal space.
WE ARE ALSO PIMPING OUR STUDIO OUT FOR YOUR USE... £20 AN HOUR WITH THE ENGINEER INCLUDED. CONTACT DETAILS ARE ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Our staff team currently consists of a fine array of personalities...read on for more information!
CHRIS (Chris Humphreys) - Plays bass for local band The Stanleys.
Owner of the Jam Factory and fixer of all things technical. He is constantly multi-tasking as a plumber/carpenter/electrician and general all-rounder. Great guy and bringer of the all singing all dancing new vending machine!
JANE (Jane Humphreys) - We really don't know where we'd be without her, well, we'd be under a mountain of paperwork, guaranteed!
Centre Manager, teacher of key skills and bringer of the hippy-vibe, is there no end to her powers??
CHARLIE (Charles Daykin) - Our glorious leader! Fondly known as Sir Charles of the Daykin. King of the keys and teacher of all things historical and business-esque.
Centre Manager and all round genuinely nice guy.
FODA. (Paul Fothergill) - Our bass tutor and bringer of the funk. Bass player for Blue Nun, currently touring with Allistair Griffin and looking forward to a 2009 tour with Undercut.
KATE (Kate Lohan) - Vocals and performance skills tutor and marketing queen bee. Is also the lead singer of 'The Agents'.
MASTER SPLINTER. (Tim Downie) - Guitar, recording and programming tutor, used to be in the world music band Banoffi, previously part of town boys Parthian Shot. Tim currently writes some bangin' Dubstep and is out resident studio/live engineer. What he doesn't know about sound isn't worth knowing.
BARR (Daniel Bowater) - Another new addition this year, he has taken on the daunting task of teaching DJs to play the keyboards as well as composition. A brave man and very talented! Is also in 'The Agents' with our vocal tutor Kate.
PAUL (Paul Walker) - Our fantabulous DJ tutor (also dabbles in all things historical!) He knows all there is to know about scratching...?! Also works as a live DJ with a regular slot in Leeds.
PiXiE (Steph Collinson) - Our little administration elf! Generally knows where anything and everything is and queen Jane's loyal assistant! She teaches music tech and is our much needed technical support....PiXiE is also a vocalist, a producer, and a studio engineer.
MONTY (The dog) - Everybody's favourite puppy and the resident pooch. Chris's pride and joy! We never believed that dogs could smile til we met Monty!
WINGNUT (The kitty) - This hyper ball of ginger fluff is always up for a play but remember, she's only little!
MURPHY (The estranged cat) - Murphy our cat knows what he wants...he disappears for weeks at a time and comes back for food and to look a little smug. He's the king of cool!
BODGER (Our lady pup) - We are sorry to say that Bodger recently passed away, but her memory will forever live on and Monty misses her terribly.
TEDDY (our little pup) - Is the newest edition to our animal kingdom and definitely rules the roost!
Influences
Collectively the students and tutors from the land of the jam are influenced by far too many artists, DJs and producers to list!
Between us we take influence from every type of music on the planet as we have such a wide range of personalities in the building at any one time!
And in turn we all take influence from each other. We're just on a whole other horizon of musical vibes!
Sounds Like
Anything you want to hear someone here is making it!
IN THIS SECTION WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A FEW ARTISTS THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE IN THE LIMELIGHT.
ARTISTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY STUDIED AT OUR COLLEGE OR CURRENTLY DO, AND ARTISTS THAT HAVE REHEARSED WITH US. AND SOME PEOPLE THAT QUITE SIMPLY ARE JUST DARN NICE!
THE STANLEYS - ROCK N ROLL
York retro rock n roll favourites delivering harmony filled toe-tappers that you'll be humming for the rest of the day!
THIS IS PiXiE - A SINGER/SONGWRITER/PRODUCER/SOUND ENGINEER FROM YORK...
SHE HAS A PASSION FOR ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC AND HAS A LOVE OF WRITING, RECORDING AND PERFORMING! SHE HAS ONLY RECENTLY DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN PROGRAMMING MUSIC AND AT THE MOMENT IS MOSTLY WRITING DRUM ‘N’ BASS, CHECK IT OUT!
PiXiE IS ALSO OFFERING HER VOCAL TALENTS FOR 'RENT' FOR ALL THE PRODUCERS/DJS OUT THERE THAT WANT VOCAL SAMPLES FOR THERE TRACKS CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE!
TOM BRISTOW - PROGRESSIVE TRANCE
Tom Bristow, born in York, 1985, is a trance producer with a major passion for music. Tom first started producing music at the age of 16, when he played around with a program called ‘Hip-Hop E-jay’ and found that it was very limited as you could not make your own riffs and sounds. At this time Dr Dre, Ice Cube, Xzibit and early Hip-Hop artists influenced him. In 2002, Tom met a trance producer, who told him that trance was the way forward and since then Tom has been producing trance. He now uses programs like Fruity Loops, Reason, Ableton Live and Cubase SX. He is currently building up his solo repertoire for several albums, which he plans to send off to record companies and magazines such as Computer Music and Future music for reviews. Tom attends a music college called ‘The Jam Factory’, which is run by Access To Music. At the Jam factory Tom has recorded bands using various programs and undertaken many tasks involving setting up drum kits and guitars with microphones. Also setting up talk back systems, sound checking, mixing & mastering, sound engineering, radio programming and music business/marketin
In the last three years Joel has been a regular part of the production team for many local gigs in and around York. He has successfully recorded several bands demo CDs and has worked as a producer with many artists for over two years. Now, almost out of college and heading to university, Joel has lots of talent to offer any bands or artists that need producing or venues / studios that need a good experienced sound engineer. The future holds a lot for Joel. Once qualified he will have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to offer the widest range of music related technical assistance, productive input, creative spark and highly efficient recording process ability.
DataLine is Cenk S. (Thats his name dont get confused).Half Turkish and half English ,and currently studying in Access To Music JamFactory in York.
He is his bedroom's artist where he experiments and creates interesting catchy music using: Laptop running Ableton Live and Reason , Elektron MachineDrum , Novation K-station , Korg Electribe EA - MK2 , and a Behringer 8 Channel Mixer.
Five Inch Kettle were formed at the Jam Factory College in York back in September 2005. The four-piece band is made up of Matt Myers on lead guitar and vocals, Asha Kandiah on rhythm guitar, Adam Binns on bass guitar and Steven Spaven on the drums.
Each member has a taste in a variety of genres of music, which contributes to the alternative rock with melodies of the Kettle.
This is Ashas first experience in a band while Matt and Steve are currently involved with other band projects: Standing in the Shadows and Unapproved respectively. Adam was previously in a band called Hedgecore and the Tree Unit.
Parthian Shot are a four piece hip hop crew from small town Whitby, North Yorkshire and based in York. MCs Marshall Art and Esko bringing the verbals, Versatile (Dropzone) ..s and the incomparable Master Splinter building the beats, their original sound has already established a solid fan base. Forming in early 2005, and their first show in May in that year the crews been gigging steadily ever since. With their debut album imminent and another EP soon to follow, their unique style is bound to find you sooner or later. So beware.THE P-VIRUS IS SPREADING!!!!!
Paul Walker first started djing at the age of 14 by using two tape recorders to make his own hilarious radio show(one to play the music and one to record the talking and the music, stupid!).After one inspired mix of Men at Work "Land down under" into "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul and the cartoon cat he had a Zen like experience and decided that gettin’ paid for playing others music was far easier than learning to play your self.
Paul is currently residing in Leeds with his dog ‘Sparky’, and has been teaching Dj Skills and Contextual Studies for four years at Access to Music in York and enjoys long romantic walks on the beach, horror films and cross stitching.
Alex is a robot that lives on the sun, he likes the heat and says it helps him consetrate on his music. His neighbours use to complain but now the heat from the sun has burnt them down to just ash. Alex wants to grow up to be a world class producer, or a fish farmer, at this time he hasn't decided.
The band was born from the ashes of previous bands and after a few different line-ups we are finally sorted .The present line up of the band has been together for just less than a year and we gig regularly around York. Get yourselves down to a gig and see what you think!
Though Mass Movement have been together for just over 3 years in various line-ups and names this is the first line up that we are unveiling to the public.
Mass Movement have always had the same main aims
1) to make people dance
2) to make people more aware of things that are going on in the world/socio-political issues (without being patronising) and hopefully this will show who really has the power.
Mass Movement has recently expanded to include visuals and other art forms. They use a multi-media art to attack the problems to combat the media and the establishments lies and veiled truths!
This includes are VJ Kamikaze Theory (unfortuntly only part time as he's @ Sheffield Uni) and the man behind all Mass Movement graphics, animation and art work Darth Tater!
The ATOM Live Festival 2009 is coming soon to the Custard Factory in Birmingham!
Running from 12pm to 11pm the festival will host a massive amount of exciting musical talent from past and present Access to Music students, from all over the UK.
Starting the festival season before anyone else it's set to be the biggest and most exciting event of Access to Music this year, and definitely not something to be missed!
From dub step to beat boxing and from indie to rnb the ATOM Live Festival brings together all different types of music from across the UK, all in the funky and inspirational setting of Birmingham's cultural hub of the Custard Factory.
ATOM will once again be hosting the popular Busker's Corner situated right in the entrance to Music Live 2008 at the NEC. Here aspiring singer..songwriters, rappers, MCs can get the opportunity to entertain the crowds. Busker’s should contact music@accesstomusic.co.uk to put themselves forward for a 10 min slot. All performers get an Atom T-Shirt and three lucky busker finalists win prizes from Wharfedale Pro.
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ATM Lincoln is based on Claketgate in the heart of the city situated above the popular nightclubs RITZY and PULSE.
We offer a number of courses to suit all musical genres. Whether it be PERFORMING MUSICIANS or CREATIVE MUSIC PRODUCERS we will have the course for you.
All Tutors at ATM LINCOLN are actively working within the music industry and have a mass of experience and a number of contacts which can help towards pushing our students that one step further.
HEYY JUSST TOO LET EVERYONE AT THE JAM FACTORY NO I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME THERE IN THE HOLS AND LUVD IT!!! IM DEFFO GOIN THERE FOR COLLEGE WEN I LEAVE SKEWL (Y) XXX<3
It seems like years since the last Moorfest happened and to be honest I think the weather was very much a factor in whether people enjoyed themselves or not. Some thrived in the mud whilst others wept until their dads could pick them up. Moorfest is still carving an identity for itself and in the three years that it has been established I think I can say that the one thing that most people love about it is the friendly atmosphere, and this gig is a good opportunity to meet up with friends that perhaps you haven't seen since the festival, to make new friends, enjoy quality music, get a flavour of Moorfest if you haven't already been and also to talk to the organisers in order to give your opinions on how to improve the festival. We'll also be projecting your favourite photos that you've taken from previous Moorfests to create a live mashup that will adorn the walls of the Brudenell so please send them to bandsformoorfest@yahoo.co.uk and make sure that everyone in the picture is cool for you to use them like this.
There'll be much more to boot like gorgeous organic food, t-shirt stall, films and raffles to win tickets to Moorfest 4 which we're working on right now and aim to make it the best yet.
We really appreciate your continued support in making Moorfest what it is and hope to see you all there.
