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Michele Kirsch interviews…
LAKE TURNER AND WEM about their EP: Shelter on A Hill Q1: I am interested in the collaborative process when it’s not cut and dry, like...
The Premises Studios
Jun 8, 2023


Yolanda Charles – Masterclass in Musicianship for Rhythm Sections – 19th August 2023
On Saturday 19th August, we’ve got an intensive one-day Masterclass by bass player extraordinaire Yolanda Charles MBE, focusing on...
The Premises Studios
Jun 8, 2023


25th Annual Summer Piano Week – 1st – 5th August 2023
We’re back with another legendary Piano Week, running from 1-5th August 2023. Immerse yourself in four days of intensive tuition in jazz,...
The Premises Studios
Jun 8, 2023


Backing Vocals course: July 20th, 21st, 22nd with Lurine Cato MBE – SOLD OUT!
Are you a good singer who’d like to get work with a performing band, or a good singer who’d like to explore the possibility of Backing...
The Premises Studios
Apr 27, 2023


April 2023 Newsletter
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. No, don’t. We’re gonna tell it anyway, cos that’s the Dad joke way we roll… STALLONE: I’m...
The Premises Studios
Apr 6, 2023


March 2023 Newsletter
QUOTE OF THE MONTH “I could never make love to music because I’m not into the woman, I’m into, wait, what did the saxophone play in the...
The Premises Studios
Mar 7, 2023


January 2022 Newsletter
QUOTE OF THE MONTH “There’s nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old...
The Premises Studios
Jan 9, 2023


JOHNNY BORRELL, MAN IN THE VAN
Interviewed by Michele Kirsch What have you been working on here? Getting ready for a tour or preparing for a release or both? “Both....
The Premises Studios
Jan 5, 2023


Art of Arranging Course: 25th March, and 1-2 April, with Janette Mason
Have you written a good song and want to learn how to arrange it for a band and record it in a studio? We started this course last year...
The Premises Studios
Dec 15, 2022


Rhythm Section Masterclass for electric bass players and drummers: 11th Feb
What is the role of the rhythm section within a band? Are you a bass player looking to work with a drummer or a drummer looking to work...
The Premises Studios
Dec 15, 2022


December 2022 Newsletter
Unless the music is stopped now, the human race, mumbling, snapping its fingers, twitching its hips, will sink back into an amoebic state...
The Premises Studios
Dec 1, 2022


November Newsletter
“I’ll never make it. It will never happen because they’re never going to hear me ‘cause they’re screaming all the time.”Elvis Presley...
The Premises Studios
Nov 3, 2022


October 2022 Newsletter
“Ava was there in the morning, now she’s gone She’s reborn like Sarah Vaughan” (October Song by Amy Winehouse) We thought a song about...
The Premises Studios
Oct 6, 2022


September 2022 Newsletter
“Someone just got me a shower radio. I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.” Jerry Seinfeld...
The Premises Studios
Sep 1, 2022


August Newsletter
QUOTE OF THE MONTH “To be honest, my music taste is so hard to describe, like it’s literally everything except for the songs I don’t...
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Sep 1, 2022


July 2022 Newsletter
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” Albert Schweitzer We at the coalface of the Premises couldn’t...
The Premises Studios
Jul 7, 2022


June 2022 Newsletter
“She’s simply awesome, oooh She dashed by me in painted-on jeans All heads turned cos she was the dream In the blink of an eye, I knew...
The Premises Studios
Jun 6, 2022


May 2022 Newsletter
“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” Elton John OK, we’re not talking out of...
The Premises Studios
May 12, 2022


Prince William and Cate Blanchett in Studio A
When Hollywood Royalty met actual Royalty. We’ve had to keep this under wraps for a while but Audible’s new ‘Climate of Change’ podcast...
The Premises Studios
May 5, 2022


The Premises Studios
Apr 7, 2022
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