Nowhere Boys
The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) Higher Diploma guitar alumni Matt Law recently played the close-up guitar work for the Paul McCartney character, portrayed by Thomas Sangster, in the upcoming John Lennon biopic ‘Nowhere Boy’. Though beginning his career in the Quarrymen as a guitarist, when the group transformed into the Beatles, McCartney changed his instrument to the bass guitar.
The ICMP was excited to have eight students specially invited to preview the new biopic about John Lennon’s teenage years, ‘Nowhere Boy’, in December at the Soho Screening Rooms. ‘Nowhere Boy’ is the directorial debut of Sam Taylor-Wood, with screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh (who wrote the script for the 2007 Joy Division film ‘ Control’), and recently closed the prestigious London Film Festival to rave reviews. The screening was presented by music consultancy firm 1917, with whom the ICMP partners on many new music projects.
Nowhere Boys cover
Students were treated to an opening talk by Haydn Williams, Senior Marketing Manager at Sony Music UK. Haydn talked about sourcing the correct music to reflect the time and reviewed avenues of promotion for the soundtrack and the film itself.
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The ICMP is widely recognised as one of Europe’s leading schools of modern music. Established almost a quarter of a century ago, the ICMP has been developing and delivering cutting-edge courses to students of contemporary music for longer than any other UK-based school. Originally known as the Guitar Institute and Basstech, the school has built its reputation on providing world class teaching using the very best teachers and state-of-the-art facilities. It now offers a range of professional courses including a 3-year Degree (BMus), a fully-funded 1-year Diploma, a specialist 1-year Higher Diploma, a Professional Diploma in Songwriting plus a wide portfolio of part-time courses designed to meet a variety of training needs for guitarists, bass players, drummers, vocalists and songwriters. Past or present ICMP students can be found everywhere, touring with the likes of Moby and The Noisettes, playing with bands like Radiohead and Babyshambles and artists like Eric Clapton and Kylie Minogue, and also working as teachers all over the world.
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