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Frank Turner joins WaterBear as patron

Posted on April 4, 2019

Waterbear is proud to announce that Frank Turner will be a WaterBear patron offering his expertise and advice to their students. What’s more, Frank will be cutting the ribbon at WaterBear’s inaugural launch on 30thAugust 2018.

WaterBear is a private music college for musicians and creatives. It works in partnership with the University of Chichester to offer creative people fully-accredited Master of Arts and BA (Hons) degree programmes, delivered in modern, engaging, and industry-relevant ways. Run by its founders (Bruce John Dickinson and Adam Bushell) , WaterBear draws together highly-experienced professionals, each with significant experience in the music industry as established touring musicians and recording artists. The founders also all share a deep-set passion for music education, with 20 years of experience in the UK’s well-respected private music education sector.

"I'd like to announce that I'm teaming up with WaterBear as a patron to launch an exciting new music college in Brighton,” says Frank.

Frank Turner is an English folk/punk singer-songwriter from Winchester. He joined the post-hardcore band Million Dead as vocalist back in 2001, having been a former bandmate of drummer Ben Dawson in Kneejerk. In their four years together, Million Dead released two albums, but announced in 2005 that they would be parting ways. Around that time Turner acquired a tape with Bruce Springsteen's ‘Nebraska’ on it. Later, he explained "that was a really big moment for me, hearing that record, in terms of a turn-around in my music career: from hardcore punk bands to what I’m doing now.” Frank also felt that “When Million Dead finished, I wanted to stay on tour, but I didn’t want the hassle of putting a band together."

These things inspired Frank to embark upon a mainly acoustic-based solo career, working In studio and on tour with his backing band The Sleeping Souls (Ben Lloyd (guitar, mandolin); Tarrant Anderson (bass); Matt Nasir (piano, mandolin) and Nigel Powell (drums). So far, Frank has released seven solo albums, three rarities compilation albums, one split album and five EPs. His seventh studio album, Be More Kind, was released on 4th May 2018.

As WaterBear’s Education Director, Bruce John Dickinson (who enjoyed 11 Top Forty hits and a Number 1 album in the early 90’s with his band, Little Angels) says: “As a person, artist, and performer, Frank stands as a shining example of the WaterBear ethos. We’re delighted and thrilled to welcome him, and his expertise, as patron of the college.”

By Waterbear

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118 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG, UK  Map

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 726230

WaterBear Sheffield, Unit 4, Gatecrasher,
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Why We're WaterBear...

- ‘Water bear’ is the common name for a Tardigrade.
- Tardigrades are micro creatures, found everywhere on earth.
- They are the most resilient creatures known.
- They can survive and adapt to their surroundings, even in outer space.
- Their resilience and ability to adapt and survive inspires us in everything we do. We love them.

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