Music School for Budding Rock and Pop Stars Opens in Kent

September 07, 2006 - Press Dispensary - Musician and teacher, Paul Hunt, is bringing a rock and pop music school to Sidcup and Chislehurst, Kent, to teach children and adults how to play guitar, bass, and keyboards and perform vocals in a band. The school is part of nationwide franchise, Clive’s Easylearn Rock and Pop School (http://www.clivesmusic.com), and is designed to fill the gap between informal learning and more traditionally taught instruments and methods.

The school employs qualified, CRB approved musicians to teach children aged seven years and upwards.

The Easylearn method has been developed over 25 years by founder of the rock school network, Clive Brooks, and used successfully to teach over 6,000 people to date. Lessons comprise 45 minutes of teacher-led time (30 minutes for seven to nine year olds) and a 15 minute jam session at the end where all the students play together. The lessons follow a programme that focuses on early achievement quickly so that pupils may play competently with each other as part of a band.

The Easylearn schools will be held at Sidcup Conservative Club on Thursday evenings from 5.30-8.30pm and Chislehurst Christ Church Hall, Lubbock Road on Saturdays between 9.30am-12.30pm. A road show style tour of schools in the Kent area is planned for October 2006. Schools will be offered a free 15 minute taster session so they may experience the Easylearn method for themselves. Bookings can be made by telephone or online at http://www.clivesmusic.com .

Paul Hunt, franchise owner, comments: “Clive has done away with boring theory and made music playing simple, fun and direct. Our Easylearn courses are popular with tutors and students because they are uncomplicated and provide fast results. The principle is to get rid of all the elements that slow down progress so that children can learn in a much more stimulating and proactive way."

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Paul Hunt is an IT Lecturer at Bexley College, Kent. He is also a musician and plays a number of string instruments including guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo, as well as playing in a barn dance band (Rosies Dumplings). He is 40 years old and married with two children.

Paul Hunt started a Clive’s Easylearn music franchise for Sidcup and Chislehurst as there was no other music facility of this type in the area. It is part of a national franchise network. The School opened in June 2006 and employs six part time music teachers, all of whom are CRB approved.

Clive’s Easylearn rock and pop music schools were established in Southampton in 1981 by Clive Brooks BA (Hons). A respected music teacher and author, Clive began his musical career in 1973. He has toured Europe with a variety of bands and written a number of music-led magazine articles and books - most notably ‘How to Form a Successful Band’ for Virgin books.

For further information, please contact:
Paul Hunt, franchise owner, Clive's Easylearn Rock and Pop School
Tel: 0208 3029722 Email:
Site: http://www.clivesmusic.com