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Calling all musicians, gamers and other creatives Start your journey towards a career in the creative industries with ACM, in the place where all creativity matters ACM is a specialist alternative option for uni or college that you might not already know about. If you want to learn how to earn a living from doing something that you love, then look no further; this is a place where creativity is nurtured and celebrated, and a place of learning that a whole manner of musicians, technicians, engineers, game developers and other creatives alike can call home. At ACM, students are taught by industry professionals who are already enjoying careers in the same industries that their students one day want to work in.
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ACM offers specialist programmes in bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals, rap and lyricism, artistry, songwriting, business, technical services, electronic music, audio production, game development and more, with study options at both diploma and degree level – making it a great alternative to attending a traditional college or university. What’s more, if you’re under 19, then studying with ACM at diploma level could be free! With campuses in Guildford (Surrey), London and Birmingham, each with a unique and different
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vibe, ACM is also home to Europe’s largest recording facility – Metropolis Studios, where 70% of this year’s UK BRIT award winners were mixed, mastered or recorded. Artists such as Queen, Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson have made Metropolis their workplace over the years, with a current client list that includes Stormzy, Drake, Clean Bandit, Elton John, Adele, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Beyoncé to name just a few. This means that ACM’s students can walk the same hallowed halls as their musical idols, work in the same studio environments in which their favourite tracks have been recorded, and learn from the same Grammy-award winning team that have helped produce them. It’s not just all about the music, though. This September, ACM Guildford launches its brand new Games Academy, working with pioneers like Supermassive Games, Alienware, UKIE, TIGA and more. Students will have access to world-class computing facilities and industry-grade game development software such as Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine
and Unity. You’ll learn about all the different disciplines within Games Development, covering audio, art, design and programming. In celebration of of its inaugural intake, every student will be gifted a specialist Dell or Alienware gaming laptop by ACM to help
them with their studies. With a brand new master’s degree programme on the horizon (estimated to begin January 2022), and plenty of freshers activities planned for the newest cohort of students joining this autumn, there has never been a better time to join.
Find out more It isn’t too late to apply to start studies in September. Visit the website at acm.ac.uk or call 01483 500841 to fi nd out more.
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