Crawlers guitarist and BBC producer visit Priestley music event

Priestley College welcomed around 100 pupils from local schools to an exciting world of music event organised by Liverpool Sound City.

The event was set up to inspire a new generation of talent within the music industry.

Among the industry names to get involved was XS Manchester radio presenter and BBC producer Shell Zenner who hosted some of the workshops and interviewed a range of musical talent who supported the event.

Music professionals attended the event at Priestley College (Image: Priestley College)
This included Priestley alumna - and guitarist with the band Crawlers - Amy Woodall who made an exciting appearance.

The band are due to release their debut album in February and have already toured worldwide as well as achieved a viral hit with ‘Come Over (Again)’.

“Seeing the career paths of those behind the scenes in the music industry was helpful for my career progression,” said Natalie Garnett, who studies music and photography at Priestley.

Another former Priestley student Jess Meade, who has worked as a photographer for Crawlers, also attended the careers event where she answered questions from pupils alongside Amy.

There were workshops focussed on DJing, drum and bass, careers talks by Huddersfield University and an insight into PR.

Priestley’s and Liverpool Sound City’s goal was to open the eyes of young talent to a wider range of careers available in music.

Music workshops were put on throughout the day (Image: Priestley College)
Priestley music tutor Michael Grainger said: “Liverpool Sound City put together an incredible range of speakers for the event, which was a huge success.

“What worked particularly well was having former Priestley students talking about their routes into the music industry because it shows our current cohort what is possible.”