Once again, our Music and Media departments have joined forces to highlight the remarkable talent and cross-disciplinary collaboration of our students!

Last week, we welcomed BARSTAFF – the winners of the Amped Band Competition – for an exclusive live recording session at our Loxton Campus. This high-energy external band partnered with our learners to produce a live album and a series of professional promotional videos, offering a rare opportunity for our students to gain real-world experience in a professional production environment.

Our Music students took full control of the sound production process – from live sound engineering to multitrack recording, all the way through to mixing and mastering the final album. Simultaneously, our Media students managed all aspects of video production, capturing the performance with multiple cameras and creating high-quality, synchronised video content for each track.

Adding to the excitement, industry professional Iain Robertson, whose impressive experience involves working with Oasis, Gary Moore, Spandau Ballet, and Duran Duran as a tour manager, attended the live recording – adding to the professionalism of the experience for the learners.

This weekend BARSTAFF performed at the Elmers Arms in Bristol, where they featured one of our learner bands, ‘Covered in Bottles’, as the opening act, offering even more exposure and learning opportunities for our students.

This unique event was professionally filmed, edited, and utilised not only for student portfolios, but also as promotional content for the band and the college, strengthening our ties to the creative industry and highlighting the exceptional work being done within our creative courses!

We’re super proud of the effort our students continue to apply at these industry experiences, and their professionalism is fantastic.

To find out more about our creative arts courses, click here.

About Weston College

Weston College is an Ofsted rated 'Good' and 'Outstanding for Skills' Further Education college and University Centre in Weston-super-Mare, 25 minutes from Bristol. Providing education and vocational training to around 30,000 learners in the South West.