If you’re anything like me, you probably aren’t really aware of Tinderbox. Maybe if you were paying attention you might have seen a poster for this week’s Human Interest gig at the Hope & Ruin and thought they were promoters. Actually, Tinderbox is a non profit artist development and music production house, based in Sussex and funded by the Arts Council. In their own words the “exist to make sure cool, diverse music keeps getting made by cool, diverse working artists, who increasingly can’t afford to get into the studio”. The team behind Tinderbox are made up of Lucy Sheehan from Projector, producer / engineer Ben Hampson, who’s been involved an impressive list of bands from Brighton and beyond, and Suzi Ireland, a music industry professional with decades of experience across management, promotion and journalism.
They’re putting on the gig on Wednesday to support some bands they’ve worked with over the last year – Human Interest, That Band Called Susan and Brighton’s Atticomatic. Keep your eyes peeled for future Tinderbox gigs which they’re hopefully putting on a couple of times a year, and if you’re a musician looking to advance your career, maybe look them up and get in touch with them
As of last night, Brighton has a new venue! Exciting news, but let’s cut quickly to what often gets quietly glossed over when a “new” pub or venue opens up in Brighton – more often than not, it’s an old pub or venue that’s reopened. As you may have already guessed from its name and our accompanying photo, WaterBear Music Bar – the second venue in town opened by WaterBear Music College – is what most people probably know as Latest Music Bar. It’s actually been Manchester Street Arts Centre since early last year, and people with longer memories might remember it as the original home of the Komedia, Akademia (a bar / venue owned by Brighton uni), or Joogleberry. It’s actually been an entertainment venue of sorts ever since it was first built over 200 years ago as Kentfield Billiard Rooms. (If you want to pick up some interesting Brighton trivia, look up Edwin Kentfield)
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