Andy is a professional musical director, composer, songwriter, and session musician with over 25 years of experience within the industry. Working primarily as a musical director, his diverse experience spans multiple genres from contemporary music to orchestral productions. UK, European and World tours credits include The Osmonds, Kerry Ellis, Gareth Gates, and many artists from stage and screen. As a composer, Andy has written and continues to produce music for the BBC and other media outlets. His work has been performed by the Manchester Hallé Orchestra and he continues to write and arrange for theatre. Andy has been educating within popular music and song writing since 2013. Specialist areas include live performance, song writing, arranging, musical directing and music theory.
Mark Richardson is the drummer of ‘Skunk Anansie’, founder and trustee of the music industry mental wellbeing charity, ‘Music Support,’ inventor of ‘Tunerfish Lug Locks’ and an academic, completing his MA in Music Industry Innovation and Enterprise at WaterBear in Brighton.
Little Angels was the start of Mark’s professional career with non-other than our very own WaterBear CEO, Bruce Dickinson in the early 1990s. He contributed to their number 1 album ‘Jam’ and enjoyed support tours with the likes of Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi and Van Halen. However, his tenure with Little Angels was short lived and he went on to play for B.L.O.W. following the split of Little Angels in 1993. In 1995 he jumped ship to join UK alternative new rockers on the block Skunk Anansie.
Andrew Stuart-Buttle is a multi-instrumentalist, session musician, producer and arranger. Over the years he has worked with artists including Lucy Rose, The Staves, Samantha Crain, Rolo Tomassi, Tiger Cub and Memorial. He has toured internationally in North America, South America, Europe and Asia as well as appearing at festivals & venues including The Barbican, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Filmore East, Glastonbury & Latitude. Playing violin, viola, guitar, bass, keyboards and voice has led to his speciality in arranging artists’ work for different scenarios and ensembles.
Chris Herstad Carney is a DJ, radio presenter, event & festival manager, educator and general creative brain from Liverpool, UK. In his DJ career as a solo performer and with renowned collective Mixnots, Chris has played Glastonbury, Creamfields, Isle of Wight, Sound City, Kendal Calling, Standon Calling & Lake of Stars Malawi – a few highlights out of hundreds of gigs over a 16-year span. In event management, Chris co-founded Threshold Festival of Music & Arts which ran for 11 years in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle district. He has worked on several high-profile events including Liverpool International Music Festival, Sound City, Rock n Roll Marathon, Liverpool Biennial, Spectra Aberdeen & John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux which took 3 Drum’s UK Event Awards in 2018.
Demelza plays drums for Brighton-based rock band, The Wytches. She’s played sold out shows with the band at venues such as London’s iconic MOTH Club, and notable UK festivals such as The Great Escape and Latitude. Her passion and strong work ethic have led to an impressive, varied career, including appearances in a number of documentaries on life as a mother and alt-musician. Demelza is also a passionate advocate for improving the experience of women in the music industry and has discussed these issues on various music industry conference panels and radio stations.
Chris Damms is writer and musician who has been in the world of music for many years. His first experience professionally was with a small deal at Chrysalis Records in the late 90’s and more recently with Universal Music Publishing in Los Angeles, USA. He was signed by the legendary Lance Freed, the grandfather of American publishing who signed the likes of the Beach Boys, Carpenters, Tom Petty and most recently, before he died, Burt Bacharach. Chris’ sound is remenisent of the late 60’s, early 70’s and has been played on BBC6 music, with DJ’s Gideon Coe, Cerys Matthews, Don Letts, Radcliffe and Maconie, Gary Crowley on BBC Radio London, Steve Lemaq, Tom Robinson, and on BBC Radio 2 Dermot O’leary, Janice Young.
As a recent BA lecturer of composition at Hudderfield University Chris recently secured a live session for students at the iconic Maida Vale Studios which was broadcast live on the Cerys Matthews show. He continues to work with young artists to help them develop and through his contacts and associations with PR labels and the BBC hopes to utilise these to also help students at WaterBear.
Danny is a tour manager, sound engineer and production manager, as well as being active in artist management, working with Tandem Management. He started touring in 2012, a year after finishing his degree in Music Production from the University of Brighton. Danny has worked with many artists, including Silverstein for over 6 years and more recently Beartooth, for 4. He has mixed on arena tours all around the globe. Other artists he’s worked with include The Amity Affliction, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Mallory Knox, Cancer Bats, Senses Fail, Hawthorne Heights, Hellions and IDK How. More recently, Danny co-founded an online mentoring platform called ‘Sonic Workshops’, helping people progress within the music industry.
An internationally acclaimed vocalist, Jo’s career has stretched over 25 years, working with some of the most iconic names on the international music scene. She first signed to the legendary George Michael’s music label AGEAN, where she featured on a variety of his albums including Older, Ladies & Gentleman, Patience and George Michael Unplugged. Jo was a regular feature in George Michael’s touring group throughout his career, also appearing on two of his videos ‘Spinning the Wheel’ and ‘Fast Love’. Her catalogue of work with other artists reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of music, having recorded, toured and performed with Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Sting, Rita Ora, Seal, Scissor Sisters, Ronan Keating, Boyzone, Tom Jones, Tom Odell, Jools Holland, Garth Brooks, Shaggy, Olly Murs, James Blunt, Supergrass, Aqua, Boy George, All Saints and many more.
Molly is a versatile drummer with a strong background in both performance and music education. After earning her BA in Professional Musicianship, she spent three years in Georgia, USA, leading music and creative arts at a summer camp, an experience that sparked her passion for combining music with teaching. In 2017, she completed an MA in Popular Music Performance at the London College of Music. Based in Brighton, Molly has performed and recorded with numerous bands and artists, with her work featured on local radio and BBC Music Introducing.
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