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British Music Experience

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4.5

14 of 15(93%)customers would recommend this to a friend.

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4 / 5

Rock Photography Masterclass

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Hearing about Iggy Pop stage-diving. @

Posted 26/10/2009

by Nightfall

Location: Sussex

Well it wasn't really a masterclass so much as 'an evening with', but in fairness it was very interesting still and very enjoyable.

Seeing some of the guys through the three differing periods who do this was interstng plus to hear about what they did and why they did it, and why it's different now.

As someone breaking into music photography is would have been useful to get some tips on how to get passes for events and how to approach publications who you want to send you along. Thats the difficult bit really.

Anyway, WELL worth the effort and definitely worth the entrance fee.

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Hearing about Iggy Pop stage-diving. @

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Review 2 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Rock photography master class

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: stories around the photos @

Posted 20/10/2009

by Crooko

Location: Henley

an excellent night, good value for money and very entertaining

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: stories around the photos @

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Review 3 for British Music Experience

4 / 5

Masterclass definitely worthwhile.

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Posted 17/10/2009

by katicaz

Location: Kilburn

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The masterclass was great. I liked how all the photographers thought differently about their photography techniques. Enjoyed the great pictures and explainations of how they achieved it. The access to the British Music experience exhibit was a complete bonus... loved it!!..... especially the interactive music room.
The only thing i was disappointed in was the timing but other than that..... all is good :)

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- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

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Review 4 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Brilliant photography and rock music

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: All of it. @

Posted 17/10/2009

by MHAN

The photography masterclass was absolutely amazing - a brilliant evening talking with great photographers and picking up the odd tip as well as hearing the stories behind some iconic images. And such good value. We felt absolutely priviledged! And a great idea to have a bar too - a bit expensive but the tix were so reasonable. Thoroughly enjoyed the British Music Experince too - really cutting edge displays! Many thanks. It was inspiring.

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: All of it. @

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Review 5 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

live room

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: memorabilia @

Posted 16/10/2009

by bazzer90

Location: St Albans

fantastic evening loved the lay out easy to follow fantastic stuff on show

The rock photography class was great loved the stories and photos the people were very interesting, had a sneeky glass of wine just great

Denise and Daisy

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: memorabilia @

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Review 6 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Wow!

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: The slide shows! @

Posted 16/10/2009

by SenoritaEspanola

This was a lovely evening and what amazing people the photographers were! I took my boyfriend as a surprise as he is going to do photography at university and is hoping to be a photographer in the future. He was in awe of all 3 of them...and so was I! They had some fantastic pictures and very useful advice for aspiring photographers. I din't know what to expect as I had never been to anything like this but we both thoroughly enjoyed it and found it very inspirational.

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: The slide shows! @

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Review 7 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Inspiring

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Hearing from well respected photographers in the business. @

Posted 16/10/2009

by Anonymous

Location: London

The exhibition was brilliant and not what i expected loved the interactivity. I wished i was informed more about the format of the exhibition as you need more time to go round and 30 mins was not enough. The masterclass was fantastic, I view many photo exhibitons but to hear from the greats about their photos was the best live exhibiton i have been to in a long time! It was interesting, exciting and I was totally inspired to spend more time with my camera and go on a course! Thank you!

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- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Hearing from well respected photographers in the business. @

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Review 8 for British Music Experience

4 / 5

Rock Photography Masterclass

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Marks story on how he started @

Posted 16/10/2009

by TracyUK

Location: Dorset

A fantastic exhibition, lovely to see so much music history & many childhood memories surfaced! Great to see the big names in rock photography however, I feel it was more a name dropping evening than a masterclass. I found the discussions facinating but I would have preferred to know what cameras they recommend. What lens etc. Jill did give us a small insight into this so credit to Jill. I would have also liked to have heard how you go from photographing local unsigned bands to big signed bands. There were a few snippets of info throughout the evening but these were few and far between which was a shame.

Still, overall this was a great evening for a fiver!

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- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Marks story on how he started @

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Review 9 for British Music Experience

4 / 5

Nearly got 5 stars

The bubble Exhibition space at The O2 @

- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Using a Les Paul again! @

Posted 16/10/2009

by Sonomaman

The whole display area was excellent - but not quite as intimate as 50 Years of Island Records which had more interesting personal stuff and lots of it!
Some of the scanners didn't work and the staff were completely unknowledgeable about that and the times of doors opening for the Masterclass.
The Masterclass was interesting and the speakers entertaining enough, the photos shown were also pretty good. The books and framed pictures were somewhat expensive so I'm keeping my money for more Terry O'Neil work as seen just up the road at 1 Canada Square.

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- London @

- Thu 15 Oct 2009 @

Favourite moment: Using a Les Paul again! @

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Review 10 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Fantastic for ALL generations!

British Music Experience O2 @

- London @

- 12/09/2009 @

Favourite moment: Realising I could actually drum!!!! @

Posted 19/09/2009

by Will09

Location: London

I took my parents in their 60's and my kids, 10 and 5.

It was absolutely fantastic, we all ended up doing things in the different decade zones and then meeting up to do the dances together and play the instruments.

my parents went down memory lane in the 50's and 60's. i was into the 80's stuff and the kids were into all the current stuff and the future part.

the interactive ticket stuff is like a miracle, i saved everything from the museum and the big finale show gave me goosebumps - we watched it twice!

im not even a music nut, but we all agreed we really had a fantastic time and the kids still keep replaying all our embarassing dances that we saved onto our special tickets.

don't miss it!

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- 12/09/2009 @

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Review 11 for British Music Experience

3 / 5

British Music Experience disappointing.

O2 @

- London @

- 20/07/2009 @

Favourite moment: Live aid interviews @

Posted 18/09/2009

by marhug

Location: Essex

Thought the exhibits - i.e. costumes, instruments etc were interesting but most of the stuff you can see online or on TV a lot of the time. Worst thing was that projection show at the end, which we'd heard was really good, was not working. We hung around for ages waiting for them to fix it but in the end we ran out of time. Disappointing.

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- London @

- 20/07/2009 @

Favourite moment: Live aid interviews @

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Review 12 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

I didn't know I could play guitar!

The 02 @

- London @

- 24/08/2009 @

Favourite moment: Dancing with my friends @

Posted 18/09/2009

by Bovril

We had a fantastic time at the BME - a real must do. Such fun. Being able to download your session in the Gibson room and Dance room was inspired. Made me feel young(er) again. Thanks xx

The 02 @

- London @

- 24/08/2009 @

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Review 13 for British Music Experience

3 / 5

Could have been better

British Music Exhibition @

- London @

- 11/07/2009 @

Posted 18/09/2009

by Anonymous

Location: Staffordshire

The room where you could play instruments was fun and the rest of the exhibition was enjoyable but there was no depth and I came away not really knowing any more than I did before I went in. The Liverpool Music exhibition is much more informative and it is free. It was a disappointment that the technology fell down and the web site still has me down as not having visited yet and therefore unable to access anything I loaded onto my ticket despite it appearing to work on the day as the lights flashed each time I touched the pads with it, a problem which has not been resolved despite e-mails to the help desk.

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- 11/07/2009 @

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Review 14 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

Brilliant exhibition

O2 @

- London @

Favourite moment: The instrument section @

Posted 18/09/2009

by Bryanp1973

Location: Raynes Park

upon entering the exhibition the first thing to strike you is the huge video walls displaying music from the last 5 decades. There are segments where you can explore each decade and see costumes, instruments and memorabilia from that decade. There is an option to store parts of the exhibition so you can view it again on a personal webspace. This is done by passing your ticket over the numerous pads. I found this a very novel idea. The best part for me though is the instrument section where you can go through tutorials and learn to play pianos. drum's guitars mix records and sing. This is brilliant and when I was there it was quiet so was able to do the tutorials at my leisure. there is also a dance studio where you can dance along to some famous dance crazes and then watch yourself back. The downside is after paying for your ticket you then have to pay again for the guide but as you get 3 free itunes songs and it only costs £5, not a massive problem but if you are a larger group the cost could mount up. They are constantly updating the displays and I think this will be a very successful thing for the O2 to host.

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Review 15 for British Music Experience

5 / 5

If you love music through the years...

the bubble, o2 @

- London @

- 24/08/2009 @

Favourite moment: seeing the Queen memorabilia! @

Posted 18/09/2009

by wildside

Location: Bristol/London

...then you'll love this! I bought these tickets as part of my boyfriend's birthday present, because we are both into music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. I really enjoyed all of the interactive parts of the museum; being able to scroll through all of the different years was really fun way of finding the stories that I was interested in. My favourite part was definitely the outfits and other memorabilia that was on display, particularly the Queen stuff because we are massive fans of Queen. It was so cool to be up so close to those things! I also thought that the smart tickets were a really original and cool idea, as I haven't seen anything like that before. I was good because I could scan the things that I wanted to have a good look at later, so I had more time to look at everything else. It was also a nice way of having a souvenir of the museum. Also, the merchandise in the gift shop was amazing! All in all, a very good day; we were in there almost 3 hours! Definitely recommended.

the bubble, o2 @

- London @

- 24/08/2009 @

Favourite moment: seeing the Queen memorabilia! @

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