Coldplay pays for young musicians to use studio in Frome
Steve Macarthur, director of Frome's Cheese and Grain, said Coldplay had booked out the venue to rehearse ahead of Glastonbury Festival 2024.He added that during that time, the band went down to the local record shop Raves From The Grave and signed every CD and every Coldplay vinyl in the shop to raise money for Young People Frome.The charity is using the money to offer 10 sessions throughout the year on a Sunday.Ines, 12, said she came to the session to experience what professional musicians get to experience first hand."You see it on TV but you don't feel it as much as you feel it when you're in a studio," she said."It feels nice to know that there have been lots of different celebrities recording here."Coldplay came here and Coldplay is my favourite band. There's a guitar signed by Coldplay in the other room and I got to touch it and that was incredible."
Alice, 12, added: "I'm not famous but I got the chance to come here and that's just really cool."Mr Brookes, who leads the sessions, said it "means a lot" for the young people to be able to come into the studio space."It's not often that young people can come into these environments and have a certain amount of freedom to express themselves creatively and to work together," he said.Mr Macarthur added: "There's a good chance some of the young people will be performing at our smaller venue in a couple of years time and maybe on our main stage a while after that."After the sessions, the young people have a recording of a song they get to take home with them.
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