Wannabe singers, musicians, producers and managers will get the chance to learn what it takes to make it in the industry from today - as the new Academy of Contemporary Music opens in Bournemouth.

The school - which replaces the town's Music Factory - offers undergraduate and masters degrees in a range of music production and business areas, and will act as a regional centre for the south coast.

The ACM says it boasts former students who have worked with Sugababes, Dizzy Rascal and Cee Lo Green - as well as platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner himself.