A new school of music has opened in Bournemouth, for wannabe singers, performers, producers and managers to get to learn what it takes to make it in the industry.

The Academy of Contemporary Music has replaced 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 entire south coast.

Platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner is a former student, and the ACM says others have gone on to work with The Streets, Sugababes and Cee Lo Green.