Offaly and Westmeath’s young musicians get a ‘Ticket to Ride’ the John Lennon Bus
Aspiring midland’s musicians became rock royalty for the day as they caught the John Lennon Educational tour bus on the final leg of its Irish tour.
Mullingar Youth Café hosted the bus for the day, which was last in Ireland in 2013.
The musicians from the Edenderry Rockers and Mullingar Music Jam are part of a performance music education initiative called Music Generation Offaly/Westmeath.
No ordinary coach, the facilities on the bus are world class and allowed the attendees to learn and participate in all aspects of music production for song writing and recording to producing a music video.
The song and the video made on the day now go into post production with senior producer Brian who is based is the US.
With access to every part of the bus, including state of the art production facilities, instruments and expertise of the team, the young musicians were delighted with the sheer level of participation and input.
“We've had a super cool day here in Mullingar. The group got on really well and we've enjoyed working with them," said a member of the crew, which included engineers Alex, who acted as record producer for the day, Henrik and Hans and driver Scott.
There are only 2 John Lennon buses in the world, one that tours the US, and the European bus.
Source: Westmeath Examiner
