Chris Priest
Lecturer, Production *
Chris is an experienced songwriter, music producer and live performer, with over ten years music industry experience. Chris has written and produced songs with a wide range of signed artists and his work has been featured in British film, “Brotherhood”.
His recent production and songwriting portfolio has over 2 million streams on Spotify and in 2017, Chris won MTV’s international “COTM” award along with Sam Tompkins for his production and R&B arrangement of “I got you”, by Bebe Rexha.
As a freelance writer and producer, Chris has worked with Metropolis Studios, MTV, Kobalt, Lionsgate and Sony. Chris has also performed as part of the support act at headline shows for Jason Derulo, Section Boys and Geko, as well as performing on multiple festival stages and touring the UK and Ireland several times. Chris is the co-founder of a record label and artist development company, “Jigsaw Music Group”, and owns a recording studio in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
* Freelance lecturer