British Music Experience

I had a great time at the British Music Experience (BME) at the O2 on Monday. They've done a great job presenting the history of British music over the last half-century through a series of highly engaging and entertaining interactive spaces. I thoroughly enjoyed the Gibson Interactive Studio which was jam packed with gear - guitars, drums, keyboards, a mixing desk and a vocal both. Most of these where hooked up to pretty slick interactive tutorial software allowing visitors to learn a basic beat, or jam along to a commercial track with instruction from the artist. You could even save the result of your efforts to the BME website to impress your mates at a later date. The £15 ticket also gets you 3 tracks from iTunes - great. All in all, a lot of fun and very well put together.