Flashmanmc Producer/MC/Vocalist/Dancer At the age of 14 Steve Louis AKA Flashmanmc started to attend music production and songwriting classes provided by Streetvibes Youth, a music company providing training and services to the youth in South-East London. Whilst he was participating in these courses he realised that he wanted to pursue a career in the music industry. At this stage in his life, he had already started taking guitar lessons at school and private lessons for the keyboard. Having decided he knew enough basic knowledge to continue on his own, he left the Technics Music Academy with a London College of Music Electronic Keyboard Grade 2 (Merit). As he was still actively attending the classes at Streetvibes UK, he was learning to produce music,write his own lyrics and rap to grime,hip-hop and R&B. In November 2004, Steve Louis was 1 of 50 people to win the BBC Fame Academy Bursary Award,which provided him with a sum of £1,200 to purchase his own music and studio equipment. Shortly after in March 2005, along with some of the students from his school, he was invited to attend a concert at the gracious Buckingham Palace and also meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This was one of Flash's highlights in his music career as he was able to present his CD to her and gain an article in the local newspaper! He was still at secondary school in this stage when he grasped the opportunity to take his music to the stage for the first time. A Christian charity called XLP visted schools around London weekly and were organising a talent showcase for lewisham. Flashmanmc started performing regularly at the showcases and slowly started to develop his skills as a musician. It was in 2006 when he left school with 13 GCSE’s A-C and performed at his last showcase for XLP. This was a new stage in his life as he decided to take up street dance and singing to expand his skills and versatility. Flashmanmc started attending the Donna and Bonnie Sullivan school for Performing Arts to develop his singing skills. In his spare time he was also attending dance classes provided by Sacred DC Entertainment. Several months later he received a phone call from his previous school Addey and Stanhope enquiring whether he wanted to run his own music club after school.Flashmanmc jumped at the opportunity and it was then he realised he wanted to launch his own charity to spread the awareness of music to the youth. He has recently returned from New York promoting his music and is expecting to launch his album independently in September. Flashmanmc is still currently unsigned and is still trying to find the right deal! Flashmanmc has met a lot of established individuals in the music industry and upon encountering with them they always question: “Why did you pick the name Flashmanmc?” The reason for this name is that Steve Louis wanted to “Bring light to the game,”speaking the truth about teenage life, highlighting issues that have been in the dark for a while and telling his own story of personal experiences. At this present moment, Flash is currently a student and in the making of his own enterprise, SnakeStorm UK. The name which is of extreme importance to Flash, represents himself because he is a snake on the chinese calendar and he considers it a very bold and dominant species. The storm referring to his music career's objective, 'To take the world by storm!' SnakeStorm UK has the main objective of spreading the awareness of music and helping the youth to embrace music in all areas. The training and services we aim to provide are: Music Production,Music Industry Structure,Songwriting,MCing/Singing,Dancing and a basic introduction of the electronic keyboard. We are hoping to introduce after-school clubs and run courses in communities to help out with the youth and also support the extra-curriculum. Please check out the following websites to hear music from Flashmanmc: WWW.SNAKESTORMUK.CO.UK WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FLASHMANMC If you wish to get in contact with Steve Louis AKA Flashmanmc, here are the details: Tel:07707438085 Email: - mcflash@gmail.com - snakestormuk@googlemail.com