Ollie Dixon

Currently based in London, Ollie is an in demand player and educator who has toured and recorded all around the world at the best studios and on the best stages.

Growing up in a highly musical family, Ollie was exposed to anything from Musical Theatre, Brass Band and Metal culminating in an eclectic music taste that comes through in his playing. After relocating to London in 2013 and graduating from BIMM London in 2016, Ollie has gone on to build a unique and exciting career as a live player.

In 2016 he joined singer-songwriter Lawrence Taylor on two North American tours and a European tour visiting the United States, Canada, Holland and Germany as well as the BBC Introducing stage at Reading + Leeds. He also recorded the single ‘Tag Team’ with Lawrence at the renowned Rockfield Studio in South Wales which is nearly at 1,000,000 streams. Also in 2016, he joined the famous collective The Beekays, house band at the Blues Kitchen venues in London.

Ollie has been notably active in the UK Blues scene for a number of years, joining artists such as guitar virtuoso Ben Poole, legendary singer-songwriters Stevie Nimmo, Sean Webster, Jack J Hutchinson and Matt Pearce as well as Spanish Blues Rock artist Susan Santos touring extensively in the UK and Europe.

Recently Ollie returned to BIMM London as a lecturer to share his experience and expertise teaching live workshops for the performance degree, specialising in the Rock/Metal genres, as well as private teaching.