Workshop Sessions

Specifically tailored to the needs of the group. Allowing young people and significant adults to participate in a complete music experience.

Workshops include: Sound engineering / DJing / Digital Programming / Cello and Piano / Song writing / Production / Recording / Artist Management / Running a Music Business / Introduction to Record Industry.

Music Competitions looking at bullying and oppression, where the top prize is opportunity to get the track professionally produced

• Interactive, fun and challenging workshops where young people learn new skills and develop in confidence.
• Workshops and the prize for the competition are carried out at a major London Recording Studio which has direct links with Death Row Records.

Using creative arts enables significant adults to engage with young people and get them successfully involved in learning new skills, whilst tackling issues that affect their lives in an informal and fun manner.

This project is flexible in its approach, and consequently we offer two elements.

A Music Competition

To allow young people to take part in a creative music project, where they are given the opportunity to write and compose a song about any issue that affects their life and / or young people's lives, and through the process not only will they learn and develop new transferable skills, but they will also be given the chance to take their skill and share that with both their peer group and the wider local community, whist engaging on a personal journey of social education.

The end result being an increase in self esteem, the possibility of performing and sharing talent as well as the prize of visiting a major London recording studio.

Before the Event

• Meeting with significant adults at schools / youth groups / social services to get local young people involved.
• Advertising the competition locally: radio and newspaper / local newsletters.
• Hire of the building for the competition evening (local theatre / community centre).
• Hire of musical / technical equipment needed for the competition.
• Engagement of judges for the event.
• Arranging transport for young people / significant adults to attend the event.
• Printing tickets.
• All entries taken to Recording studio, and best seven chosen to take part in event.

Event

• Seven acts to perform their compositions live.
• Feedback given to the young people at the end of the session.
• Winner of the event given the opportunity to spend day at a major London Recording Studio, and have their composition professionally produced.
• Local groups given opportunity to advertise their work at the event.

Post Event

• Written evaluation of the project, feedback from participants and photographs of event within 21 days.
• Total time scale of project approximately eight weeks.