Beats & Rhymes

Using a small music studio set up, including computer, sampler, mixing desk, microphones and small P.A. system, the producer can work individually with up to 10 students at a time (4 - 5 is ideal), rotating them through various disciplines of song writing, beat making, and recording.

Sessions should last at least 2-3 hours in order for the participants to gain a sense of the creative process and achieve a tangible result. Ideally workshops should be held over a full day, enabling the creation of a finished recording by the end of the day. This can end up as a tape or cd. Many styles of music covered, including Hip Hop, R n’ B, Dance, 2 step Garage, Ragga, Drum n’ Bass, Pop and Indie. Any participant is welcome to bring songs, instruments, lyrics to the sessions etc.

In addition, there are a selection of male and female singers, rappers and poets who can work alongside the producer, increasing the breadth of skills on offer as well as the number of participants in a workshop (up to 20). The vocal tutors can teach and display many different styles of singing and rapping, and have good skills in bringing out the best from the students, tackling interesting and issue based subjects for their material.

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