Organizational Proposal
When creativity and children are fused together, magical things begin to happen…
The mission of Music Makes You Smarter /After School Music Workshops is to provide a place which promotes self-expression and communication through music. We believe that by giving children the opportunity to explore who they are, and have fun doing it, we provide a fantastic creative experience they can carry with them throughout their lives. In addition to exploring their creative natures, this program would:
1) help kids stay safe after school
2) help working families
3) help kids develop communication & interpersonal skills
4) help kids develop strong identities
5) encourage full expression in the arts
6) gain a new appreciation for music
The benefit to the children will be personal guidance and patient encouragement to allow each student to explore their own unique visions while providing a much-needed service after school. Students will receive the rare experience of working with all professional studio equipment and a professional instructor.
Our
Workshops
Concepts of modern music making made fun for kids. Taught by Mark Tyson,
a professional musician with 25 years in the music business. These workshops
focus on how a song is made, from start to finish. Students will have
live demonstrations as well as hands on learning. At the end of the course
each student can have a CD with their own song, produced and recorded
right there in the class with a music workstation and a 16 track Yamaha
portable digital studio. Students will learn basic songwriting and recording
concepts such as beat making, song conceptualization, sampling, and recording.
In the recording phase, the student will learn how to record a part, like
vocals or keyboards, and in doing so learn the value of focusing and striving
for their best performance. Students that already play instruments will
be encouraged to bring their instruments for use in the class.
In this course,
students will have the opportunity to write a song of their own or if
they play an instrument, they can play a part on another students song.
In addition to their own song, there will be a class song that students
can compose together. No student will be pressured into composing a song.
This course does not teach music or any instrument, it is a creative expression
course focusing on how to write and record a song. Mark Tyson is a multi-instrumentalist
and will be able to perform the basic parts for the songs on his audio
workstation.
CD's will
be provided by Mark Tyson, the first CD is free and copies are $2:00 each.
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced classes available - grades 2 - 5
Music Makes
You Smarter Workshops are designed for 6 to 12 week courses (10-12 classes).
They are also available for individual one-day workshops. Classes are
60 to 90 minutes long and can be scheduled between 2:00 and 6:00pm Monday
-Friday.
Class size - 4-7 students / Live demonstrations upon request
All classes are taught by Mark Tyson, assistants are used when needed.
About
Us
3 Worlds Music / Music Makes You Smarter Workshop was created to provide
the highest quality in after school alternatives for elementary schools.
3WM is an independent record label and music production company in Los
Angeles that also does World Music workshops, and web design.
- Instructor
- Mark Tyson was born and raised in a musical family and he has performed
all over the world. A lover of all kinds of music, Mark has had the
opportunity to record and perform many different musical styles such
as - Caribbean, African, Latin, Jazz, Blues, R&B/Hip Hop, Rock,
and various World Music styles. Mark is a composer, arranger, producer,
and bandleader, whose main instrument is the guitar. He also plays bass,
keyboards, and does music programming, sampling, and recording at his
own home recording studio.
- Music
selection - All styles of music can be produced. The workstation
that is used contains over 1,200 sounds from instruments from all around
the world.
- Recording
- Songs will be recorded in the class into a portable digital studio.
If the student can hum, sing, rap, play on a keyboard or their own instrument,
Mark Tyson can show them how to turn their idea into a song.
- Understanding
the creative process- This course will help students to understand
the creative and technical process that goes into making a song, and
the patience and focus that it takes to record a good song.
- Equipment
- Here's the list of the equipment used in class: Set-up time 15 minutes
Yamaha AW4416 - portable 16 track digital studio with built-in CD burner, Akai MPC 2000 - music workstation, sampler, Korg TR rack - keyboard sound module with over 1,200 sounds, Roland PC 200 - keyboard, KRK V6 monitors (pair) - speakers with stands