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Donald Gayle

Summary

This project idea is a course for young people to utilise sound capture and manipulation from imaginative recorded sources to produce mind-boggling musical masterpieces, creating compositions and developing live acts with sound textures.

Description

This project is intended for disadvantaged youngsters typically between ages of 13-19. It will include young BME and asylum seekers, young offenders, and those who live in the deprived boroughs of Bolton.

Participants will experience the art of sound manipulation and live performing in an innovative approach using. This will involve:

• Recording sounds of objects and environments in various locations using portable recoding equipment.
• Sound manipulation utilising their own sound material to create sound library.
• Compose a musical score using their edited sounds.
• Invent their own ideas for instruments with the possibility of making it a reality.
• Experience unique instruments which have been designed by our project engineers and are unique to the company.
• Put together a live performance using sample triggering and or raw instruments.
• Have the chance to develop their skills, form a unique percussion based band/act and help be a part of a growing entertainment performance company.

The key type of learning is creative, technical and musical innovation.

Aimed at small groups outside of school times in evenings and weekends. Seen as an avenue to gain skills, become a part of a professional act, try something new.

How it might be used

The user will take a unique approach to working and thinking around music. This project is about innovation through instruments, sound manipulation and performing live entertainment. Each youngster undertaking the sessions will develop a new understanding and concept, realising that music can be made from anything, anywhere. Each will gain skills in performing using recorded sounds and inventive instruments, and be given the added opportunity to become part of a growing live act carried out by the company in a professional manner which will act as a key way of promoting the project, showcasing and generating a revenue.

Their ideas will be extremely useful in the early stages of the project, as these ideas will help shape ideas for new instruments and ways of recording sound. This, we hope, will be a key part of the project purpose.

Ultimately, this project will build on skills such as confidence, creative ability, music and performance skills and teamwork skills.

Another important aspect, is allowing youngsters to realise that music can be created without needing the skills to play. Not everyone will be strong in the performance side, but they may find the background work in manipulation and recording more rewarding.

Contact

Donald Gayle
07734 580698
01204 848011