The Black history Month, beat boxing, rapping workshop was held on the 4th October 2010 in the main school hall from 8:40 till 3:00. Around 30 students took part in the day to have a go at beat boxing and rapping and to raise awareness of racism.
As we interviewed Andy (Testament), we engaged in active listening as we asked him the questions and waited for the answers. Andy is a very confident person and he is very honest. He isn't afraid to be himself, he is his own person and he isn't afraid of what people will think of him.
Then we had a go at beat boxing! I was an epic fail at this! He taught us the different sounds to make and these consisted of the:
B- T- K- BFF- P And then we had to make a tune like this:
P-T-K-T-P-T-K-T-BFF FIGI FIGI FUNKY!!!
Andy spoke to us about the history of hip hop. This included where it originated from and who founded it. I was really shocked when I found out that a little black child in a ghetto in in a rough part of America: The Bronx in New York. He is now the legend called hip hop! As a child he was called Clive but as soon as he found fame he changed it to DJ Cool Hirke. Andy introduced racism to us and how Clive was bullied and was a victim of racism.
After talking to Andy about racism and Talking to Giles- Who is from the co-operative, the co-operative funded the workshop for us because they are now a member of our Brigshaw federation. We spoke about democracy, equality and equity and other awareness issues.
We then created our raps! In our groups of about 4 or 5 (I had Olly, Sasha, Alaska and Jack in my group,)we created some lyrics about racism to go in a rap. We elected some or all of us to rehearse and perform this rap to everyone to Seb, Tom, Josh and Olly's beat boxing rhythm that had previously been recorded. Today was a very fun day indeed! (Even though I failed!!!)
Theses were our interviewing questions:
1. What type of audience do you appeal to?
1a. How do you go about pleasing them?
2. How has technology influenced your work?
2a. Have you introduced new ways of advertising in recent years, for example facebook and twitter sites?
3. How do you connect to the different communities within Leeds and beyond?
3a. This workshop is free and because of this how do you fund your projects?
4. What creative process is involved in creating one of your projects?
4a. How do you decide what its going to involve?
4b. How do you decide where and why your projects will be held?
4c.How many different people from different agencies would be involved in creating one of your projects?
5. Do you have any merchandise or posters etc... to promote your projects? If not how do you get people involved?
6. How would you arrange a project/ Workshop?
6a. Do you have an age limit?
How do you decide what to run a project or workshop on?
6b. Do you charge?
6c. What is the reason for the no charge/ the price in which you charge?
7. How do you know when a workshop/ project is a success?
7a. What do you class as a failed workshop/ project?
Unfortunately I do not have all the answers written down as there was no time to write these down but they are all on the flip cameras which I will transfer onto my computer next week.
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