Beyond Music - Into Self-Esteem

I want to make it clear that this course is not just about music. It's not just about hip hop culture or music production technology. If it were, then you would see a more conventional approach. You'd see conventional instruments and practices; conventional music principles and parlance. Moreover if this were a conventional course it would give more credence to convention.

The convention of which I speak is not just the types of conventions inherent in conventional band and choral instruction, but also I speak of the conventions of hip hop, rap and r&b music production. Our course, "Hip Hop: Art, Science and Business" does not subscribe to any one theory of modern or ancient music production. Rather, we are a hybrid of them all. I'd like to say that we have refined the process to embrace the overarching principles of human music perception and creation.

This refinement gives our participants the freedom to rise above the constrictions of the musical status quo. Not just the status quo of band instruction, orchestral instruction, or choral instruction in a conventional music school based curriculum, but also the status quo of street-based instruction (i.e. turntablism, sampling and synthesizer workstation music creation). To be sure, we seek to teach beyond the conservatory and the street corner alike.

Musical Mind

Turntable Instruments

Super Duper Music Looper

Super Duper Music Looper by Sony allows children and adults to create original musical compositions using sound loops (rhythmic sound samples) in unique ways to express their "inner musician". Despite often using the same core ingredients no two kids come up the the exact same composition since they are compelled by the software to make crucial composer/producer decisions which are solely of their own choosing and volition. It is truly an uncanny process and we are excited about the possibilities.