Tiny Masters of Tomorrow
Posted: November 17, 2008 // Music + Video

Over in Montreal, Quebec, the kids are becoming the tastemakers. Bancroft Elementary has started an awesome after school program called Modern Music Makers, which basically take students between the ages of 5 and 10, and gives them the means to create music. Their tools are things like drum machines, laptops, microphones, a midi keybaord, as well as cameras and a make shift green screen to make videos with.

I think the results were pretty awesome, as you can see above with Nigel’s awesome song “U.F.O.” I would have absolutely loved to do something like this when I was a kid. I taught in a before and after school program for three years, this would have been something I would have loved to do with the kids. Hopefully this can inspire a few of you to do something just as fun.

Read more about the project over at Naked Eye Magazine.

Bobby

7 Comments »

1. someone has been listening to too much beck, information-era…

   Comment by christopher bird — November 17, 2008 #

2. [...] läuft. Es hat etwas mit Musik zu tun, das ist klar. Man kann auch etwas mehr darüber lesen, hier und hier. Aber das alles erklärt nicht, wie ein Teenager so coole Musik machen [...]

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3. That program sounds awesome. Way better than the great square dancing/’chicken dance’ classes I was treated to as a (Canadian) child.

   Comment by Kiki — November 17, 2008 #

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5. That was a great find! His dance moves were incredible! I loved that…

   Comment by Rachel — November 19, 2008 #

6. [...] create a song—you could see that disconnect being broken down.” – Modern Music Makers [via Kitsune Noir] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Kids | Digg this! No tags for this [...]

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7. great stuff.
   gonna add that to my series ‘i want my kids t grow up to be..’ which has 3 videos of amazingly talented kids.

   http://cubikmusik.typepad.com/cubikmusik/2007/09/i-want-my-kids-.html

   http://cubikmusik.typepad.com/cubikmusik/2007/12/i-want-my-kids.html

   http://cubikmusik.typepad.com/cubikmusik/2008/06/i-want-my-kids.html

   great to know that amazing music will always be with us.
   loving the blog, glad to have found it.
   cheers

   Comment by cubikmusik — December 7, 2008 #

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