Calling all musicians: Skills for sharing!

Beat This is pleased to announce that we have received funding that will allow us to train up to twenty music practitioners!

The NLDC (Neighbourhood learning in deprived communities ) has approved funding for Beat This to turn willing musicians into fully fledged music practitioners, that will provide adults in creatively deprived areas with music opportunities.

Training starts in December, with trainees learning how to run a workshop, how to use music technology and how to work successfully with other adults. The trainees will learn the theory behind music workshops as well as learn hands on with the chance to create their own music workshops focused around the music genres they love.

“We need more practitioners to expand the company, Beat This needs to expand so we can reach key demographics we have been missing and local areas that haven’t received as much attention as they should have. We want to grow as a business, and we can only grow by bringing fresh new skills.”

“This is a lot like skill swapping, we offer training for the skills of the musicians. We want them to pass on those skills to others so that they can experience music and enjoy creative opportunities. This is what Beat This is all about, we can’t wait to get started on this project.”

Lee Ashton (Director)

Training is completely free, so if you’re a musician, employed or unemployed and you want to share your skills then please get in touch! This is your chance to make a difference and share your skills.

To participate email: leeashton@beatthis.org

New director to join Beat This

Beat This CIC is pleased to announce a new addition to its team of directors.

George Barrett (although you may know him as Exodus Pain) has generously volunteered to become a director joining Ben Turner and Lee Ashton. Only joining Beat This CIC as a music practitioner just six months ago he has already committed to becoming further involved with all aspects of Beat This.

Bringing his own unique skills to Beat This, George already has plans for new creative sessions and intends to run a series of workshops focusing on hip hop.

“I wanted to become more involved with Beat This CIC. As a director I now have the ability to give more, I have lots of ideas that I can’t wait to start make happening. I want to provide sessions that focus mainly on hip hop and provide further creative opportunities to those without them. “

Beat This would like to give a warm welcome to George and also announce that we are looking for more generous people just like George who would be willing to give up their time and donate their skills becoming practitioners or directors.

If any of you would like to contribute to Beat This in any way the support would be appreciated! You would be helping provide creative opportunities to Peterborough youth.

For more information on getting involved in Beat This please email

info@beatthis.org or call us on 01733 873014

Beat This Newsflash

Some of you may have recently received Beat This CIC’s monthly newsflash, the newsletter that is designed to keep you up to date with the latest Beat This news, so you can keep current with upcoming projects and courses as well as changes within the organisation.

So far our newsletter reaches over one thousand people! But we are hoping to get that number even higher!

Beat This would love it if anyone who is interested would subscribe to our newsletter, you can subscribe through the Beat This website, it’s really quick and easy to do!

http://www.beatthis.org/contact.html

All you have to do is fill in your email address and subscribe! It’s that simple and you can always unsubscribe whenever you wish!

So get subscribing! And keep in touch!

Get recording at Saxon Road!

Beat This CIC have been working with Saxon Road Community Centre to train their staff to operate music technology, so that they can allow all members of the community centre have access to the recording equipment.

Soon  Beat This CIC are hoping that with the newly trained staff, the community centre that now has the recording equipment set up thanks to Peterborough City Council funding, will be able to give anyone who is interested in recording tracks, mixing music or just recording their vocal performances, the opportunity.

Anyone is welcome to use the equipment but they must be registered at the youth centre, so to register please contact Sukaina Ludak on 07920160106

This is a great chance to record your talent and get it out there to be heard so what are you waiting for?

The Saxon Road Youth Centre is located on…

Norman Road
Peterborough
PE1 5LD

Get it on this Halloween

Want to get on it this Halloween? Peterborough is the place to do it and Beat This CIC are here to help you find the best ways to have an awesome Halloween that you’ll never forget. Trick ‘o’ treating? Over!

Everyone this year is doing the Zombie walk!  Dress up as a Zombie and walk across Peterborough, the walk will be going from 3pm onwards at Charters and then through the Cathedral Square finishing up at the Brewery Tap! Take some mates along dress up as gruesome as possible and join the walk!

For more details http://www.facebook.com/Pborozombiewalk?sk=wall

If acting the zombie for a day is not your thing then there are plenty of other events going on, for a good night of music, DJ’ing and a bit of dance Liquid have their Halloween weekender going on! Music, Halloween performers and resident DJ’s will be there to make it a great night out and they have 2-4-1 on cocktails (if your old enough to drink of course!) on the 31st October from 9.30-4.00 am.

And if none of them take your fancy then why not have a Halloween jamming session at home, and see what you can come up with!

Get on it this Halloween! 

Get on Soundclick!

For the budding artists out there who just can’t wait to get yourselves heard, Beat This CIC suggest you take a look at the website www.soundclick.com

It’s a great way to get yourselves out there and connected to other artists just like you, who have a genuine love of music and want you to listen to their tracks and give your opinion.

Soundclick also allows you to listen to beats and music from all over the world, music produced by signed and unsigned artists. You can also buy music from any artists whose music you take a fancy to, and comment on anything you’ve liked or disliked.

The ‘rent a musician’ feature on the site is also a handy way of finding local artists if you wanted to book and band for a party or just get some people together for a jamming session.

If you have any music that you want other people to listen and comment on then this is the way to be heard!

They have forums so you can discuss and make contact with other artists, it’s basically an online community of people who love music (almost a Facebook for artists) There is also the ability to listen to the most popular music from around the world, and watch the most popular music videos.

Fancy doing something a bit different on the web, then go check it out!

http://www.soundclick.com/default.cfm

They are also on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/SoundClick

Soundclick: Check it out!

Fentracks: A huge success

Fentracks, Beat This CIC’s creative project that aimed to bring music technology services to areas of Cambridge without them has been a massive success.

Beat This was so impressed with the masses of talent that the attendees had, and were also thrilled with the three covers and two original tracks produced, not to mention the fantastic artwork for the CD covers designed in the workshops by the young people who came. You should all be really proud of yourselves and your creative products.

Due to how busy everyone and Beat This is, the final performance where the attendees get to perform what they have produced has been postponed, however Beat This CIC are looking at arranging the performance for around Christmas to see off 2011 in style! So keep your eyes on this blog and our newsletter for more information.

Some of the artwork produced in the Beat This creative sessions

We’d like to thank Whittlesey Youth Centre, Whisbech St Mary’s Youth Centre and Young People March Centre for having Beat This CIC this Spring as well as all the people who took part in the workshops.

Thank you everyone!