The group were introduced to Kayla who has taken over running the sessions. They rediscussed the idea of making a music track and agreed that they still wanted to continue with this idea. One young man in the group is a talented rapper and has agreed to write the lyrics for the song.
We discussed that once the music and lyrics are completed we will then go into a professional studio where they will learn how to master and produce the track.
To kick start the session the group were split into two and were each given a song by famous rapper Giggs.
Group 1 had Giggs ft The Streets- Slow Songs
Group 2 had Giggs- Don't go there
They were asked to read the lyrics and write down
- What they thought the song was about
- Could they relate
- How did it make them feel
We then looked at previous Anti Gun Crime song campaigns and discussed;
- Did they think it was a successful campaign?
- What message did they get from it?
- How do you feel when you hear it?
The group then used this to think about how they wanted to their audience to feel after hearing there song. Here is what they came up with:
- Clock on/ Understand the message
- Not to go that way (choose a different path)
- The life their leading is no good
- Reflect on their life
- ‘yeah, it’s a nice tune’
- Want them to get a good vibe from the song
- Like Giggs’ slow song- makes you want to listen to it but not do anything
- Be able to bop your head to
The group want people to hear their song and feel they can relate but not feel there being told what to do. They know this will be a difficult task but feel as they are the same age group as their audience and come from the same background that they can deliver a song which other teenagers will respond to.
I asked the group to think of real life situations that they or someone they know might have been in and to think of ways to resolve this without using gang violence.
They said one of the main reasons conflicts start are guys 'screwing eachother' (giving each other dirty looks) they believe that if people concerntrated on their own lives and didn't worry about what others were doing, there would be no reason for people to 'screw' eachother.
Other reasons for conflict are:
Pride Image
Girls Money
Rep Bigotry
Power Respect
Insecure
The track's message could be:
- There are different ways to make money
- Inspire yourself from someone else
- Work hard and one day you’ll get what you want
- Why kill someone over stuff you don’t own?
- You don’t know when you might get killed
- Don’t go with a group of people to attack one person
- When you’re by yourself your head is down
Next week we will begin music production and listen to lyrics.
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