Funky Raps & Rhymes Workshop 24 Oct 2015
Make up your own funky rhymes, catchy choruses and kicking beats – put them altogether and you’ve just made a really cool rap! In this workshop, GMC will help you create a fantastic group rap and then together you’ll record it so that you can listen to it later and share it with your friends too.
GMC loves to teach people of all ages and abilities just how easy it is to compose their own lyrics and music. Over the past 4 years, over 300 raps have been made in GMC’s workshops and they have been featured on national TV, radio and in music videos, iTunes & CD album releases.
This is a group rap making workshop and is suitable for total beginners so no experience is necessary. As this workshop relies on words, it is not suitable for children not yet in school.
Check out some of the raps created in GMC's workshops for The Ark at City Spectular this summer.
What Music is...
Take a look at this rap created by Rutland NS during a recent school's workshop from The Ark with GMC. We asked them what music means to them - and this is what they had to say...
What Music is...Why is music important in children's lives? We asked some of the children at Rutland National School what music means to them - and this is what they had to say! The students of 1960s Rutland Street National School, Dublin became famous for the legendary 'Give Up your Aul Sins' recordings. Today, the school’s current students and The Ark have chosen to tell their stories in a very different way – through an original rap which they wrote and created with rapper GMCBeats.The children were invited to write their thoughts about music and what it meant to them and their lives. The words are their own, the voices are theirs and the result is this rap.We are releasing this rap to mark our upcoming Popular Music Week from 24-31 October, where children ages 2+ can explore, experience and create music. Over the mid-term, we will celebrate all things pop with fun gigs, workshops and music jams for all ages. Including Rap workshops! Find out more at: http://ark.ie/events/season/mid-term-popular-music-week-2015
Posted by The Ark, Dublin on Monday, 12 October 2015
