MC-ing & Rap workshop

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Learn the art of writing and delivering your own raps in various styles; Hip Hop, Drum & Bass, Garage and Break-beat to name a few of the styles explored in this workshop. Participants get to perform their "piece" with the help of a professional MC. Beat-boxing also included.

Rep Bat & Ball: music video

Adam Brown - Ad-Apt - has been MC-ing professionally for over four years in clubs, at events and festivals, youth groups as well as for recorded and session work. For the last three years he has been a member of a band touring the UK and Europe. As well as performing live with this band, he has recorded two albums with them, writing much of the lyrical content of the songs. Ad-Apt has worked extensively with young people in schools and community projects and is very skilled at engaging and interacting with young learners.

Learn to build self-confidence through performance and unlock creativity. Literacy skills are used to compile self-written "pieces" to backing tracks and technical skills used when recording. Personal and social development is encouraged through team-work, performing as a crew and expressing thoughts and feelings through music/lyrics.

Young people are encouraged to focus their writing (of raps) on subjects important to them and in support of current events, affairs and causes they may wish to get involved in. For example if a local community or charity event is taking place, they may wish to use MC-ing as a way to get involved and express their feelings on the issues.

"I was slightly nervous about doing this as a team building activity, especially running it at 8.30 in the morning! But it was a huge success. With the ice-breaker Matt and Adam dispelled any awkwardness and by the end of it we had to prise the microphone away from some of them!" - Jane Roberts, Communications Manager, ABN AMRO

Principal purpose:

• Encourage people to gain confidence in performing and creativity

Benefits include:

• Compiling a self written music piece to a backing track and possibly recording the final project

Highlights of the workshop:

• Working as a team (crew) and getting to perform their final piece together.

All participants will have the opportunity to:

• Be creative and express feelings and thoughts through music and lyrics

Top Dog Certificate of Achievement in MC-ING

All of our workshops are accredited with a certificate that all partakers can take away with them at the end as proof of their participation and to mark their achievement in learning a new skill.

Many youth schemes require evidence of learners' participation and achievements in wider learning projects to contribute to the young persons file or CV. Top Dog support this by providing other supporting evidence of participation in addition to the Top Dog Certificate of Achievement. Available for this workshop are:

• Recordings of the performances when recording equipment is available
• Lyrics of self composed raps
• Records of attendance and evaluation/feedback forms are completed by all participants

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