Today we followed on from last week with the theme of minibeasts but developed it into a story using our drums. We start in the same way; marching ants to sit in the drum circle, then warm up clapping games and body percussion. We play the dynamics game all together on the drums with conductors in… Continue reading Djembes; storytelling
What a fantastic event put on by our wonderful funders DMEH and a great showcase of all the wonderful music making ensembles and groups there are around Devon. And thanks also to Exeter Phoenix for providing an awesome venue and platform for our young music makers to experience. The smoke machine was blowing, the stage… Continue reading Hub Sounds Gig
Hi all, hope everyone's enjoyed the snow! Our February YSSC session acted as a practise evening for the Hub Sounds gig at Exeter Phoenix. We worked on our group song, and our solo artists played us the songs they planned on performing. The Hub Sounds gig was so much fun and went amazingly! Everyone sounded… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – February
We came back in the new year with a relaxed and fun session, and all caught up after Christmas. We started as we often do by jamming a couple of covers to warm up. We then moved onto the main topic of this session: the anxieties and challenges that can sometimes come up around performing.… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – January
The December young singer songwriter club was a jolly and festive session! We started off by jamming our Christmas song we wrote in the previous session, which sounded amazing. We kept it relaxed and played a couple of other Christmas songs together, before setting up for the live lounge. We were lucky enough to have… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – December
This YSSC we focused on the song 'Thank U' by Alanis Morissette. We sang through it a few times to warm up and get familiar with it, then talked about how people make changes and rework songs. We listened to the original track and wrote down all the elements of the song that could be… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – October
YSSC + EAP – JULY! The YSSC number 3 was (as always) super fun and productive! We started by chatting about our favourite songs, and about songs written for cartoons- a funny discussion that ended up with a spontaneous group rendition of the spongebob squarepants theme tune! Then our lovely group member Isabella shared a… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – July
YSSC NUMBER 2! The Young Singer Songwriter Club number two took place on the 12th June in the new space in Exeter Phoenix (I don't need to say where it was held but the space is so cool I feel like it deserves mentioning all the time), and was a great success! We started by… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – June
The first Young Singer Songwriter Club session! The shiny new Young Singer Songwriter club kicked off on the 8th May! I was really looking forward to it as I attended the group when it was first run by (the wonderful) Laura Loft years ago. I learnt loads and was so inspired by the club back… Continue reading Holly’s Thoughts on YSSC + EAP – May
Last session was a fantastic kick off to the club with some jamming, singing, writing and performing in the NEW workshop space! NEXT SESSION.....MON 12TH JUNE! So why not join us next week as we excitedly welcome new members + a special treat in the Emerging Artist’s Platform as we launch the LIVE LOUNGE (7-8pm) with headliners ABOR.… Continue reading YSSC + Emerging Artist Platform: May
