STAFF NOTES: DAVID DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
April 28, 2013:
My Voice Music runs an after school program at David Douglas High School, where students dabble in beat making as well as song writing, instrument instruction, freestyle rapping, and song recording. This song was recorded during a “cypher” where students gathered around the mic and made up the song right there on the spot. The song came about organically, and the majority of students in the classroom participated in some way, whether it was from helping out with the chorus, or encouraging the artist on the microphone. When a classroom of peers comes together in order to create and record a unique song, there is a form of community that is developed and built upon. The song below, “Grown Man Status,” is a result of this community.