MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE MEMORY In the leaflet this is what we offered. On the following pages we have collected the activities and ideas. Enjoy ! Explore your imagination, discover ways of inspiring others For musicians, teachers, youth workers, composers and anyone wanting to use music in their work Practical, creative, wholly participatory Bring instruments and an open mind Non-European instruments and players are particularly welcome This weekend will consider Making songs – simple techniques for lyrics, melodies and accompaniment Storytelling through music – traditional and modern contexts Songs, Games and Grooves – how to make them relevant in your work Working with Global Link we will explore global issues such as social justice, conflict resolution and sustainable development and use fun and participatory activities to reflect on how we work with world music styles and cultural representations that avoids stereotyping and clichés. Knowledge and experience gained in sessions will be useful to your workshop and education practice whether you work in schools or across the community. It's for you whatever your level of experience It's for you if you want to compose and invent It's for you if you want to learn more about leading workshops Grow in confidence MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 WEEKEND MEMORY Themes Workshop Skills Intention Express yourself What are your roots Global Development skills Improvisation Shared leading techniques EXPOSITION Saturday morning session (all in one group) Introductions round circle / house keeping - Pete Oreee (the sea) - Leon Song of sea – warm up and rumble Feel the intensity of the sound 100,000 people sing but they don’t know what the words say It doesn’t matter – feel the feeling Oree be a – Oree be o Areeo (the storm) Song and a groove Romany Song - Tea Chajorije shukarije (ATTACHED) WHY ARE YOU HERE Pete and Yue ask the question – here are the answers Learn more about music from around the world After a 2 year break – new energy Share ideas and approaches, how to approach issues in new school project Ideas of how to run workshops Voice and percussion in bigger groups MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Enrichment – different people – find my instrument How music brings people together More ideas New experiences Nourishment – so alone Meet and play – time out Weekend off Do some things I haven’t done – a campaigning song Write songs First steps into workshop leading To learn how to become a workshop leader Keen to grab something from everyone Learn play and meet people See how others work Holiday out – compare how people work Lived in one world of music – want to hear others and find different ways of learning Global development themes – Gisela Into 2 lines across the room ‘How much do you know’ How important is it to know’ These showed the difference between where people thought they needed to be and where they actually were. This sets up the need for learning about the themes. They are Human Rights Interdependence Values and perceptions Conflict resolution Diversity Social Justice Sustainability Global justice (see attached document SEAL strategies for more information) Globingo We played the game to find out about each other and also to reflect on the themes. The questions were DETAIL TO FOLLOW MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Start Again Pete demonstrated and sang 2 songs from the More Music project ASK ME A song that reflects on the Right to Privacy THE OLD PRESIDENT A gospel style song that calls for people to shout down an Old President Music, Food and Love - Yue Asked the question – What is the most popular instrument in your culture ? Electric guitar ? In China it is the flute – and so a story was told and a song was sung. ‘Autumn Thought’ – a classical tune. Asking the question – what is classical music in your culture ? We learnt a song in Mandarin and were asked to each create a song title. This is the list of song commissions As the sun glowed through the mist Transparency of dew Bare tress in a clear white sky Sun sparkling on the bubbling brook in the grassy meadow The girl with the long brown hair in the drak deep woods on the the long hard road to somewhere Springtime for everyone Spring Buds are peeping through Spring with the winter wind Spring in your step The first flow of spring The sweet bird leaves the eaves of my mothers house Thunderstorms of summer I love the summer Summer opportunities Shimmering sands of the setting summer sun The colour of turning leaves Sweaty summer Rhythm of the falling leaves Les feulles mortes MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Autumn Jewels Marroning bracken, rusting leaves Winter haven Frozen shards of winters thought Winter sun Long dark miserable winter K’dum - Ben 2 hands on a drum with a pattern. Play with the improvisation, with drop outs and solos. Horseshit Writing a long rhythmic figure from a random word phrase Afternoon session Street scene beat Pete and Leon construct a simple beat with tunes drawn from the mornings songs Starting from GD themes - Leon / Gisela The following lyrics were developed through discussion The mountain before us stands so high If we step together we can reach the sky You can do it We can do it We can make a change There were only ten of us But we took them on There were only 10 of us But we took them on You can do it We can do it We can make a change MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 With this song, we said no We petitioned, we camped We wrote, we shouted and We changed the rivers flow You can do it We can do it We can make a change Never doubt that we can change the world Let the sun shine Let the rain fall Please listen to the rhythm of the earths call Live simple so others can simply live It’s the greatest offering from the heart to give Leon and Gisela’s workshop: exploring the global dimension through music Both workshops started with a discussion of the 8 key concepts of the global dimension, using the global dimension pie chart and a series of ‘quotes’ as the stimulus. In the first group there was some discussion about how to encourage people to see the relevance of global issues to their lives; we discussed the importance of linking the global to the local and personal eg linking global conflicts with conflicts in the playground etc. There was also some discussion about how to get people to ‘care’, develop empathy; the importance of personal story, and relationships through linking/pen pals were highlighted eg. Leon’s work linking young people in Manchester with young people in Brazil. In the second group there was some discussion about HOW to bring the global dimension into the wider opportunities programme; again using music from around the world is a way to do this, and include some background information about where the tune/song comes from, its origin, country etc. In both workshops the group created a song (above), using one of the global dimension quotes as a stimulus. In the first workshop the quote ‘Live simply so that others can simply live’ (Gandhi) was used, with Sam (participant) coming up with the words & tune, while the other participants created the music. In the second workshop the group used the quote ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.’ (Margaret Mead); Akiel and Gisela created some lyrics which were combined into a song (above). MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Games and storytelling - Yue / Ben We started each session by learning a traditional chinese melody with Yue. First group played Dancing and Singing in the Village by ear, second group played Parmir Mountain with dots. We made an arrangement for both exploring different textures as well as backing figures, improvised solos….. We then looked at group composition games and processes from Hugh Nankivell, Dangerous Volume and Makoto Nomura Both groups looked at Dancing Mole - a short and longer line notation method – and made vastly different arrangements The first group made a very expressive Shogi score The second group looked at Secret Partners improvising game (Stephen Grew) and also No Notes (Makoto Nomura) Songs - Tea / Pete In the first session we learnt and sang in 7/8 LYRIC ATTACHED In the second session the song was in 9/8 LYRIC ATTACHED The discussions in both sessions were about why we would consider teaching songs in different time schemes and what this does to us and our groups. “turns the head round Opens new space Challenges perceptions More things to play with Good to challenge yourself Think outside the box Easy to fall into clichés Fried the brain with the different feel Shared learning takes us all to a common place” We also asked what else we could do and how it might feel Teach a scale or a mode Learn a new instrument Language MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Excited at the new experience, scared it may be wrong Learning something new give new confidence and pleasure at the new world of sound SINGING SUPPER In a transformed space we ate food prepared by Yue with a small team of helpers. Afterwards the concert included songs by almost everyone in the room. A very special affair Pete wrote Transformed hall Kitchen sending out great vibes and smells Stage set for a show 22 people entertained, amazed Connected Truths told, melodies harmonies rhythms expressed Voices alive and excited So much potential Such a privileged place to be A great band MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Sunday Morning Session One - CREATION Warm Up Sticks Pete started with some very simple games to help everyone arrive AIM : Inclusive rhythm games for groups of any size. Equipment : enough sticks for everyone to have a pair. These can be big cooking chopsticks (or drumsticks.) Hold sticks between first finger and thumb… grasp Relax and drop arms Follow leader…speed up and roll Play with chair sounds Left and Right exercises LLR or RRL – LLRRLLRR – 2468……. Play simple tunes as rhythms Copies – led by leader – round circle – in fours Teach beats of a groove …… Chinese New Year Animals And a set of warm ups that opened the voices and discovered about the years Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig Rat Ox fingers as claws, growls jumping, quiet tsh sound all together, a choice of noise, get louder with direction sssssss and arms, also as a chain follow each other loose lips (horse blowing) and neighs across the registers butbutbutbutbut ?? scratch under arms, hoot up and down, loud and soft cockadoodle, strut, cockaricki (Japanese) sniff and bark pig grunts squeaky sirens/ really quiet high sounds moos, sirens in the very low to middle range MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Orisha songs (Cuba – Santeria Tradition) / Orixa (Brazil – Candomble Tradition) Oxossi – A hunter, Prince of the forest, Master bow man clearly seeing your targets and reaching them, The hunt, Horse rider. Corro: OK OK O OK ODE OK Call: E OKO OK ODAY 12/8 with the shifting pulse – Pulse on the 4 or accenting the 6 beats over the bar change the feel of the phrase. (Sometimes called Konkolo) Song for Yemanaja / Imanja – Goddess of the sea, Motherhood, Fertility, Fish Corro: Ceen Ceen Kolobo Kolobo Kolobo Ceen Ceen Ceen Ceen Kolobo Call: O kolobo, Kolobo Ceen Ceen Bungalow Song Bungalow (Solo) Hey Rick (All) Hey Rick Hey What Hey What Show me how you bungalow Show me how you bungalow (Solo) My hands are high, my hands are low And this is how I bungalow (All) My hands are high, my hands are low And this is how I bungalow Numbers Everyone choose a number between 1 and 8. As the leader counts play just on your number. Listen to the sequence. Find other people on your beat. Leader can double time / half time . MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 People can choose 2 numbers / change instruments / improvise Passing the instrument songs Aka baka paper cracker Aka baka boo Aka baka paper cracker Pass to you! Hot potato pass it on x 3 Get rid of the hot potato Argh! Second morning session Harmony Vocals – Tea This was traditional Dalmatian (Croatian) song. Learnt the original tunes, very simple. They were then following the harmonies that were taught. Amazed how anxious people are at opening voices in harmony. Opens up the question of harmony and getting in right or getting it wrong. LYRIC ATTACHED Developing an idea – Ben / Gisela We started looking at redoing the “compose a long rhythm melody” exercise from yesterday but using themes that link to the Global Dimension. Gisela mentioned that the random way of coming up with one lyric per person Didn’t lead to a very meaningful phrase so we decided to discuss the issues And see if that led to any interesting lines. Sue suggested that we look at fracking so we discussed what that means and the positive and negative effects it has. I captured some of what people were saying on the whiteboard and we used these four lines as the starting point for our rhythm. B Breaking up the earth Poisoning the water Seismic effects But there’s energy in there! We then looked at picking out words that would give us interesting rhythms to MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 build up a long rhythmic sentence but were drawn towards one particular phrase and the idea of using it as a riff: seismic effects We found notes for this by choosing a mode (which would suit the instruments we had – alto sax, fiddle, uke, guitar) giving each note a number and rolling an imaginary dice to come up with a melodic line. So using CDE GAC (C major pentatonic) and numbering them 1 – 6 we We ended up with CEGA We tried the words over this riff and Bernie eventually came up with some Chords – a bluesy C to A- over which we set the words A What’s happening? Wake up, wake up Stop and think This is no way to go Because the song (which we’d now decided to write) needed a challenging/questioning element We then worked up an arrangement AA Riff BB A/B together Stop and think We then took the B section words and squeezed a bit more detail from each line which gave us a second verse Drilling through the rock Seeping through the well wall Distant earthquake Total devastation At some point in trying the arrangement out we Lis added a swooping Glissando which gave us a third element to the piece Final arrangement (altered in performance) AA Riff BB Vs 1 A/B together Stop and think (rpt) BB Vs 2 A/B together (both verses) Glissando Stop and think x 1 MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Rhythm games – Leon Warm up with hand drums Playing the different sounds copy cat Introducing claps as well as drum sounds Introduce Coordination by adding movements with the beats. Spit the sequence up in chunks and then try all together. 1. One hand on the drum making the beat the other in the air 2. One hand on the drum making the beat, other to the side of the drum 3. One hand on the drum making the beat the other holding the nose 4. One hand on the drum making the beat, other touching the opp ear. 5. Introduce a simple song over the coordination game while continuing the beat. Maybe - twinkle twinkle little star Warm up body percussion Copy can using claps, stamps, body hits on chest and legs. Start adding movement left and right with the stamps and beats Introduce a simple two bar phrase for one group to continue. (maybe based on we will rock you, two stamps one clap, two stamps three claps) Start the same pattern with another group at the same time but starting after two beats – could add vocal phrases wooo’s , ahhh’s etc. Warm up stick trick Scouts rhythm: Roll , left beat (while passing right stick under the left arm), Pass left stick to right and beat then left hand takes stick from under left arm and beats. Can do the same while taking the persons stick to your right. Roll, left beat (while passing right stick under the left arm), Left beat while taking stick from under the persons arm to your right with the right arm finish with a right beat with other persons stick. Compose a Chinese Melody – Yue Guzheng, da ruan, pippa, guitar, voice and flute Sun shine Bird in the Bay The title inspired the mood Melody developed from the sound and the gestures really led the development of the piece MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 SOLO COMMISIONS Everyone given time on their own for 40 minutes to make something from a title (tutors circulate) PRE LUNCH SHARING 1. No matter how long the night, the day will always appear Manu/Serge/Tom/Yue 2. Autumn Jewels - Anne 3. Thunderstorms of summer – Nikki Kate / Gayle 1.00 LUNCH POST LUNCH SHARING 4. Les feulles mort – Andy / Bill / Rick / Gayle Les feulles mort Dead leave on the towpath Rotting into tired earth Gold fades into nothing Frost and bonfire smoking Sun on skin postponing What were you before your birth Les feulles mort are fallen Remember December Life will be awoken On ne peut pas fare une omlette Without eggs being broken 5. Earth Sky – lyric by Jaheeda Take the long sticky walk to the edge Adjust your feet don’t lose your feet in haste Find your solid steps Wash away the built up Muddy sands in the pools the tide left behind Then write a message in the sand Pay no heed to the seagulls mocking cackles For they have wings and you don’t It takes a lifetime to reach the edge So you have time 6. Thunderstorms of Summer – Sue / Anne MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 7. Frozen shards of winter - Matt 8. Sam THE COLOUR OF TURNING LEAVES – lyric by Bernie Before the Winter sun begins And cold cold north atlantic winds My favourite season of them all The United States do call ‘ the fall’ The colours of the turning leaves In Russet brown they’re turning gold Sometimes my misty eyes deceive A million stories (left untold) If every leave a tale foretold Of happiness of love gone cold Of saints and heroes adventures bold Stories of a life unfold For leaves can often morror life From youthful green and vibrant hue The passing time cuts like a knife And youthful vibrancy subdue POSITIVE LEARNING and GROUPS Short discussion led by Pete into 2 key themes of workshop leading. What Creates a Positive Learning environment Simplicity Variety Feel good factor A group that is open and receptive A sense of achievement and ownership Attractive equipment Enthusiastic, non-judgmental leadership A flexible plan with sensible activities Musical progression and layering Laughter to free the spirit and loosen inhibitions Safety Risk Challenge Individual space Light MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Patience Teamwork Clear communication Well-explained boundaries Listening Support Groups are complex animals Each has a character that is more than the sum of the individuals in it Over time they develop and change; expressing anxiety, curiosity, establishing norms, engaging with the task, completing it and ending the group Take a moment to step back and see your group as one single organism What colour or shape would it be? Or what sort of animal! It’s more obvious to notice how individuals are being—quiet, mischievous, and so on. Then there are the interpersonal dynamics too: ‘those two seem to set each other off, these two seem to be getting on very well’ Remember all the time you are working things are going simultaneously at three different levels: individual, interpersonal and group Songwriting projects – Pete / Gisela The aim of this session was to share methods of making songs in groups within the context of the Global Development themes CONFLICT RESOLUTION Song from Impro on the Samshen I said sorry She said is that the best you can do Yes It’s not my fault She turned on her heel and walked away to Morecambe Bay Long Black Dress Blonde hair A scar on her face I said sorry, I won’t do it again It IS my fault, let’s talk She looked around, she looked around, she looked around. The discussion after the making of the song was about the role of the leader. People said.. Keeping people involved Giving melody MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Motivating with questions Giving space to think Keeping it relevant and personal Collected verse and melody Creating a safe space Being diplomatic and open minded Getting people to understand each other Mediating, Calm Not taking sides It happened to me We made the words by asking everyone to think of a situation where they had been the person trying to sort out a conflict. To imagine the space and their role within it. Then a specific phrase was gathered from almost everyone that expressed their role. Gisela asked that we considered ‘ hearing’ as an extra concept. We then discussed HOW to democratically turn that into a melody. Pete suggested 3 methods 1. To look at the speech inflection and turn that into a shape and then a melody. 2. To ask for numbers and turn those into bar chords that created a sequence 3. To repeat a phrase over and over until it was sung INTERDEPENDENCE Not self sufficient Trade – buying off each other There’s a knock on effect Trade – buying off each other We’re in it together It’s going round No man is an island, welcome to pie land No womans a forest, no flower, no florist No child’s a stream, strength in a team No parents an ocean, there’s a fine notion It’s going round To make the lyric we asked for people to think of their own lives and to give a few phrases. Then in response to the ‘no man’ line we developed A LIST… that was simple and rhyme based. The song developed as a reggae tune (on request) and with chords contributed by 2 people. A final suggestion was to share the lyric as a hocket to symbolise the ‘interdependence’ ! MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 WIKIPEDIA “In music, hocket is the rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. In medieval practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.” Chinese flute and percussion – Yue / Leon A small group making a piece inspired by a horse gallop. A small group making a piece inspired by a horse gallop. Looked at how simple Chinese melody’s can work along side percussion fro other tradition. Took a south Asian percussive phrase and used this rhythm to provide the foundations for a melody. Interesting time signature. Learnt simple Asian ‘Bols’ to learn the rhythm. Pulse accents in bold below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 di din di din din taka ta din na din 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 di din di din din taka ta din na din MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 REFLECTION We sat and spent 45 minutes with everyone sharing their thoughts and reflections on the 2 days. PETE : In Brazil we spend the last 2 hours of a workshop discussing what we’ve done; it made me realise that the talking/reflection is so important and needs time. PEOPLE COMMENTS Enjoyed meeting new people, and seeing what happens eg having a go on the double bass, and then joining in the piece. Enjoyed playing music with people Good for networking; the start of lots of projects, meeting people to develop projects with in Manchester. Also gave him a kick up the arse to develop his own music. Reminded him of the freedom and opportunities there are outside the Music Service; the Music Service is tied into the education system, and the weekend reminded him that there are lots of other opportunities, and that sometimes the Service gets in the way of education. The constraints on the Music Service might open up new opportunities. Regretted missing yesterday. Got into the drumming. Enjoyed the songwriting workshops. Hasn’t really taught young children; has learnt more about getting audiences focussed, working with young children. Learnt aobut different techniques for creating songs. Had a gas. Nice to meet new people. Enjoyed trying things she would not normally do. Will bring back some activities to use with her PPA children, even if it’s sometimes chaotic. Eg trying a chinese piece or a Cuban piece. The course was out of her comfort zone which is why she signed up for it. Works for the Music Service. Training used to be hands-on, but now like a day of mourning. The course has re-inspired. She was also outside of her comfort zone. Very pleased with the fracking song, which she’d like to take with her. Enjoyed the cooking, too! It’s been a special couple of days, met new people, had new experiences, made new friends. Boosted her confidence vis a vis being a workshop leader. Been interesting being with interesting and creative people. YUE: Finds that each time he comes here – after having known Pete a long time – he learns more from Pete. He has learnt so much from everyone, but wishes he could have learnt more about everyone else. Hopes that he will meet everyone again and hear more from you. MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 Valuable getting out of his comfort zone, looking at world music, getting out of his singer-songwriter box, thinking about rythmn in different ways. Signed up for a good weekend out. Inspired by the new instrument he played, and wants to buy it. Found there is a different way of teaching in the UK to in Africa; learnt a lot about how to run workshops/activities in the UK. Her weekend ‘off’ has failed. Her head is buzzing, from meeting all these people, all these new ideas, coming up with her own compositions. Will take a lot away. Perfect weekend – passionate about Balkans music, meeting Tea. Enjoyed the way there were lots of different workshops, different activities, great food. People in Lancaster were welcoming. Enjoyed seeing musicians leave from the workshop and go to Lancaster and do their thing. The musicians in the pub had their set going, but welcomed the new musicians. Enjoyed the window view of how musicians work. Leon talked about ‘intention’. Will take away the thought of ‘intention’, and will take away the ‘bungalow’ activity. Will use his body as his instrument. Thought it would be a pretentious weekend. If she hadn’t liked it, she would have walked off, being ‘undisciplined.’ Learnt a lot more than she thought she would learn, enjoyed most of it. Been a pleasure meeting people – enjoyed the new connections, meeting new Mancunians. Mentally shattered by the end of the first day, wanted to absorb it at home in the guesthouse. Has lots of material buzzing around that she will work with. Surprised that the course is ending. It’s not really ending. She has gained so much, that it will feed her for a long while. Enjoyed the vibes as much as anything; getting involved in the workshops. Learnt what he has needed to learn. Enjoyed everyone’s open-ness, egolessness, soaking up stuff. Hopes to keep some of the networking going; hopes to keep in touch. Synchronicity of meeting people again – keep these events going. Not just fun, but practical and useful. Good to think about getting our culture back, in the face of the mainstream. Been great to be in such a creative environment, inspiring to be an environment full of creative energy. Add ‘support’ to positive learning environment. Pete will produce a ‘memory’ of the weekend with all of the song lyrics, and a drop box folder with all the tunes and recordings on. Will share email addresses. Tea will give Pete MP3 files of all the songs she brought. MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013 INTERESTING LINKS A TED talk about the “single story” http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story .html More Music www.moremusic.org.uk www.thelongwalk.info Pete www.petemoser.com Leon www.bangdrum.co.uk www.globalgrooves.org Tea www.teahodzictrio.co.uk Yue https://realworldrecords.com/release/46/music-food-and-love/ Ben http://soundcloud.com/burstfaun Gisela http://www.globallink.org.uk MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE – MEMORY – THE HOTHOUSE – FEB 2013