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June 2011
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WatchHuge THANKS to the Hobo Gestapo guys for coming down to shoot last week’s Tuned In event, run by NSW Reconciliation Council at Oxford Art Factory.
The night was a success, with money raised to fund a series of Heaps Decent workshops in regional NSW. All the acts on the night did a fantastic job and special mention goes out to Icey, who did his first live performance in front of a solid...
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January 2011
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This post has taken me way too long write - it dates back to a workshop I was part of in July last year! Better late than never right?
At the end of July 2010, myself and Sarah Emery from Shopfront went to Broken Hill and Wilcannia for half a week to work on Shopfront’s At The Drive-In project. At The Drive-In was an inspired take on b-grade zombie theatre featuring young people from...
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WatchI made a video for the cute little song I made when I was in Wilcannia last year with Sarah from Shopfront. Working from Wilcannia Central School and Wings Drop In Centre, I helped about 10 kids aged 8 to 14 write their own verses and the chorus. All the video footage was recorded while we weren’t recording vocals! The beat is Teach Me How To Dougie by Cali Swag District.
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Every Monday in 2010 Heaps Decent ran a music class for the students at Key College. Key College is an independent high school in Redfern funded by Youth Off The Streets. We’ve been been working with Key College since 2008 and every year we get to make a selection of great new tracks with some talented young people.
Last year we set up a great program where, over a school term, Nina...
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WatchUK house peoples ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD joined Heaps Decent for a workshop at Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre after Field Day. Thanks to Fuzzy for hooking it up!
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WatchHeaps Decent were joined by Vito De Luca from Belgium’s Aeroplane at Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre for a workshop. Here’s what he had to say about the experience!
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December 2010
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Adam Bozzetto and I went back to Wagga Wagga last week. It was my first time in Wagga since June and it was good to be reacquainted with my homies at Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre and Riverina Community College over 3 days of music workshops.
It’s crazy to see how enthused and ready to rap the boys at the Centre are now compared to when we first visited in 2007, or even in October...
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Koori Radio 93.7Fm, FBI Radio 94.5FM and Gadigal Music present the Klub Koori Xmas Hip Hop Jam at The Oxford Art Factory on Thursday December 16 from 8pm. The night will feature the rising stars Stunna Set, from Melbourne, Lady Lash and Hip Hop legends The Street Warriors as well as Koori Radios own super star DJS. Come and listen to some great Indigenous hip hop!
All welcome so get along to...
November 2010
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From the luxurious locale of Joyride’s girlfriend’s car, we spoke to L.A.’s 12th Planet and Joyride from Spit Syndicate after they joined Heaps Decent for a workshop at Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre.
A big thanks to both Joyride and 12th Planet for coming along! They’ll both be returning to Juniperina with us next Monday too!
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October 2010
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WatchOne of our most frequent workshops happen each Monday at Key College, Redfern.
The young people involved continue to impress us! Each week we see more confidence grow and desire to make more music increase.
Rifat is the next big thing. Although he’s only been rapping a few weeks, he’s a natural.
Rifat has got an amazing story to tell, so stay tuned! (Just wait till you hear him rap...
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WatchJesse Rose and AC Slater took some time out during the Parklife to record a song at Gadigal Studios with RJ from Stunna Set.
We’ll have the full track for you soon, what you hear in the video is just a rough sample!
Thanks to Jesse, AC and RJ for spending the day with us, to Gadigal for lending their beautiful studios and for everyone at Fuzzy for the hook up!
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September 2010
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WatchDay 2 of our Parklife workshops featured none other than DJ Mehdi, from Ed Banger in France. After a day and a half of songwriting and recording, Mehdi showed up this afternoon and ran a DJ workshop with the girls at Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre. The music in the background is a beat that Brodinski gave us yesterday!
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WatchEarlier today Heaps Decent took super producers Sinden and Brodinski to a workshop at Juniperina, a Juvenile Justice Centre for young females. We spoke with them about the workshop in Charlie’s car on the way back to Sydney. Try and spot Adam Bozzetto, our other workshop guest, driving the car behind us!
Sinden and Brodinski are touring Australia with the Parklife festival at the moment,...
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