Sway is being interviewed on Sun TV just days before the "Closing House Day"
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Surprise Drop-In From Feist and the final mix!!
Now, some of you may or may not know this, but the Outside The Box program was designed not only to have kids learn music in a fun and exciting way; but to introduce them to current music and culture. The thought process was, "Well let's use a song that kids can related to–something cool!"
We used Feist's "1,2,3,4" as our curriculum guide and pretty much extracted the different parts of the song and taught our students chords, notes and scales relative to the key of D (which is the key that the song is in).
We chose this song not only because we were fans of Feist, but because it is a very simple, yet brilliant pop song, that seems to transcend both age and genre. However, what happened next was definitely not in the plan.
Through all the media exposure that we attained with the program, Feist's camp got requested for an interview but had never heard of OTB. It prompted Feist to drop by the community center on our "Closing House Recording Day" where the kids got a chance to record their parts.
For the kids this was huge! I mean they had been working at their parts for over 2 months, and then to have Feist watch them record it was phenomenal. I remember returning from buying some toys for the kids for prizing and seeing Ms. Leslie Feist hanging out with her Father in the communal area. Wow...It was definitely an honor to have her hang out for a few hours and support the kids on their work.
We've finally finished the final mix (not that is was so laborious and intensive, but the holidays just threw us off...hahah!
You can listen to the song here: 1,2,3,4 (Cover Song)
We used Feist's "1,2,3,4" as our curriculum guide and pretty much extracted the different parts of the song and taught our students chords, notes and scales relative to the key of D (which is the key that the song is in).
We chose this song not only because we were fans of Feist, but because it is a very simple, yet brilliant pop song, that seems to transcend both age and genre. However, what happened next was definitely not in the plan.
Through all the media exposure that we attained with the program, Feist's camp got requested for an interview but had never heard of OTB. It prompted Feist to drop by the community center on our "Closing House Recording Day" where the kids got a chance to record their parts.
For the kids this was huge! I mean they had been working at their parts for over 2 months, and then to have Feist watch them record it was phenomenal. I remember returning from buying some toys for the kids for prizing and seeing Ms. Leslie Feist hanging out with her Father in the communal area. Wow...It was definitely an honor to have her hang out for a few hours and support the kids on their work.
We've finally finished the final mix (not that is was so laborious and intensive, but the holidays just threw us off...hahah!
You can listen to the song here: 1,2,3,4 (Cover Song)
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