HIP HOP WORKSHOP FACILITATORS NEEDED

[CulturalInfusion]

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS NEEDED for a series of hip hop workshops for young people in Perth

Cultural Infusion will be coordinating Freestyle 2013 workshops in April at selected Youth Centres, and Perth Cultural Centre as part of Kickstart Youth Festival.

We are seeking experienced facilitators for a series of workshops in each of the

four elements of hip hop:

Breakdancing

MCing

DJing

Urban Art

In addition to being highly skilled in one of these areas, applicants will need to have relevant experience working at community events and with young people. It is essential that facilitators are able to act as positive role models.

These are paid positions for professional artists.

Expressions of Interest should be sent to mel.d@culturalinfusion.org.au by 28 February.

Please include a CV and any relevant links.

If you require further info please call: 9335 2377

http://www.culturalinfusion.org.au

[Mitch]

Perth hip hop djs

-oxykon

-duz

-wrxfiend

[overit]

This has been my main line of work for 9 years now.

If any of you guys in the right location want to go for this but aren't sure how to approach it feel free to hit me up for info, tips, workshop plans etc.

[Cupe]

wrxfiend would be all over this, he lives and breaths hip hop

[wrxfiend]

Indeed!

but i haven't any real dj'ing experience? just parties and weddings. I will make contact, but I fear it will clash with my horrible 9-5 retail grind! And only being for a month I cant leave my shit job just yet

You guys think ive got enough skills?

I have dealt with "Jonny public" for 14 years in retail, youth doesn't scare me ! lol

[overit]

chances are this will be outside office hours in some youth club. chk them to be sure.

real love for the artform is more important than real dj experience.

and being a role model is more important than either.

no swearing by you or in the songs you play, love for music, keeping a steady job, no drug talk, no prejudices, never judge the kids, heaps of patience, and maybe a rocky teenage past of your own so you can relate to some of the kids' daily struggle.

but above all - the ability to plan what you want to do, and the ability to move away from the plan if it isnt working - this is what makes a good workshop facilitator.

I'm so down with these sessions i spend 75% of my time buzzing of tunes and letting the kids get on. But i do know what i'm doing.

EDIT: nearly forgot - one of the reasons hiphop works so well with kids is because it concentrates so hard on self-discipline and progressing your skills. That is the mantra people want kids to learn through these workshops. You don't have to make them corporate androids ready to flip burgers - you need to give them self-confidence and the knowledge they can choose their own path and achieve it.

Also hiphop was invented as a way of settling fights between gangs. Skills are used in front of an audience to settle beef, not guns. Youth work scenarios love this aspect. FIEND: you surely know this already but in case you dont read up on the history of afrika bambaata and what his crew were all about in the very early days in New York.

[OxyKon]

Perth hip hop djs

-oxykon

-duz

-wrxfiend

O.o

lol i wouldnt call myself a hip hop dj, only just started getting used to it also my work situation is pretty messed up at the moment, i barely have time to plan for my own radio show these days

@ wrxfiend: if you can beat juggle, you can dj, trust me, ive seen what you can do, you'll do fine

[overit]

@ wrxfiend: if you can beat juggle, you can dj, trust me, ive seen what you can do, you'll do fine

^This true.

But also OXY: From what I know of you, you have the attitude and experience to do this type of work. Just maybe not using HipHop skills. The thing is the organisers will think they want HIPHOP because they've been sold the idea or told by kids (who think 50 cent is hiphop). If you were into this kind of work you could easily get it and use DnB or any EDM. The fact you are teaching skills and keeping kids busy is what gets you paid.

Hiphop works well because of it's associated artforms of Graf, MCing and Breaking... but I often get booked for these events and then work with the music the kids actually want. Which is currently skrill-step and Bass-shite.

The organisers don't normally care what genre music you use as long as the kids are getting structured activity from a role model.

Maybe you two could team up, one do beat-matching the other do turntable skills?

[Duz]

I used to do a similar sort of thing out in Leederville (Oxy and YSM seen the spot) a few years ago with some churchy group, was a good time, made some good friends through it.

I would definitely fire them an email WRX, even just to find out about the time/days.. I know oxy is probably a bit busy, but if you can tolerate a baled pulling your 1200 apart infront of you, you can tolerate a few kids

Might even apply myself....

[OxyKon]

LOL^

yeah very true overit, it does sound like it could be some fun, but at the moment with the way things are at work i wouldnt be able to find the time, shits pretty crazy for me right now, duz and wrx would be a good match up, they both have similar tastes in hip hop plus duz is quite knowledgeable in dnb too

[eggssell]

50 cent isn't hiphop

mindblown.jpg

kiki. but for real, this sounds awesome, like the platform festival held in sydney every year. well even if you don't become facilitators hope y'all go out and experience it. even for those that don't listen to hip hop or only know top 40 hip hop (and there is nothing wrong with that). because there is a lot more than just the music. the art is amazing, the dancing is amazing.

hip hop. don't stop.

[wrxfiend]

gonna give em a call tommoro, gotta start somewhere

[overit]

^Good Mang.