SiFly #SEND, DJing, health and education, music production

Phab Doncaster

We were blown away by the effort when we were joined by young people in Warmsworth.

Our initial inspiration for developing 90 minute music came from working with young people with additional needs.

We had a lot of fun and the adults were as enthusiastic as the young people.

We used Ableton Live to take part in DJ jams and we used hand drums and melodic drums to create an eclectic mix of positivity.

Thank you so much to Laura for inviting us, we had intended on working with Laura just before the COVID pandemic hit and it has took us five years to get round  to working together, we look forward to working with you again soon.

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Woodlands Community Library

A few years ago I gave up the best job I had to go full time with 90minutemusic.

That is where I met this fella. Ryan is 25 now and has had more challenges than most of us in his young life. He always has a smile on his face and I’ve heard he makes a legendary cuppa.

When I saw him working in the Library I asked  Liz if I could provide a free session. Although we have no funding currently it felt like the right thing to do.

I also got the chance to talk with ladies from the councils mental health support team who had a jam.

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Future Pathways Alternative Provision

Good to be back with young people in a local School for young people who have experienced issues with mainstream education.

We had open discussions on places they would like to visit and what the attraction of those places were.

Amsterdam and California were some of the areas mentioned, so we discussed how much they were looking forward to the Tulips and Cali sunshine. We used this as an inspiration to create.

We had lots of laughs as we did the Speed Boat Ride excercise, which brings us out of our comfort zone and focuses us on being creative with what we have, whether our resources are limited or not.

There were a couple of young people who showed a real feel for the DJ elements of 90minutemusic and I look forward to to our paths crossing again in the future.

I was really pleased that the young people were open about challenges they faced with reading, writing and ADHD. It gave me an opportunity to share some of my personal experience and knowledge on the subject.

Thanks to Lauren for inviting us to a great facility in a good central location in Doncaster. Thanks again to Well Doncaster for their continued support.

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Rotherham United Community Trust

Wonderful to be back with Rotherham United Community Trust.

Always good to work with familiar faces who we have been with over the past couple of years, but a few new one’s too.

We also branched out to a new venue at Parkgate Astro. We gave an opportunity to our volunteer Denis to take the lead and demonstrate the skills he has been building up over the last 6 months of training.

Once again thanks to Jonny for inviting us to support and all the young people from the Trust who deserve credit for their role in delivering the much needed HAF programme in Rotherham.

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Adwick Primary School

“When we started I was quiet and didn’t want to talk much, but now if our teacher asks a question I will answer, I used to be scared to do things but now I find it easier to get involved, I enjoyed the beat pad most.” L.M aged 9

We asked if they felt anything had changed since we started 6 weeks ago.

It was our final session of 6 on Tuesday and I asked the children if they felt anything was different from when we met 6 weeks ago. 6 out of the 9 pupils recognised that they were more confident socially.

For us building strong social bonds and supercharging confidence are among our primary aims, but to hear them mirror back their understanding of it really made my day.

Over the past 6 weeks we have covered communication and discipline. Learning and development. Music from around the world. Songwriting and Music Production, DJing and the connections between Maths, Science, Art and Music.

We have Jammed, laughed, learnt about each other and explored the building blocks of Music.

Thanks to Miss Jenkins for taking part as well as supporting us through the sessions and thanks to all the School staff who made us feel welcome.

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Cura-Care Music Sensory group

“I love bringing him here, it gives him time away from me (mum) and gives him space to be himself.”

So nice to hear one of the mums appreciating the work of Paige and Rachel who share in our passion for supporting young people.

It was encouraging to hear from the ladies that there have been some positive leaps forward today.

Massive thanks to Well Doncaster for supporting us over the last few months and allowing us to work with so many different groups.

The highlight of my day today was just after the photo above, this young fella began to get creative and when he started to do some thing above and beyond, he turned to me and said “high five”

I gave him some skin and we carried on.

Thanks to everyone who who joined us today.

Upcoming sessions this week are.

Woodlands Library from 2.45 Monday, mixed age Askern Shakers from 7.00pm 11 to 16 Monday, Adwick Primary After School Club closed session, Tuesday Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm Tuesday 7 to 11 Highfields Boxing Club from 4.45pm on Wednesday mixed age.

Free to join us. See you then

SiFly DJing, health and education, music production

Woodlands Library & Askern Shakers

Plenty of new faces joining us this afternoon and evening. At the Library we had a good mix of ages with parents joining in too to help inspire creation. Thanks to our newcomers and Jackie and Elizabeth for providing the venue.

At Shakers we were briefly joined by one of the religious leaders who support the centre. We discussed different aspects of faith, it is not a common subject among teenagers, so we had a brief break to explore.

We created two original pieces of music and wrote out the words for both. We also managed to find time to do some singing.

It was a pleasant night so we setup outside with the tech, which gave a different vibe.

Thanks for joining us everyone.

Adwick Primary tommorow, then Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm

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SHAKERS ASKERN

A great venue with a world of potential. Shakers feels like a ranch in the wild west.

On week one the young people asked if we could do DJ Skills, although 90 Minute Music is focused on how music can support in other areas such as health and development, DJing and Music production are at the heart of the skills that get us there.

There were a small group who were reluctant to engage in the first session as we were playing hand drums they didn’t feel it was for them. This week it was nice to see them getting hands on with the DJ decks. They picked it up pretty quickly and it wasn’t long before they were mixing their favourite tunes. Plenty of dancing and good vibes all round.

We will be at Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm on 6th of June and Highfields Boxing Club from 4.45pm on 7th of June.