On Thursday 28th June 7-8.30pm, North Edinburgh Arts is hosting an urban music event for young people 12 and over. This will launch the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) Demo Fund projects and highlight other music opportunities happening in the centre. The scheme will give young musicians and bands the chance to record demos in the studio absolutely free.
Creative Scotland’s YMI Demo Fund, supported by the Cashback for Communities proceeds from crime money helps young musicians working independently by giving them access to professional sound recording facilities enabling them to record a professional demo. This is North Edinburgh Arts second Demo Fund project and we hope to build on the successes of last year by engaging a whole new group of budding musicians and songwriters.
From 7 – 7.30pm, Muirhouse Youth Development Group (MYDG) will host the first part of the evening with drinks and refreshments served by our young café volunteers. There will be lots of activities on offer and a live performance by South African singer/songwriter Rosita Rhodes. From 7.30pm the internationally acclaimed Tiako Drummers, Patrick Walker (Forward Strategy Group) Jay Cash (Grime & Dub-step) and Danny Ladwa (Beat Boxer) will perform. All of these musicians will be involved with aspects of the Demo Fund and other music projects in North Edinburgh Arts. We hope this dynamic line-up will inspire and encourage our local young people to get involved.
David McDonald, Youth Arts Manager at Creative Scotland, said; ‘The creative strand of the CashBack programme has allowed eighteen recording studios across the country to open their doors to our young musicians, giving them access to professional standard recording facilities. Creative Identities also supports high quality dance and film projects throughout the country. The Cashback for Communities initiative has enabled us to re-invests the proceeds of crime back into communities to make a real difference to the lives of our young people’.
For more information on this or other projects please go to our website at www.northedinburgharts.co.uk or email marketing@northedinburgharts.co.uk
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