Create This!

Bio:

SONGS FROM THE 3rd YEAR ARE NOW UP TO LISTEN TO!

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Create This! was the name given to two parallel groundbreaking courses in training young people with learning disabilities. The first learning disabled-led training of its kind, the disability arts organization Carousel supported its rock band Beat Express and the dancers from High Spin to deliver year long OCN-accredited courses in music and dance. The courses ran from 2007 to 2010, by which time a large number of musicians and dancers were supported by Carousel. This MySpace page is here to all who wish to look back over what has been accomplished by the musicians within three years.

HOW IT STARTED
The idea for Create This! happened as a result of all the outreach projects run by Beat Express in schools and colleges for people with learning disabilities around East and West Sussex. Because the outreach projects produced work of great quality, Beat Express and Carousel imagined what could be accomplished if they had a whole year to work and train young musicians with learning disabilities.

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The FIRST COURSE ran from September 2007 to July 2008, and featured seven people with and without musical experience. The students produced great group and solo songs, and gave great performances at the first two Blue Camel Club nights of 2008. It was an extremely successful year. As well as producing the soundtrack to a dance film made by the students on the dance course, the students on the music course wrote and recorded an incredible 27 songs in 30 weeks!

As a result of the first course, all seven students formed two bands the following February; the heavy metal band called Zombie Crash, and the pop punk duo called The Fuzzbomb Band.

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The SECOND COURSE ran from September 2008 to July 2009, and this time there were eight students, who like the previous students, were a mix of people with and without musical experience. Michael Rowe returned as a tutor to help train the students.The students on the second course wrote and recorded great group and solo songs, performed at the Blue Camel Club, and finished with the soundtrack for the film made by the dancers of that year. The 1st course resulted in 27 tracks being recorded in 30 weeks, yet in 2nd, 36 were recorded!

After the second course the students started the Graduate course ..The Electric Academy... 2 bands were formed; a heavy metal, rap, punk band called Ghosthearted, and Richard Watson and Dean Baker recorded an album of 8 pop rock songs.

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The THIRD COURSE ran from April to July 2010. Ryan O'Donovan returned to the course as a tutor with the other members of Beat Express. The students worked exceptionally hard, writing 12 songs in 10 weeks and recording 9 for their CD. The gave an amazing performance at the Blue Camel Club and will be going on to join the Electric Academy graduate course after the summer.

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After three years of creativity and success, we hope that the features of this MySpace page will take you on a journey through time, to show you that learning disabilities will NEVER take away people's dreams of being musicians.

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Member Since:

June 10, 2008

Members:

COURSE ONE
Jolene Wild
Luc Eisenbarth
Michael Rowe
Ryan O'Donovan
James Barnett
Darrel Farley
Darren Baker

COURSE TWO
Stephen Barnett
Natasha Lousie Davies
James Hearn
Sophie Hird
Jo Humphries
Kit Montanaro
Javelle Scarlett
Richard Watson
Dean Baker

COURSE THREE
Gayle Driver
Daniel Wakeford
Chris O'Flynn
Joe Gregory
Laura Malby
George Jarman
Laura McGowan
Taurean Tate-Bailey
Hayleigh Rayment

Influences:

Beat Express, Heavy Load, Jim Johnston, John Cena, Motörhead, Slipknot, Public Enemy, The Foo Fighters, Westlife, Amy Winehouse, KT Tunstall, Radiohead, Eighteen Visions

Sounds Like:

Suck IT!

Record Label:

Unsigned