Music Technology Lab for TAP
YMF is announcing a brand-new initiative:
A computer music lab for our TAP students!!
A computer music lab for our TAP students!!
YMF's Year End Appeal is kicking of a year-long funding campaign for a computer music lab. Please help us get off to a great start and give today!
Musical Lab Technology for TAP
The ability to compose, arrange, perform and record music with only a personal computer has been nothing short of revolutionary. A surprising number of recordings, even those by major artists, are produced in bedrooms, living rooms – even in cars and train stations. The digital production revolution has been called the great democratizer of music making and distribution. Previously, musicians needed access to expensive recording studios and required recording labels to produce and distribute the finished product. Now, any musician with a laptop and some software can write and record a piece of music and post it online for a world-wide audience in an afternoon.
While digital music technology has given aspiring and professional musicians access to exciting new tools for musical expression and communication, this access is nowhere near universal. In schools where music and art programs are still being cut, music technology labs are even lower on the priorities list.
Providing access to digital music technology and skills is high on YMF’s priorities list. On November 29th, international Giving Tuesday day, we officially announced our goal of creating a state-of-the-art music technology lab as part of our Teaching Artist Program. We hope to establish a lab of 10 computer workstations, keyboards and software in order to offer tuition-free classes in music production and recording to TAP students by the start of the 2016 – 2017 school year. You can help us meet this goal by clicking the 'Support' tab and making a contribution.
The ability to compose, arrange, perform and record music with only a personal computer has been nothing short of revolutionary. A surprising number of recordings, even those by major artists, are produced in bedrooms, living rooms – even in cars and train stations. The digital production revolution has been called the great democratizer of music making and distribution. Previously, musicians needed access to expensive recording studios and required recording labels to produce and distribute the finished product. Now, any musician with a laptop and some software can write and record a piece of music and post it online for a world-wide audience in an afternoon.
While digital music technology has given aspiring and professional musicians access to exciting new tools for musical expression and communication, this access is nowhere near universal. In schools where music and art programs are still being cut, music technology labs are even lower on the priorities list.
Providing access to digital music technology and skills is high on YMF’s priorities list. On November 29th, international Giving Tuesday day, we officially announced our goal of creating a state-of-the-art music technology lab as part of our Teaching Artist Program. We hope to establish a lab of 10 computer workstations, keyboards and software in order to offer tuition-free classes in music production and recording to TAP students by the start of the 2016 – 2017 school year. You can help us meet this goal by clicking the 'Support' tab and making a contribution.
