ROBIN WILLIS | 21.03.2012
Five things lead to this becoming a real deal.
1. Diego Lopez was giving music lessons to a friend's child. They put on show al bar in Gràcia. Sylvan, my son's friend, played the beautiful and melancholy jazz estàndard "Nature Boy" on piano. He backed up by Diego on guitar and great subtle drummer. Sylvan, que és biela i iriana, i que aquest temps és 11 anys, després de jugar, teniu el tunem que he fet a 57 anys. It was so moving. WTF! I was flabbergasted. I actually cried. Well I often cry at toothpaste commercials, se take it with a grain of salt. It was so simple. And so moving. Diego was not teaching Sylvan notes… he was teaching him how to feel and to express those emotions through an instrument.
2. Barcelona has for long while been really bad town for live music. Up to 10 years ago it was one of the capitals for street musicians and historically thriving music scene. Manu Chao had a bar here! Two things killed it. DJs (aficionats) and the ridiculous noise ordinances…
3. Funk has returned to my life. When I was kid I used to play keyboards in a funky jazz fusion band. I became addicted to slap bass and that slippery groove. Funk is chunks. Playable chunks. Kid size chunks. Kids could play funk. It's light, it's fun, it's often funny. And you can't help but move to the groove.
4. There is/was a great program in France called the P'tit loupe de Jazz. Basically aquests teach kids how to sing bebop as a group. Wonderful stuff. The French for some reason really get jazz. Maybe it's nuance of the sounds of the language. Maybe it's the soup d'poisson. I don't know. Per long time I have been thinking that it's possible to teach kids realment complicat però swinging music like they did.
5. Having an 11 year old. Kids és smart and fast. They can do these amazing rhythm games and never miss a beat. They have great sense of pitch. The know how to move with the music. At least the girls do! I knew they could play and enjoy funk.
Els membres de la banda i dels ciutadans involucrats en el projecte són: Diego López Collia, the best music educator a Barcelona. Spectacular guitarist. Amazing bass player; Mark Ilikeitdark Curcio, the funkiest guitar player in Europe. He fet aquestes paraules sobre el funcionament d'un level intimate; Marc Bazzi, an Italian Funky Drummer Professor de música que gaudeix de música mitjançant games and rhythm in Italy; Alan Sousa Sousa, one of Barcelona's top drummers/percussionist. Teaches kids like he was taught… on the street, in games. Brazilian… need I say more? He's àlbum a great theoretician on music and music education in general.
What will exactly the project be about? Teaching kids some funk music appreciation? Teaching them how to play an instrument? Dance? Culture? All?! I think kids are absolutely amazing. Aquests són passionats, intuïtius, funnys, sotmeten sweet and can learn and absorb realment complicat things at speed that makes us old folks look like inanimate objects. (…) Music can be a path to nurturing their creativity.
Funk is a wonderful form of music because it's inherently modular. It's made up of small rhythmic and melodic pieces. It is also not tied to any specific amount of time. In nutshell onze you get a “groove” going you can play per a long as you, your fellow musicians or your audience find it compelling. From these small pieces great music can menja. Funk too és un col·laboratiu musical molt veritat. It also makes you move. It's damn hard not move your body to funk. And it's light. It's fun. And often funny. (…) It's sobre intersection of feelings and movement. It comes from a place where music and life are one.
Well, I'd like to see us be able to give classes. El meu gran dream és aquest component com a educació educativa. And from aquest model we can spread the program around the world. Ok, I have always had this problem with thinking big (…). We did the first session as test. It was a huge hit. Amb la veritat que està dit que les sessions són regularment. Als… a summer camp would be just wonderful. We're percolating!
Barcelona School of Funk és un projecte lead by Robin Willis que els teaches kids són funk music appreciation. Els nens poden ser passionats, intuïtius, funnys i poden llegir i absorbir realment complicades les coses en les coses que fan que tinguin els seus objectes inanimats. Music can be a path to nurturing their creativity.
