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Youth on Record
by Daniel Rondeau, Lead Instructor for Flobots.org and front man of Red Fox Run; partner artist Playing music in this day and age is a new animal. The giants in the industry have been brought down a few notches to everyone else’s playing field. Listeners with access to the universe of music often only desire […]
Live @ 5 with Jonny 5 Tonight at Ginn Mill
3rd ANNUAL LIVE AT 5 WITH JONNY5: A BENEFIT FOR FLOBOTS.ORG Live at 5 with Jonny5, Flobots Ginn Mill 2041 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 Happy hour that helps your community! Flobots.org is proud to announce the return of Live at 5 with Jonny5 at the Ginn Mill!! Help make a difference in your community […]
Youth on Record- Revolutionary Figures in Music
[email protected] by Nathan Schmit This issue represents the closing of another school year at Flobots.org and Youth On Record. At Flobots.org we proudly dedicate our efforts throughout Denver classrooms, helping at-risk students in Denver Public Schools and residential treatment centers, discover music as a vehicle for personal change and growth. The successes we experienced this […]
Music Matters May
by Sean Michael Morris This May, music matters more than ever. Denver’s Arts District on Santa Fe, along with Flobots.org, will host evenings of music, art, food, and wine throughout the month, all to benefit the Youth Media Studio (youthmediastudiodenver.org). Enjoy the talents of our best local artists in the beautiful spaces of the […]
Music Matters May ****MEDIA ALERT FOR MAY 10, 11, 18, 19, 24, 25, 2013****
FLOBOTS.ORG AND DENVER’S ARTS DISTRICT ON SANTA FE PARTNER FOR THE FIRST-EVER MUSIC MATTERS MAY 3 Weekends, 6 Days, 9 Art Galleries, and 18 Local Artists Come Together to Celebrate the Intrinsic Connection Between Music and Visual Art for a Cause WHO: Flobots.org members, Denver’s Arts District on Santa Fe members, local recording […]
The Vote is In – Music Matters
by Jami Duffy There is an understanding– spoken and unspoken – that young people are more engaged in their education if they are also involved in creative activities. Having growing up with both a love of art, and with reasonable athletic ability, I found myself on the volleyball court, the track field, sculpting and […]
State-of-the-Art Youth Media Studio Coming to Denver this Summer!
Flobots.org, the Playing for Change Foundation, and Denver Housing Authority are building a state-of-the-art Youth Media Studio right here in Denver! We broke ground on April 10, 2012 and we plan on making our dreams a reality in August 2013 when we open our doors. Things are going to get pretty wild, in the best […]
Revolutionary Figures in Music
by Nathan Schmit [email protected] This month, students were asked who they considered revolutionary in music. And while our discussion in class focused on people who have helped shape music as a medium (Duke Ellington, Dj Kool Herc, Miles Davis, and Lee Scratch Perry), the students were impressed by what certain artists said, rather than the […]
Support Systems-Building Relationships with Students in Residential Treatment
by Andre Hallman (DJ SYMPL), Youth On Record [email protected] Hello, my name is Andre Hallman. My growth from childhood to adulthood was not the most pleasant experience. The main reason for that is I did not have support systems growing up. As my life was going on, I was at the point of giving up–it […]
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