Music Bulletin Week Beginning – 29th June 2020 Your musical update from Ms Charatan, Ms Welch and Ms Li Hello everyone! This week’s theme is Social Justice – the songs below are all about fighting for equality, and many are linked to the Black Lives Matter movement. We hope they encourage you to think deeply about the issues they are written about. Our end of term concert is coming up, do read the boxes below to help you decide what to send in! Keep making and listening to music and have a great week! AJK Songs of the Week: Social Justice This song stemmed from Tosh’s anger at inequalities around Y7: Equal Rights – Peter Tosh ARK J O H N K E AT S (1977) him. He says he doesn’t want peace, but equal rights.
This is a classic soul song which encourages self- Y8: Respect Yourself – The Staple empowerment and dignity. It became a civil rights anthem. Singers (1971) This song expresses Miguel’s feelings about Donald Trump, Y9: Now – Miguel (2017) his treatment of Mexicans and other racial matters. Y10: American Oxygen – Rihanna This song interprets an immigrant story in the USA: describing the opportunities but also the barriers ahead. (2015) Y11: Freedom Train – James Carr This song is about the actual Freedom Trains in America, as (1969) well as having a general message about human rights.
This song has contributions from various American rappers. Y12: This is America – Childish It is about being black in the USA and gun violence. Gambino (2018)
End of Year Concert! End of Year Concert Ideas We need submissions for our end of year concert! Send to Your piece could be: i.li@arkjohnkeatsacademy by 10th July (next Friday!) - Something you already know 1. Choose your piece (ideas in the next box → ) - Something new (ideas in this music bulletin and past 2. Practice it until it is perfect editions!) 3. Record it or video it on your phone - ‘Lean on Me’ Virtual Band – here are the links- 4. Send in to us! ✓ Find the song tutorial here. ✓ Find the chords tutorial here (for keyboards, ukulele, guitar) More instructions can be found in your pillar day sessions on Friday. Any ✓ Drums tutorial here (no drums actually needed!) questions, just email your music teacher. ✓ Original track: We can’t wait to hear from you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkaexjc-1os ✓ Play along to this track: https://youtu.be/ftPvYUXe-nU Making music at home Music Challenge!
• Don’t forget about the ARK online platform full of Use every day objects around your house to make music! music enrichment opportunities. The password is • Watch this video about how to make MusicResources. music out of wine glasses, and how it • Look on this youtube channel for loads of great works! piano tutorials • Watch this video of an amazing • BBC stomp at home: Learn the beats and join the stomping! performer who creates the Harry Potter • Bucket drumming: Can't stop the feeling theme song on wine glasses. • Make a cool beat using Drumbit Challenge: Create a song using three glasses and send it in! Staff Recommendation of The Week: Ms Worth Listening/Video Suggestions
‘Empty Walls’ - Serj Tankian • The weekend just gone is normally the Serj is best known for his role as lead singer in the Glastonbury festival – the most famous band System of a Down. When asked about her music festival in the UK. It is not recommendation, Ms Worth said ‘Serj Tankian is happening this year for obvious reasons, Armenian-American and is an activist on lots of issues including the Armenian Genocide, but also so the BBC have created an amazing things like American intervention. Serj is very channel of loads of past performances on iPlayer. Find it here. anti-war, a lot of his stuff protests the US’s • Explore this website: BBC ‘Ten Pieces’. These are ten of the involvement overseas. I really enjoyed his album most famous pieces of classical music and loads of exciting Elect the Dead, and ‘Empty Walls’ is one of the activities you can do to explore them further. songs in it.’ Here is the music video! • Watch this video all about how Ed Sheeran made his hit song ‘Shape of You’ Why not encourage your form tutor to put their recommendation forward for next week’s bulletin?!