This is digital funk - upbeat, energetic and bouncy as kids running around a playground. The spoken word samples come from the Library of Congress' Citizen DJ Project. Check out it out at citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov. Spoken word samples from "Games and play" by Tony Schwartz (Sound Recordist). Retrieved from Tony Schwartz Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Cover photograph:Edward Rosskam Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection LC-DIG-fsa-8a15772

Childs Play

Love is like food. Some times the best is the simplest.

BREAD CHEESE AND BUTTER

The touch  of you remix

1/06/2018

Just A L'il Funky Jam

This upbeat tune draws a lot from Southern soul and contemporary music. It's grown folks music , with a message that talk to everyone.

Life Is A Teacher

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I woke up with song on my heart, so I decided to do a quick and dirty track. Comments and constructive criticism is appreciated. Keep it civil please.

Our Energy

I wrote this beat for students at Lincoln West High School in Cleveland, Ohio. The students participate in a songwriting competition sponsored by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, and Roots of American Music. The winner gets $5,000 for anti-bigotry and anti-bullying programs at their school.

What Would Superman Do

I wrote this beat for students who are learning English at Lincoln West. Students in this class speak several languages: Swahili, Nepali, Spanish, French. But they all want to rap. The class is participating in the 2018  Stop The Hate: Youth Sing Out competition. First place winners get $5,000 for anti-bigotry efforts at their school. Second winners get $2,500.

This Is America

This is the darkest of the three tracks I wrote for the students at Lincoln West in Cleveland. One student told a story about witnessing a shooting when he was only 6 years old. The other students kinda nodded; gun violence is a real concern for too many of the kids I work with.

I Don't Use Guns

I wrote this for seventh-graders at Dike School of the Arts in Cleveland, Ohio. They killed it when they performed their song at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was a prize-winner.

Don't Let the Hate Control You

My late grandmother explains Dr. Watts hymns, a style of traditional style of singing that originated in the Colonial era. Dr. Watts, or lining out, survived in African American churches until the mid-20th century. My grandmother learned to sing as a little girl. In this photo, she's standing with her younger sister.

My grandmother explains Dr. Watts singing and the Mourners Bench

A Renaissance woman who loves to play music but Bass comes first.

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