Back from another very inspiring weekend hosting a Dj workshop for the lovely people at Lyric Lounge alongside my trusty compadre Tony from Blend Visuals.

This time the event was was held in a museum in a very picturesque part of the East Midlands….

Back from another great weekend this time featuring two rather unusual happenings.

Just returned from a great weekend starting with an impromtu 11 hour dj gig / workshop with one half of Blend Av at the inspiring Northamptonshire based arts centre – The Corby Cube…

Following last years successful playscheme we (Dramask‘s drama workshops & my Reckorder music technology workshops) were asked back to do another one this year, this time focusing not on space but on the seaside.

Similar to last year, Dramask ran the drama and i ran the music side, working alongside the excellent staff at Kings Heath Playcare.

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We recently finished a fantastic week’s residency at the annual summer playscheme at Kings Heath Playcare Network. We being my favourite Drama specialist Pyn Stockman from Dramask hosting her inspiring Drama Workshops and myself under my Reckorder banner hosting music technology workshops.

We collaborated to create and devise a performance and soundtrack …

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A film made by the inclusion connect special needs group via a series of drama and music workshops run by Pyn Stockman (Dramask) & myself Marc Reck (Reckorder).
The sessions were filmed by Jack Brabant (Llewellyn Bailey) and all content was created by the Naseby lads (Inclusion connect Special Needs group)
The content was put …

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Under the direction and creative facilitation of Pyn Stockman (Dramask) – Year 6 pupils and students created an ambitious end of year event that took place around the school building and grounds.
I was asked to collaborate to  create The Witches Room Sound Installation, which was to be a dark room that the audience …

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Written and performed by year 6 pupils working with creative director and drama specialist Pyn Stockman. I was brought in to edit the audio recordings created by the cast source, and source samples and music to create short diary sections. The sound track was used in the final performance and acted …

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This jazz project was used to introduce Jazz to primary school kids.  In the Dramask workshops, responses to a jazz piece were recorded from all of the participants.
I was bought into to edit the recordings and mix the childrens  comments and response to a Jazz concert, with extracts from their research and some …

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Inspired by outdoor creative play and the arrival of a tortoise puppet children took an imaginative journey to the top of a beanstalk and this is what they found … Through the use of the audio recordings each child was able to have a voice in the final sharing and I was bought …