Liverpool - Knotty Ash
CASE STUDY: KNOTTY ASH REHEARSAL SPACE
“This facility at Knotty Ash will plug directly into
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Here Phil and John give us a little insight into his work at the centre:
“The Knotty Ash Youth and Community Centre was the pilot music rehearsal space in for a project between UK Music and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The centre is a
Young people can access the centre Monday to Friday 9- 9pm and Saturdays 12 - 5 pm, here they can use professional music equipment and rehearse.
We provide developmental work programmes with young people and others in the community, engaging young people and others in a variety of different and innovative ways using participative arts activities as a way to develop the individual
Our staff team includes highly experienced youth & community workers, musicians and artists who strive to be friendly, warm, welcoming, non-judgemental and work in an non oppressive way.
We currently offer affordable access to music, theatre, rehearsal and performance facilities. We can offer young people and others a variety of opportunities to enhance their performance skills and experience.
This centre is about change and the future. We are proud to be part of this and get great satisfaction from working with such talented young people who are creative and full of potential.”
Additional Information about the centre:
Music Development
This can be done on a one to one basis, and in small or large groups.
We use a variety of methods including:
- Instrument tuition in; electric and acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar, kit and hand drumming, vocal tuition, basic keyboards.
- band coaching sessions,
- DJ and beat matching,
- composition and song-writing workshops
- Lyric writing and RAP development sessions.
- We specialise in Arabic and African drumming and currently have amongst our staff team two expert practitioners in these fields.
All of the above music based activities are tailored to suit the needs of the particular group/individual and can range from something as formal as 6-week developmental programmes or as informal one-off information sharing session.
Audio / Sound recording
We have two audio recording spaces. One is a traditional recording studio set-up with live room and control room. The other is a smaller studio set-up dedicated to the use of music software programmes such as Reason and Cubase, which can also be utilised to record audio.
Theatre Development
We have a fully equipped theatre performance space/venue available to hire with professional sound and lighting rigs. We hold monthly platform events were young artists can develop in front of a live audience. We also utilise other art forms such as Dance, Photography, Design and other forms of visual art.
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