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I woke up early this morning, as I usually do, and thought about listening to old four track recordings I made. I listened to a lot of things, and found this little project I did with kids about 2 years ago. I used to work at FamilyWorks Resource Center when I first moved to Seattle, and I had a lot of creative freedom with program development there.

I collaborated with a few volunteers to present an “Experiment with Music Day” with elementary school kids in the after school program. One of the experiments was to explore both the four-track recorder and rhythm. Kids learned basic knowledge of recording multiple tracks on the recorder, and I also led them in a few rhythm games with percussion instruments. They were quickly encouraged to record 30 second rhythm pieces of their own creation. Each recording has four tracks, and the kids did them on their own. Maybe one day I will loop these tracks and add my own music to their beats.

Group One

Group Two

Group Three