1. Music and Arts Project Music Production – Dover January - December 2010

2. We Have Formed Our Own Bands These are the logos of the bands we have made during our course

3. Recording Sounds We went out and recorded our own sounds and downloaded, saved and played them on the computer

4. We have mixed and edited them as well We Have Written Our Own Songs

5. Meeting People Students from ASPEN 2 and a new director, Malcolm Barnard came to see what we do Our aim The aim of Aspen2 is to provide opportunities for students to access a curriculum that: Provides full quality of life Is relevant to their individual, social and educational needs Enables experience and development within the guidelines of the National Curriculum Enables the development within an environment which promotes sharing, group learning and an understanding of society Provides opportunity to access inclusive education that is individual, appropriate and supported with adequate resources Is flexible in approach Is progressive and builds upon achievement and experience.

6. Recording We performed and recorded our songs

7. Mixed and Edited We used Cubase to mix and edit our songs

8. Visits We have been to West Track Studios to see how a studio works If you want more information about the studio go to: http://www.westtrackstudios.co.uk / We found out what it was like to be in a sound booth

9. New Induction Pack We have been working on a new induction pack. It will have everything people need for the first 10 weeks and they will try everything to see what they like to do. They will also learn about Skillnet Group

10. Our Group It is a shame but Alec will be leaving us soon Neil and Stuart have started

11. What We Plan to Do Next Record our own music Learn about composition using samplers and some people will be completing the course Thank you for watching – we will update on the progress again soon.