DIGGING DEEPER
HYYTS SOCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH MUSIC...
Hi! My name is Adam. I’m from Glasgow and I’m in a pop band called HYYTS with my best friend Sam.
Like most musicians, I’ve had 341 day jobs with most of them having the official title of ‘terrible bartender,’ but the last and best normal adult job I had was for a wonderful company called Centrestage who are based in a little town called Kilmarnock on the west coast of Scotland. The job involved providing social support through music to men inside
Kilmarnock prison as well as at a drop-in centre on the outside for vulnerable adults where people could come for anything from a guitar lesson to a cup of tea.
"I CAN’T TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF WONDERFUL, TENDER, GENUINELY LOVELY GUYS I MET IN THAT PRISON..." The company was started by two of the best 44
people I’ve ever met (Fiona McKenzie and Paul Mathieson) who believe that music and the arts can bring people together and make genuine change in people’s lives regardless of their age, ability, past history, economic background, anything! I agree with this idea. I also believe that the government and the institutions that are in place to support and guide people have failed them and left millions of people broken and alone. For example, coming into contact with the foster care system makes you far
