Musicares

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Musicares is the first national music project for Care Experienced young people in Scotland. The Musicares project provides free music tuition, workshops, mentoring and advice for care experienced young people all across the country. They can offer any type of music tuition, from DJ and sound production, to guitar, singing/songwriting, drums, keyboard, or anything else that you might want to learn.

Gary, 16, from Renfrewshire shares his experience below of being involved in the project.

What kind of music are you into?

I like bouncy music. I also like rap, MCing, hip hop that kind of thing.

What have you done through the Musicares project?

I have been working with Jordan (one of the tutors) doing production to learn how to mix different sounds together to make different tunes.

What have you enjoyed about working with Jordan?

His teaching style is very fun because he’s good at what he does and he’s very good at teaching me how to do it.

What does music mean to you?

A lot. When you’re stressed you can listen to music and it makes you feel better. When you’re stressed or bored and you don’t have anything to do it’s always something you can have a go at and that you can improve on.

Is it important other young people get opportunities like this?

Aye because it’s helping a lot of young people stay away from hanging about the streets. It’s helped me a lot for that.

What would you say to other young people thinking of getting involved with Musicares?

Definitely do it, because it’s good and it helps you to stay calm and learn to relax too.

What do you want to do with your music next?

Not sure, keep practicing what I’ve learned. In the future I’d like to do some MCing.

You can find out more about the Musicares project and how to get involved on their website https://www.musicares.co.uk/