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Lennon bus gets kids into music

Jennifer Brett - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

If the late John Lennon were here today, his widow Yoko Ono says, he’d love nothing more than to create music with young people.

His legacy rolls into town this week, to give kids that chance.

Since 1998, the nonprofit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has provided free programs to hundreds of schools, festivals and community groups. Kids who participate get to play music, write their own songs, groove through recording sessions and ultimately produce a video. At the end of the day, the budding stars go home with a DVD of their work.

“This type of mobile, technologically advanced, educational tool will allow the state to more effectively expand the interest of students in grades 6 to 12, in careers relating to recording and audio engineering,” said Asante Bradford, digital entertainment liaison for the film, music and digital entertainment office at Georgia’s Department of Economic Development, in a statement.

The bus will be open for business from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Villages of Carver YMCA, 1600 Pryor Road; from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 22 at Lakewood Stadium, 70 Claire Drive; and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 23 at Sam Ash Music Store, 2999 Cobb Parkway.

The program is geared toward school-age through college-age students. For more info, see http://www.lennonbus.org.

Original story appeared at:  http://www.ajc.com/living/content/printedition/2009/05/20/lennon0520.html

“This is precisely the kind of project John Lennon would have loved.”

- Yoko Ono Lennon

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The increasing accessibility of digital technology has led to an amazing expansion of opportunity in the art of digital storytelling. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has been at the forefront of this new media explosion, having produced daily video projects with students since January of 2001. The Lennon Bus puts state-of-the-art digital video equipment into the hands of workshop participants and teaches the entire digital workflow from storyboarding to web publication and DVD burning. Students leave the experience having shot, chopped, scored, and (most importantly) finished an entire digital video production. Using the latest cameras and professional hardware/software solutions including Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools, participants are exposed to the exciting world of digital videography and learn hot techniques of the trade. The accessibility of professional-quality technology is making it possible for millions of new voices to be heard and the John Lennon Bus is putting these tools into the hands of tomorrow's great digital producers. Subscribe to our Youtube channel so you never miss any of the amazing videos produced on the Lennon Bus.