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A Radical Act: Remix Competition 


Deadline: January 31st

EarSketch is continuing our. partnership with the WNBA, NBA, Atlanta Dream, Roku, Renee Montgomery Foundation, Storyform, and Future Roots Radio in this new national remix competition!

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The soundtrack of A Radical Act follows Renee Montgomery’s inspiring journey as a WNBA player who takes the radical step to opt out of the league, become a social justice activist, and eventually a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Dream. It explores her background, basketball success, and the activism that defines her. We all have stories—moments where we've taken radical steps, big or small.

Requirements for Submission:

Music

  • Song length must be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes

  • Song must have at least five (5) unique music tracks (sounds)

  • Song must include stems from one or more of the tracks from A Radical Act (Aaron Drake)​

  • Song must be a remix 

    •  Include other artists on EarSketch

    • Change tempo,  pitch, and/or order of beats

    • Add effects, loop beats, create subbeats

Code

  • Final code must run without errors and play in the digital audio workstation (DAW)

  • Code must include fitMedia to insert sound clips

  • Code must include comments to describe code and document the message in the song

  • Recommended: Code should include at least one level of complexity:  loops, conditional statements, makeBeat(), custom functions

Story

  • Submission must include a short reflection explaining the message of your song and how it describes your radical act

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Prizes:

- Amazon Gift Cards

- Headphones 

- 1:1 Session with Music Producer Aaron Drake

How to get Started: 

 1. Watch the trailer for the film A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery: https://bit.ly/RMYouTubepromo 

  2. Check out the EarSketch platform: earsketch.gatech.edu ​

          a. Search for Artist “Aaron Drake” in the Sound Library and filter his stems

          b. Listen to beats labeled "Radical"​​

          c. Review EarSketch Tutorials: https://www.teachers.earsketch.org/earsketch-tutorials

    3. Use the Introduction to EarSketch Lesson Plan and Student Workbook to learn more about the           

         EarSketch platform and to start writing code. 

     4. Create your “Radical” Script and have your students tell their story

 

 Radical Remix Lessons 

     Intro to EarSketch Lesson Plan

     Intro to EarSketch Student Workbook

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