THE COST OF LIVIN’ PROJECT
Taoreta Ltd (Taoreta 倒れた) in collaboration with Youth Education Project (YEP) and Music Education Learning Limited (MEL) have been delivering workshops since the beginning of 2024, around the topics of the cost of living crisis, the genocide taking place in Palestine and first past the post political model. These topics were chosen by the participants as they wanted to tell their side of the story.
To engage the participants, the partnership organisations used the following methods:
Digital music production
Instrument playing
Djing
Song writing/lyric writing
Managing & handling budgets for a music project
Script Writing for a music video
Acting
Filming a music video
Preparing for a live event
How to perform as an artist & band
How to run an event
The above methods were chosen by the participants with advice, mentoring and guidance from the partner organisations. The end result included 3 tracks:
Livin (UK Rap)
Orbital Reality (Nu Metal)
Silent System (Nu Metal)
Livin was accompanied by a music video and the participants also held a live show at the Firebug (venue in Leicester), and the project concluded in the summer of 2024.
Mixed & Mastered By Adam Lewis Mix & Mastering.
Filmed & Edited by WeTheConspirators.
The project features the following up and coming artists from the city of Leicester:
I’M R . T . Yule
LTheMac
SmokeIsac
Drk Blade
Mr Pringles
Marius Rotari
Joseph Holmes
B.3.N
Dae2wrthy
C.Drizzy
DJ RJ
DJ DMA
L.M.S.S
Tar
Pav
One3Seven
LB
This Project Was Funded By YEP & Taoreta Ltd.