Hip Hop Institute at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth
Life-Changing Youth Music EducationWriting, recording and performing original music
Working with Lakehouse Music Academy and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (BGCM), we have formed a partnership to bring relevant and engaging music and life skills education to at-risk teens in Monmouth County. This program creates after school classes for Audio Engineering, Hip Hop Dance and Record Label 101 (branding, social media and marketing). This program is funded through the generous donation from the Jules L. Plangere, Jr. Family Foundation.
Finding creative and innovative ways to engage the teen population is critical as we seek to provide them with the support structures they need to thrive in life. Leveraging young people’s passion for music and demonstrating that those passions can lead to meaningful life and career opportunities is at the heart of the Hip Hop Institute.
The team at Lakehouse Recording Studios has retrofitted an existing space at the Asbury Park Club at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth into a Hip-Hop/R&B and EDM (Electronic Dance Music) recording studio. The new, state-of-the-art studio is the latest renovation to the Club which has upgraded all its facilities, including a brand new computer lab. The guiding principles behind the renovations is that people live in ways that reflect their environment. By providing a functional recording studio, we expect the kids to act accordingly.
Being taught by industry professionals and team members of BGCM, classes center around the musical interests of the students and at the same time teach computer literacy and real world application of these concepts.
The students are empowered by having an outlet to express themselves through the music and art that they create and have the ability to record, package, and distribute it.
This program is part of the Music Saved My Life youth music education initiative, which is a partnership between the Asbury Park Music Foundation and Lakehouse Music Academy.