NowYou'rePlayingWithPower
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Interesting and cool concept being used at a couple of Blackfeet reservation High Schools. Looks to be a festival involved as well where the students can participate.
https://apnews.com/article/music-ch...7ef0bb75cd9e?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
From the article:
"Facing darkness head-on is the guiding principle of a new class offered at Browning High School and Buffalo Hide Academy, public schools on the Blackfeet Reservation. During the 18-week class, students learn about heavy music through a suicide prevention lens.
The students watch and analyze music videos and write their own songs. They hear from professional musicians. They learn to differentiate subgenres like death metal, hardcore, grindcore, doom metal and sludge metal. They also talk about suicide and how to cope with trauma and grief. Speicher encourages students to contend with distress by engaging with art.
“There’s just such power there,” he told Montana Free Press in May. “It provides us with the tools to be able to deal, to face our anguish and not just be a prisoner to it.”
The class’s work will carry over into Fire in the Mountains, a first-of-its-kind heavy music festival on the Blackfeet Reservation July 25-27. The event will feature bands from all over the world alongside panels on topics including historical trauma, grief and healing. Students can earn a stipend and class credit for working with sound crews, bands, vendors and social media teams, and some students designed t-shirts for band members to wear on stage. Festival proceeds will support suicide prevention programs on the reservation.
The word for “doctor” in the Blackfoot language, āissōkinǎkii, translates to “singer of heavy songs.” "
https://apnews.com/article/music-ch...7ef0bb75cd9e?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
From the article:
"Facing darkness head-on is the guiding principle of a new class offered at Browning High School and Buffalo Hide Academy, public schools on the Blackfeet Reservation. During the 18-week class, students learn about heavy music through a suicide prevention lens.
The students watch and analyze music videos and write their own songs. They hear from professional musicians. They learn to differentiate subgenres like death metal, hardcore, grindcore, doom metal and sludge metal. They also talk about suicide and how to cope with trauma and grief. Speicher encourages students to contend with distress by engaging with art.
“There’s just such power there,” he told Montana Free Press in May. “It provides us with the tools to be able to deal, to face our anguish and not just be a prisoner to it.”
The class’s work will carry over into Fire in the Mountains, a first-of-its-kind heavy music festival on the Blackfeet Reservation July 25-27. The event will feature bands from all over the world alongside panels on topics including historical trauma, grief and healing. Students can earn a stipend and class credit for working with sound crews, bands, vendors and social media teams, and some students designed t-shirts for band members to wear on stage. Festival proceeds will support suicide prevention programs on the reservation.
The word for “doctor” in the Blackfoot language, āissōkinǎkii, translates to “singer of heavy songs.” "
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