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Heaps Decent is an initiative committed to finding and nurturing the creativity of underprivileged and Indigenous young people and emerging artists. By providing resources and opportunities, Heaps Decent supports the development of high quality Australian music with a unique identity.

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    Hey! Have you heard our new song with A-Trak Anywhere But Here yet? It’s been featured on dozens of blogs in the last two weeks, thanks to our friends at Biz3 for hooking most of these up! Thanks to all the blogs who wrote about us too. Those of you who haven’t picked the track up yet can do so FOR FREE at one of the 500 blogs below… PITCHFORK XLR8R RCRD LBL HYPE MACHINE  DISCO BELLE MIKEY BLOOM MUZIC HYPETRAK DITTED ELECTRORASH  STEREOBAIT  KICK KICK SNARE  SHAPED NOTES  HAIDO  THE DAILEY BLEND  BANGKOK RADIO  DONE WAITING  SHEENA BEASTON  GIGA CRATE  HOT BISCUITS FULL UP AND WAITING

    Hey! Have you heard our new song with A-Trak Anywhere But Here yet?

    It’s been featured on dozens of blogs in the last two weeks, thanks to our friends at Biz3 for hooking most of these up! Thanks to all the blogs who wrote about us too.

    Those of you who haven’t picked the track up yet can do so FOR FREE at one of the 500 blogs below…

    PITCHFORK
    XLR8R

    RCRD LBL

    HYPE MACHINE
     
    DISCO BELLE
     
    MIKEY BLOOM
     
    MUZIC
     
    HYPETRAK

    DITTED
     
    ELECTRORASH
     
    STEREOBAIT
     
    KICK KICK SNARE
     
    SHAPED NOTES
     
    HAIDO
     
    THE DAILEY BLEND
     
    BANGKOK RADIO
     
    DONE WAITING
     
    SHEENA BEASTON
     
    GIGA CRATE
     
    HOT BISCUITS

    FULL UP AND WAITING


    Jun 28


    In May we attended the NSW Reconciliation Council’s Reconciliation Week Challenge, where Paige Lagettie performed her major prize winning song “Don’t Look Down”. As the major prize, Paige won a recording session at Gadigal Studios, a state of the art recording studio space.

    Levins was asked to say a few words and we also saw the Revesby South Public School sing the National Anthem in Dharawal, the language and clan of then traditional owners of the land south of the Georges River.

    Check out the videos and if you missed it, you can download Paige Lagettie - “Don’t Look Down” here.


    Jun 22

    HEAPS DECENT REMIX COMPETITION w/ MAD DECENT from the Mad Decent blog… Earlier in the year Heaps Decent worked on a project called Detours and Destinations. With partners Shopfront Contemporary Arts Centre, Juvenile Justice and The Sydney Opera House, Heaps Decent visited two schools in areas of Sydney that had a high percentage of young people in juvenile detention. Over 3 months we ran music and video workshops and produced 4 songs from those workshops featuring the young people singing and rapping. We then put on an exhibition at The Sydney Opera House that allowed an audience to interact with the songs with a dancefloor that worked as a controller for the music. It was a huge project with some great results! We’re now looking to release an EP of the songs we made, along with some video clips AND some remixes of the songs by some friends of Heaps Decent. We have one song left to remix and we thought we’d make the call out here to see what you guys can come up with! The song we want you to remix is called “Lomandra Crew.” It was made by a group of students at Lomandra High School in Campbelltown. They wrote the lyrics with us and helped us produce the beat too. The final song was arranged by Adam Bozzetto. The original track can be heard HERE. Below are the parts for the remix, the winner gets their remix on the Detours & Destinations release and a shiny new Apogee One, the soundcard we use to record at all Heaps Decent workshops!  Thanks to Apogee for providing the prize! HEAPS DECENT REMIX CONTEST  Assets for the remix can be found HERE Finished mixes can be uploaded HERE All entries should be received no later than July 9th and the winning remix will be chosen and announced by July 16th. GET BUSY. 

    HEAPS DECENT REMIX COMPETITION w/ MAD DECENT

    from the Mad Decent blog…

    Earlier in the year Heaps Decent worked on a project called Detours and Destinations. With partners Shopfront Contemporary Arts Centre, Juvenile Justice and The Sydney Opera House, Heaps Decent visited two schools in areas of Sydney that had a high percentage of young people in juvenile detention. Over 3 months we ran music and video workshops and produced 4 songs from those workshops featuring the young people singing and rapping. We then put on an exhibition at The Sydney Opera House that allowed an audience to interact with the songs with a dancefloor that worked as a controller for the music. It was a huge project with some great results!

    We’re now looking to release an EP of the songs we made, along with some video clips AND some remixes of the songs by some friends of Heaps Decent. We have one song left to remix and we thought we’d make the call out here to see what you guys can come up with!

    The song we want you to remix is called “Lomandra Crew.” It was made by a group of students at Lomandra High School in Campbelltown. They wrote the lyrics with us and helped us produce the beat too. The final song was arranged by Adam Bozzetto.

    The original track can be heard HERE.

    Below are the parts for the remix, the winner gets their remix on the Detours & Destinations release and a shiny new Apogee One, the soundcard we use to record at all Heaps Decent workshops!  Thanks to Apogee for providing the prize!


    HEAPS DECENT REMIX CONTEST 

    Assets for the remix can be found HERE

    Finished mixes can be uploaded HERE

    All entries should be received no later than July 9th and the winning remix will be chosen and announced by July 16th.

    GET BUSY. 



    Jun 21

    We recently took some new Heaps Decent recruits to some workshops we ran at Juniperina Juvenile Justice centre. Up top is Heaps Decent’s new Assistant Manager Charlie O’Brien (aka Charlie Chux of Sydney’s Disco Punx) with Sydney DJ Anna Lunoe and below that is Charlie, Nina and Jeremy Leon aka Pipemix of Sydney DJ crew Generic DJs. Together we ran four workshops over two weeks with the girls at Juniperina; writing lyrics, making beats and recording raps. You’ll hear some finished products soon!

    We recently took some new Heaps Decent recruits to some workshops we ran at Juniperina Juvenile Justice centre.

    Up top is Heaps Decent’s new Assistant Manager Charlie O’Brien (aka Charlie Chux of Sydney’s Disco Punx) with Sydney DJ Anna Lunoe and below that is Charlie, Nina and Jeremy Leon aka Pipemix of Sydney DJ crew Generic DJs.

    Together we ran four workshops over two weeks with the girls at Juniperina; writing lyrics, making beats and recording raps. You’ll hear some finished products soon!


    Jun 21

    Levins will be a guest on tonight’s Jailbreak on Sydney radio station 2ser. Jailbreak gives a voice to prison inmates, their families and friends, providing information on criminal, prison and health issues as well as connecting prisoners to the community through their music, poetry, views and health messages. Levins will be sharing stories from Heaps Decent’s Juvenile Justice Workshops over that last 3 years and playing some songs created in the workshops over the half hour program. You can tune in from 6:30 - 7:00pm on 2ser 107.3 FM or stream it on the 2ser website. We’ll try to make the show available for download later in the week.

    Levins will be a guest on tonight’s Jailbreak on Sydney radio station 2ser.

    Jailbreak gives a voice to prison inmates, their families and friends, providing information on criminal, prison and health issues as well as connecting prisoners to the community through their music, poetry, views and health messages.

    Levins will be sharing stories from Heaps Decent’s Juvenile Justice Workshops over that last 3 years and playing some songs created in the workshops over the half hour program.

    You can tune in from 6:30 - 7:00pm on 2ser 107.3 FM or stream it on the 2ser website. We’ll try to make the show available for download later in the week.


    Jun 21

    The good folks at Gadigal Music have some great new releases on the way - our friends Stunna Set’s debut EP Against All Odds and Trindoe of the Dreamtime Brothas new EP Black Boi. Come see both acts play alongside a killer lineup featuring The Last Kinection, MC Munki Muk, DJ The Black President and guests at the Oxford Art Factory on Thursday the 8th of July. Tickets are available through Moshtix.

    The good folks at Gadigal Music have some great new releases on the way - our friends Stunna Set’s debut EP Against All Odds and Trindoe of the Dreamtime Brothas new EP Black Boi.

    Come see both acts play alongside a killer lineup featuring The Last Kinection, MC Munki Muk, DJ The Black President and guests at the Oxford Art Factory on Thursday the 8th of July. Tickets are available through Moshtix.


    Jun 21

    NEW MUSIC FROM HEAPS DECENT: ANYWHERE BUT HERE In September last year, A-Trak came to Australia with the Parklife tour. While he was here he joined Heaps Decent in Wagga Wagga, NSW where we took him to Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre for a day of music making with the young artists inside the centre. Nina and Levins had spent the week beforehand running workshops at the centre, writing lyrics and practising flow and mic control. When A-Trak arrived at Shepherd’s Park, the school within Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, everyone was ready to make something awesome. ‘Anywhere But Here’ is the product of our day spent recording with A-Trak. The four boys you can hear on the track wrote their own raps, as did MC Huz, a volunteer from Riverina Community College who joined us on the day. Some of the other boys played didgeridoo and made wild noises, which A-Trak sampled and used as the base for the beat. We’re very proud of this song, and super thankful of A-Trak for giving up his time to join us for the session and for making ‘Anywhere But Here’ as amazing as it is! You can read A-Trak’s fantastic recount of the recording experience on his blog post from last year. So here it is, after such a long wait, for you to download for free! Heaps Decent feat MC Huz & The Riverina Crew - Anywhere But Here (Produced by A-Trak)   While we are offering this for free and encourage you to spread the word by sharing the song, we please ask that you consider making a donation to Heaps Decent so that we can continue running great workshops like this one. Click here to make a donation, it’s really easy and we really appreciate any amount you can afford! Thanks again to A-Trak, to the boys and staff from Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, to MC Huz, Thom Paton and all at Riverina Community College and to everyone at Fuzzy. Thanks also to Georgia Perry for the artwork you see above! *As Heaps Decent is a charity with a Deductible Gift Recipient Status (DGR), any donation over $2 is tax deductible - please contact us for a receipt.

    NEW MUSIC FROM HEAPS DECENT: ANYWHERE BUT HERE

    In September last year, A-Trak came to Australia with the Parklife tour. While he was here he joined Heaps Decent in Wagga Wagga, NSW where we took him to Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre for a day of music making with the young artists inside the centre.

    Nina and Levins had spent the week beforehand running workshops at the centre, writing lyrics and practising flow and mic control. When A-Trak arrived at Shepherd’s Park, the school within Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, everyone was ready to make something awesome.

    ‘Anywhere But Here’ is the product of our day spent recording with A-Trak. The four boys you can hear on the track wrote their own raps, as did MC Huz, a volunteer from Riverina Community College who joined us on the day. Some of the other boys played didgeridoo and made wild noises, which A-Trak sampled and used as the base for the beat.

    We’re very proud of this song, and super thankful of A-Trak for giving up his time to join us for the session and for making ‘Anywhere But Here’ as amazing as it is! You can read A-Trak’s fantastic recount of the recording experience on his blog post from last year.

    So here it is, after such a long wait, for you to download for free!

    Heaps Decent feat MC Huz & The Riverina Crew - Anywhere But Here (Produced by A-Trak)

     

    While we are offering this for free and encourage you to spread the word by sharing the song, we please ask that you consider making a donation to Heaps Decent so that we can continue running great workshops like this one. Click here to make a donation, it’s really easy and we really appreciate any amount you can afford!

    Thanks again to A-Trak, to the boys and staff from Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre, to MC Huz, Thom Paton and all at Riverina Community College and to everyone at Fuzzy. Thanks also to Georgia Perry for the artwork you see above!

    *As Heaps Decent is a charity with a Deductible Gift Recipient Status (DGR), any donation over $2 is tax deductible - please contact us for a receipt.


    Jun 10

    We were stoked to hear the news that one of our favourite rap groups The Last Kinection just signed to the awesome Sydney label Elefant Traks. We look forward to the next album!

    We were stoked to hear the news that one of our favourite rap groups The Last Kinection just signed to the awesome Sydney label Elefant Traks. We look forward to the next album!


    Jun 10

    Our good friend James Winter from Queen Street Studio (who also works with kids from Key College) is directing Skanques - The Musical. It’s a new show about growing up and trying to be someone you’re not and it will be on at the Ashfield Youth Theatre. The lyrics and the dialogue have been written by the kids. This is a show not to be missed! Dates 8pm JUNE 11 & 12: Strathfield Town Hall – Homebush Rd, Strathfield 8pm JUNE 18 & 19: Leichhardt Town Hall – cnr Norton & Marion St, Leichhardt 8pm JUNE 25 & 26: Canada Bay Civic Hall – Marlborough St, Drummoyne Entry by donation

    Our good friend James Winter from Queen Street Studio (who also works with kids from Key College) is directing Skanques - The Musical. It’s a new show about growing up and trying to be someone you’re not and it will be on at the Ashfield Youth Theatre. The lyrics and the dialogue have been written by the kids. This is a show not to be missed!

    Dates

    8pm JUNE 11 & 12: Strathfield Town Hall – Homebush Rd, Strathfield

    8pm JUNE 18 & 19: Leichhardt Town Hall – cnr Norton & Marion St, Leichhardt

    8pm JUNE 25 & 26: Canada Bay Civic Hall – Marlborough St, Drummoyne

    Entry by donation


    Jun 10

    The Parklife lineup has been announced! Go to the Parklife website to see what our benefactors Fuzzy have to offer you with their amazing festival! Last year, A-Trak joined us for some ultra productive workshops, who from the lineup would you like to see us work with this year???

    The Parklife lineup has been announced! Go to the Parklife website to see what our benefactors Fuzzy have to offer you with their amazing festival!

    Last year, A-Trak joined us for some ultra productive workshops, who from the lineup would you like to see us work with this year???


    Jun 9