More Lab Safety! Another great video we found on YouTube today. Have a video you want to have featured on our website or blog? Email me at taunia@educationalrap.com!
Waft with me, waft with me.
The world is wondering. We hope that, in our small way, we’re answering.
Elasticity by Rhythm, Rhyme, Results
The Justin Timberlake-ish track off our (soon to be expanded) Flat World Economics album. Matt O’Malley (producer) and Mac Soto (singer) went all out.
Pop quiz: Off what major-label song is this track loosely based? (Hint: female singer)
Another MC who recorded on the same album actually knew the answer. Do you?
Excited about that one, read the interview. RRR is a badass educational rap company based in Boston/Cambridge.
One of the really exciting things about SoundCloud is to see the many different ways people use the service for. What makes us particularly happy is to see Cambridge, Mass.-based educational music company Rhythm, Rhyme, Results using SoundCloud to help children learn by using music as the medium of choice.
The track embedded below is my favorite and gives a good idea how they do this:
In the interview with Robbie you’ll get the chance to read more about the company. Let Robbie and us know what you think in the comments. Here’s the post, it’s worth the read.
Thanks, David!
It’s important to find humor wherever possible.
One of the hidden joys of making websites is naming the URLs.
Wow.
MySpace didn’t bother to open up a transition period, or nudge imeem accounts into MySpace accounts, or even force an account conversion: they straight-up turned imeem off. (imeem.com now redirects to this landing page.)
I saw the writing on the wall, but I didn’t expect anything like this. I can’t explain how glad I am to have migrated RRR’s song players from imeem to SoundCloud in September.
Shy Ronnie vs. Boston Public Schools
via educationalrap:
In case you you missed it, the most recent Digital Short on SNL, “Shy Ronnie” (feat. Rihanna), is pretty funny.
It struck a chord because it reminded me of the workshops RRR did with Boston Public Schools this past summer. We worked with three groups of middle school students to help them write and record a song about summer, including their own verses and a joint chorus.
Thing is, we lucked out: there were hardly any Shy Ronnies!
Here’s the results of the student’s work. (Thanks to The Arcitype and Tommy Boots, who provided and helped us with music, recording, lyrics, and workshop leadership.)
Here’s one of the videos of the kids recording (skip to around 4:05):
RRR is social again!
Today we added a few new ways to help our fans spread the word. Twitter, Facebook Connect, and Facebook Commenting are now on every song page. Go forth!
BUZZ CITY over here
Synching up the rest of the meta data from educationalrap.com to rrr.fm. Everything is looking pretty tight! Contact us for a free trial, and learn more here.
Next stop: RRR.fm demo video. Voice actors welcome if anyone wants to help us with that.
RRR + JamLegend = free fun
We’re always surprised by what songs catch on in certain forums or at certain times of year. Never would have predicted Declaration of Independence would be the top hit here.
This summer we heard about a free web application called JamLegend that’s sort of like Rock Band but on the computer. The kicker: any artist can upload their music and have it turned into a game. Count us in! Intrigued, we uploaded a few songs in every subject area to see what happened, and the results surprised us: our social studies songs took off.
Try it yourself here with Declaration of Independence or visit JamLegend to see the full edition.
