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Full Disclosure: Candace Birkelbach works at Austin Bat Cave and helped organize this workshop.
In early November, Austin Bat Cave, a non-profit writing and tutoring center for kids, hosted a Writing About Music workshop led by Austinist music writers. Students wrote reviews of several songs and performed interviews, with some students posing as musicians. We're so proud of the budding rock journalists that we decided to share some of the work from these little geniuses. Enjoy!
Phoenix, 1901
By Jamaar Brumal Robinson
This song is really cool and rocky and I like it because it is really rocky and not lovey. This song is not slow and it is not sad. It is really a happy song and it is very crazy and it would not be played at a presidential election unless the president liked hiphop.
(Jamaar Brumal Robinson likes food, especially Red Robin's bacon cheeseburgers and french fries with sour cream and guacamole. He likes writing music for guitar, harmonica, and keyboard about his family and friends. He is in 3rd grade at TEA and is 8 years old. He likes playing at the park and Michael Jackson.)
Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell, Please Break my Heart
By Hannah Roberts
I normally can't stand whining, but in the form of the accompanying voices of Cary and Cockrell I find it perfectly acceptable. The song is lonely and emotional with a sweet blend of voices that results in a perfect country love song.
(Hannah Roberts is a junior at Austin High School and will be 17 in November. She loves art, writing, going to concerts, and spending time with friends and family. Her favorite bands are Coldplay and The Maine.)
Interview with person posing as Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
By Sam Suite
Sam Suite: So, who are you?
Bruce Dickinson Poseur: Bruce Dickinson, the singer for Iron Maiden, I suppose.
SS: So what's your favorite song by your band?
BDP: Probably "Hallowed Be Thy Name."
SS: What are some of the qualities of that song that you like?
BDP: Very fast, has a very nice solo.
SS: What do you think your favorite song by another band might be?
BDP: I'd probably say Metallica's "Of Wolf and Man."
SS: Have you ever found that you like another band's work more than your own?
BDP: Very much so.
SS: Do those songs ever influence yours?
BDP: Yes, very much. Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" had a very large effect on our "Run to the Hills."
SS: Which of those songs would you say you preferred?
BDP: I would prefer Metallica's "Of Wolf and Man."
SS: Sorry, I meant of the two songs you just mentioned--which one of those do you like more?
BDP: Oh, "Stairway to Heaven."
(Sam Suite goes to Austin Montessori and is in 8th grade. He's 14. He really likes They Might be Giants.)
Austin Bat Cave is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides children and teenagers (ages 6-18) with opportunities to develop their creative and expository writing skills. Its free programs connect a diverse population of young learners with a dynamic community of adult volunteers in Austin.
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Way to fool the kids, by making them think Bruce Dickinson is in Iron & Wine when he's really in Iron Maiden! The ol' bait & switch of acoustic folk with heavy metal gets the naive kiddos once again!
I thought you folks actually might have done the I&W thing to mess with the kid. Oops, didn't mean to call you out on it.
Cute, cute, cute. Love the idea and the post. It's different than the usual and a nice touch for a city-centric blog.
AWESOME.
We seriously should do more of this. Because kids are freaking hilarious.