I Specialize in teaching young people to Rap. From beginner levels all the way through to having a successful music career. My name is Gavin and I'm a successful rapper, producer and bestselling author. Some may think that Rap is about ego but in reality, rap is about finding your true identity through your voice. The process of learning a skill that has been officially categorized by ‘John Hopkins University’ as the second most creative thing your brain can do other than fly a jet plane, builds humility and character.
Rap saved my life and took me from hospital bed with shattered confidence to the big stage with Eminem, from dreams to the big screen. The main benefit of learning to rap is that it makes your mind work faster than most, you become an incredible problem solver and improviser. Your confidence grows day by day until you are able to do amazing things with words.
The techniques, games and skills you will learn in this course will not just be beneficial for your social life, by helping you think quicker and feel more comfortable in situations, but they are applicable in many careers and scenarios. The skills you gain at Rap School can lead to huge, exciting careers. Not necessarily just a career in rap, I've helped young male and female rappers write their first books, write film scripts, release comic books and develop stand-up comedy careers.
The ability to rap has made me a better writer and allowed me to have a successful career in music as well as careers in journalism, literature and film all from techniques and methods nurtured in my rhyme books and with a microphone rather than in a class room. With Rap I found my voice, my identity, it taught me that extremely hard skills were easy and just a matter of time but that I was capable of anything. Not everyone can rap and when you can rap as good as I am going to teach to rap, better than your heroes, then it will make you a special individual able to think fast, process more information and think 5 steps ahead.
If you want to discover your voice, your true confidence and want to see what you are really capable of by doing something that is incredible fun then this is then this class is for you.
With Rap school you will:
1. Learn to Freestyle
2. Learn Ride the beat
3. Learn rhyme structure
4. Learn how to compile rhymes
5. Learn how to Flow
6. Learn Multi-Syllabics
7. Learn how to write Punchlines
8. Learn the art of Battle Rap
9. Learn Internals rhymes schemes
10. Learn how to write songs
11. Learn how to rap live
12. Learn how to sing
13. Learn how to record
14. Learn how to Double Time (fast rap)
Along the way you will find your voice, your style and true inner confidence and when you do it will be magical, and nothing will be able to stop you achieving at anything you want to do.
I specialize in tutoring creative writing and sparking the imagination of young students into believing a career in creative writing can be achieved by simply loving to write. I was a C-level English student but I became the best-selling author by the age of 27.
Over the last 10 years, I have worked with some fantastic writers on film and book projects and received some amazing and techniques from some of the best writers in the world including Irvine Welsh, Chuck Palahniuk, and John Niven to name a few. Far from shortcuts these tips have unlocked possibilities and boosted my enjoyment of writing and its techniques and tips like these that I teach.
Learning to creatively write must be a fun experience so I incorporate games and exercises that will inspire my students to write more often and to see the long term potential in being a great writer.
I believe great writing is all in the story and from experience know that it is not about grammar. This is course is for creative writing. So, if you have and a decent grasp of the English language, enough to form clear and understandable sentences, then this course is for you.
In this course you will learn :
1. How to develop great ideas
2. How to pick the format you are writing.
3. To-Plan out your story arcs.
4. To figure what does & doesn't work.
5. How to Write drafts quickly.
6. How to get in the zone and write with a flow.
7. How to write great characters and find their voice.
8. How to pick the right exciting narrative
9. How to write powerful monologs
10. How to structure a great story (book and film)
11. How to pace dramatic events.
12. How to build tension.
13. How to write comedy
& So much more.
As a best-selling author and screenwriter, I am a perfect example of what you can achieve if you simply do what you love. The course is also jam-packed with honest tips and examples of how to achieve the career path you want. So if you love words, love to write & tell stories then this is for you.
As a musician, I went from the bedroom to the big stage. I came to London with £90 in my pocket and within months had turned it into a £70,000 publishing advance and within 5 months I was signed to Sony for £250,000. I was touring with Eminem within a year and my story has become a best-selling book 'California Schemin' and an award-winning Documentary and will soon be a theatre play and motion picture. I came from nowhere and made it happen. I have unrivaled experience o the music business and teach artists how to make it and how to not get screwed by the music industry.
From creating a brand, developing your music/production/songwriting, to brand building and clever marketing techniques to guarantee you get where you are going without losing your rights. The music industry is a tough place and 99% of all artists never see the light of day. For 16 years I've made a living from my art, multiple revenue streams that have allowed me to break free from the normal rat race of working jobs you hate when you are born creative.
I help break artists, writers, musicians free from the catch 22 life of never having time to develop their music into mind-blowing art that the world can fall in love with. The business is set up to trip artists up, I'm here to make sure artists love the art and teach them ways to get around the traps of the music business.
Reviews (4)
Gavin is an amazing teacher and was great with engaging my son. He looks forward to his future lessons.
Gavin is an awesome teacher. Our son has a great time and would like to attend the class again.
Great teacher ! Very well structured and open hearted ! Absolutely skilled and answered every question.
Really engaging first lesson!
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