John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus ("Lennon Bus") was founded in 1998 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) "committed to reaching youth through music and video". The work is carried out through a traveling bus, which serves as a mobile audio and video recording studio.
The bus stops at K–12 schools, universities, Boys and Girls Clubs, concerts, music festivals, and other events and locations. At most stops, the staff offers free tours and an opportunity for the youths to record original songs and videos.[1] At some of its school visits, the bus organizes a Battle of the Bands in which the winning band receive prizes. The bus co-produced a course with the Digital Media Academy that is offered at several universities each summer, called "Come Together: Music and Video Production."[2]
Various artists such as will.i.am, Natasha Bedingfield and Justin Timberlake have had various levels of involvement with the Lennon Bus, such as recording on the bus and participating in outreach programs.[3] The bus has accompanied The Black Eyed Peas' guitarist George Pajon and musical director Printz on their concert tours.
In 2006, Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation, featured the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on Edutopia.org. Edutopia's video, "Making the Dreams of Young Musical Artists a Reality",[4] and article, "Rock and Roll into Town: Students Make Tracks in a Recording Studio on Wheels",[5] follow the buses progress and interview executive director Brian Rothschild. The article and video also showcase the student music.
Each Lennon Bus has a crew of 3 producer/engineers that works intensely with local youth; making music, teaching digital media production, creating original content, and giving voice to the often unheard stories and perspective of people from all walks of life.
References
- ^ [1] John Lennon Bus Website - Video Archive.
- ^ "Music Video Production - Come Together - Digital Media Academy // Summer Computer Camps - DMA Summer Camps, Computer Courses, & Computer Training". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-15. Digital Media Academy Website - Course Description.
- ^ [2] Fosters Daily Democrat News - Friday, May 1, 2009.
- ^ "Making the Dreams of Young Musical Artists a Reality" http://www.edutopia.org/john-lennon-educational-tour-bus-video
- ^ "Rock and Roll into Town: Students Make Tracks in a Recording Studio on Wheels" http://www.edutopia.org/rock-and-roll-town
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- Self-Portrait (1969)
- Apotheosis (1970)
- Fly (1970)
- Erection (1971)
- Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
- Live in New York City (1972)
- Imagine (1972)
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- In His Life: The John Lennon Story
- John and Yoko: A Love Story
- The Killing of John Lennon
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- Birth of the Beatles
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- Backbeat
- Two of Us
- The Lennon Report
- Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
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- The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC
- "All Those Years Ago"
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
- "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
- "Here Today"
- Imagine Peace Tower
- "The Immigrant"
- Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
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- John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
- "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
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- Lennon Wall
- "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)"
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Non-Violence
- Strawberry Fields
- "Roll On John"
- Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon
- Imagine: John Lennon
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- I Met the Walrus
- John (book)
- John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
- Lennon Remembers
- LennoNYC
- The Lives of John Lennon
- The Lost Lennon Tapes
- Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings
- Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
- The Pope Smokes Dope
- Pussy Cats
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
- Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits
- "That's My Life (My Love and My Home)"
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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- 251 Menlove Avenue
- Kenwood
- Tittenhurst Park
- The Dakota
- Bagism
- Bed-in
- Imagine Piano Peace Project
- John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project
- John Lennon UFO incident
- Lennon–McCartney
- LennonOno Grant for Peace
- Mark David Chapman
- "More popular than Jesus"
- Nutopia
- Toronto Rock and Roll Revival
- Psychedelic Rolls-Royce
- 4147 Lennon
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