NEW “BEAT MAKING LAB” SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ON PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS YOUTUBE PAGE
With a new episode launching today, the PBS Digital Studios series “Beat Making Lab” completes its second video and music travelogue, in which musicians and educators Stephen Levitin (a.k.a. producer Apple Juice Kid) and Pierce Freelon explore beatmaking and electronic dance music in Portobelo, Panama. The entire six-part “Beat Making Lab: Panama” series is available for viewing here.
Developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Beat Making Lab is a program that brings the tools and techniques of digital music-making to young musicians in developing nations. In the northern port city of Portobelo, Levitin and Freelon establiNorth Carolina.
“The amazing thing about the Beat Making Lab is the way it demonstrates the connection between music, culture and community,” says Freelon. “You really begin to understand the power of music and its ability to serve as a universal language.”
Panama is the second of four planned international video series by Beat Making Lab for PBS Digital Studios. The Lab’s four-part visit to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo is available online, along with behind the scenes footage and more at www.youtube.com/beatmakinglab. The next destination is Senegal, with videos beginning May 22nd. New episodes are posted each Wednesday.
