Your Voice is Power
2021, Sponsored by Amazon Future Engineer, YELLOW, and Georgia Tech
Amazon, Georgia Tech, and Pharrell Williams' philanthropic organization, YELLOW, invite you to engage your students in the Your Voice is Power learning experience and coding competition. Students will learn entrepreneurship, computer science, and social justice by remixing Pharrell's new song, "Entrepreneur", on Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform.
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The Your Voice Is Power competition is your students' opportunity to remix beats from Pharrell while learning to code. Yes, code! Students cn use EarSketch, a free online code editor, to compose a unique song as they are learning computer science. No experience is necessary to participate. Students can also participate in the curriculum experience to develop an understanding of social justice themes to include in their song.​​The competition runs from January 15 to June 4 with two rounds to submit a song entry. Student songs will be judged based on quality of music, code, and messaging by a panel of industry judges. Their song should be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes, include 5 unique music tracks, and a sound clip from Pharrell’s song “Entrepreneur”.
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Results
Grand Prize Winners
Grand Prize Winner
Beyuti B.
Grade 09
Stanhope Elmore HS
Millbrook, AL
"Our song is a short mix of beats and singing. We learned how to actually use code to make music (whether or not it's good music is debatable, but it was a fun experience)."
Grand Prize Winner
Alice T.
Grade 09
Lane Tech College Prep HS
Chicago, IL
"My song is made mostly with the Ciara stems and just rearranging them in different ways. While making it, I learned about for loops, conditionals, and using a for loop-like structure with a list."
Grand Prize Winner
Deiondre S.
Grade 12
Mt. Saint Michael Academy
Bronx, NY
"A trap-infused/house-focused remix of Ciara's hit single "SET"I learned how to define variables and use them multiple times in a program learned how to debug code and reverse-engineer existing bugs in the code. But most importantly, I learned the value of patience :-)"
Requirements
Music
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Song length must be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes
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Song must have at least five (5) unique music tracks (sounds)Song must be at least 16 measures
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Song must include a sound stem from Pharrell's song, "Entrepreneur"
Code
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Code must include comments to describe the code and document the message in the song
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Final code must run without errors and play in the digital audio workstation (DAW)
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Code must include EarSketch API function, fitMedia() to insert sound clips
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Code must include variables for efficiency
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Code must include custom or user-defined functions to structure the song
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Message
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Song should reflect student voice and include a message that promotes equity
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Song should demonstrate student awareness or analysis of racial injustice
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Song should must include a call to action
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Submission must include a written reflection
Resources
Remix Lab Competition Curriculum
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Sign up as a Your Voice is Power teacher. We'll send you competition updates and workshop information.
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New to EarSketch? Check out our tutorials, workshops, and recordings to get started in EarSketch.
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Ready to teach? Access our five-day Remix Lab competition curriculum for your students to engage in learning about social justice, music, and coding!
Artist
Pharrell Williams
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