Toby Finlayson from Desert Pea Media recently arrived home from yet another great program with the good people of Collarenebri.
Working closely with AEO Roslyn McGregor and the other staff at Collarenebri Central School – we workshopped and wrote/ recorded a new track called ‘Change The Game’.
The Crew’s 4th track was Inspired by the recent 40yr anniversary of Charlie Perkins’s revolutionary ‘Freedom Rides’ in the 1960′s through Moree and Walgett.
The song was about educating and acknowledging the struggle for rights and equality over the past 200 years in Australia.
It also looks at the fact that there is still a long way to go before indigenous people are able to access the same social, political and economic opportunities as the rest of Australia, and change comes from each and every person – including indigenous people making good choices and being supported.
“Change comes from you, from me, from us, and that’s fact.”
The beats were written by Joel Westlake, and are still undergoing composition work – to be mixed and mastered and released ASAP.
Check the ‘Change The Game’ Clip online now…
During the week, we also produced a short docco called ‘Big Bruz, Little Bruz – Didge Project Cuz’. This was a cultural re-engagement program led by a group of uncles in Collarenebri, including star performance by ‘John Boy’ McGregor.
The piece features a trip out bush to find and cut didgeridoos (yidaki), and show local young men how to take responsibility for culture and community.
Here is the Youtube Clip
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Hu there , we found the COLLI CREW kids clip on You Tube. I work at a Primary Public School and we would love to get a copy of a DVD or CD to let our kids see and hear these wonderful kids. Do you sell any or is there anywhere that I could get a hold of something?
Thanks heaps Sonia.
Wonderful to see u on the ABC tonight – DEADLY xx