For your assignment, develop an action plan focused on personal and community improvement. Start with a reflective process to establish a clear vision and a supporting motto. Outline actionable steps and necessary resources.
Create a soundtrack and mixtape in Bandlab, selecting songs that embody your vision, and provide commentary for each track explaining its relevance and impact. Design a group activity using at least one song to address specific mental health outcomes, ranging from discussions to therapeutic interventions.
Conclude with a narrative that integrates course concepts, discussing your strengths, lessons learned, and your goals. The complete submission should be 8-12 pages, using APA style for citations. Optionally, enhance your project with an auto-generated DJ set from Rave.dj. Some sources can be external but it needs to be relevant and scholarly. Sources you can use from the course material include
- Travis, R. (2016): The Healing Power of Hip HopLinks to an external site. (Introduction, Ch. 1: pp. xvii – 17)
- Bonnie, R., and Backes, E. (2019): The Promise of Adolescence (Summary, pp.1-13)Links to an external site.
- Crooke, A., and McFerrin, K. (2019): Improvising Using Beat Making Technologies in Music Therapy with Young PeopleLinks to an external site..Links to an external site. Music Therapy Perspectives, 37(1), 55–64.
- Viega, M. (2018). A Humanistic Understanding of the Use of Digital Technology in Therapeutic Songwriting. Links to an external site.
- Evans, J. (2023). Reframing civic education through hip-hop artistic practices: an empowerment and equity based learning model for black adolescents.
The song I’ve chosen for this is Changes by XXXTENTACION. I’ve also attached the full complate assignment instructions in the “HHSJ FINAL ACTION PLAN with instructions FALL 24” file and a couple of references files i recommend you also use. Use however many amount of sources you need to for this.