{"id":10325,"date":"2019-10-28T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobmusicforward.org\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T22:21:50","slug":"all-access-with-6lack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/news\/all-access-with-6lack\/","title":{"rendered":"All Access+ 6lack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FW1f76B4mjU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Music Midtown in Atlanta played backdrop to a very special experience for a group of students from Stone Mountain High School when they joined us along\u00a0with Alternative R&amp;B singer, rapper, and songwriter, 6lack, for an exclusive sound-check and conversation during the anniversary celebration of his <i>East Atlanta Love Letter<\/i> album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">6lack is an alumnus of the Atlanta-area high school and the participating student group was full of aspiring musicians, rappers and producers&#8211;all driven to succeed in the music industry. The program included a backstage tour, a private sound-check experience, and an exclusive Q&amp;A with 6lack. All students received passes to the festival itself to experience his electric hometown performance that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When we asked a couple of the students about their experience, they enthusiastically shared their encounters. After finding out that they were going to meet 6lack, one of the students, Alaysha Jenkins, said she felt \u201celated because he is one of my favorite artists and he is from my hometown.\u201d She felt inspired by his connection to her school and community and his advice to \u201cbecome someone to impact the world with your voice,\u201d resonated with her immensely. At that moment, Alaysha gratefully noted that 6lack became a mentor to her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10330 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hobmusicforward.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6lack-Music-Midtown-Jacob-Shepherd-5-e1572368126424-606x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6lack-Music-Midtown-Jacob-Shepherd-5-e1572368126424-606x550.jpg 606w, https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6lack-Music-Midtown-Jacob-Shepherd-5-e1572368126424-768x697.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6lack-Music-Midtown-Jacob-Shepherd-5-e1572368126424-1411x1280.jpg 1411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Another student, Immanuel Kumbut, was the first to ask 6lack a question during the private Q&amp;A. \u201cWhat advice can you give to an up-and-coming performing artist?\u201d 6lack simply replied, \u201cJust be yourself\u2026 if you be yourself, people will be more receptive and willing to listen to what you have to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/programs\/all-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Access<\/a> programs help students discover pathways to success in the music industry. In addition to meeting 6lack that morning, students experienced stage setup and soundcheck for the festival performance, where they saw the off-stage careers in action that are necessary for a successful show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When youth experience direct learning from onsite experiences and meaningful connections, they feel empowered, confident, and motivated for success. 6lack\u2019s authenticity and drive translate into his music, and the students of Stone Mountain High School internalized his words of determination: \u201cWhatever you\u2019re good at, whatever it is you love\u2026 work at it every single day. Work at it till you feel crazy like you\u2019ve got to get it done\u2026Nobody else is going to make it happen for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The impact that All Access with 6lack had on these students during this special morning at Piedmont Park is apparent and it\u2019s Music Forward programs like these that shape future goals and inspire future leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Midtown in Atlanta played backdrop to a very special experience for a group of students from Stone Mountain High School when they joined us along\u00a0with Alternative R&amp;B singer, rapper, and songwriter, 6lack, for an [&hellip;] [<a href='https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/news\/all-access-with-6lack\/' class='read_more'>&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":10330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[108,187],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-all-access","tag-career-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22905,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions\/22905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicforwardfoundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}