The foundation of a community is its people. Through its people, each community has its own vibe, creates its own harmony, and operates at its own frequency. The recent bushfire crisis has not only destroyed the physical structures of Northern NSW communities, it has deeply impacted communities’ wellbeing, leaving people in trauma, loss and disruption. ReVibe is a music workshop tour aiming to rebuild the vibe, the sense of love, and hope and resilience of Northern NSW communities who have been significantly impacted by bushfires in the last 18 months.

In Spring 2020, Mad Proppa Deadly (MPD) will take our mobile caravan music studio, Mob Studio, on the road to deliver music workshops for young people from the Tingha, Drake, Rappville, and Tabulum/Jubullum communities to promote recovery and resilience, rebuilding community vibe and spirit. We will lead 2 days of music writing, production and recording workshops in each community, producing a song by the young people that will reinforce the love and sense of connection that binds them together and gives them their strength.

The songs produced in each community will be collated into an EP that then connects the communities with each other, the proceeds of which can go directly back into the communities themselves. This gives the young people a sense that they are actively contributing to the regrowth and recovery of their community.

MPD Leaders are the future of our corporation. They are young people from community who have come up through our programs and are motivated and prepared to take the next steps in building a career in music, whether it be as an artist/performer, a music producer, an MPD mentor, in event management or live-sound. We strive to keep the next gen of leaders connected and supported, by opening up opportunities for further learning (Tafe), providing a free space for them to develop, write, record new music or provide paid opportunities for them to perform, teach, and excel. This project sits alongside all others as no matter what we do, we strive to help our young people LEVEL UP.

In 2021, MPD supported 5 artists to travel from Armidale to Sydney to complete a Cert III in Music Industry - Sound Production with EORA Tafe Redfern

A song and film clip created by 20 local young people in partnership with the Armidale Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Environment Protection Authority to promote caring for the Mission here in Armidale, produced by Nate Weatherall (MPD), Filmed by Brendan Blacklock (Blacklock Media) https://youtu.be/oCCNoq83Vnc

In 2020, MPD launched #BarsFromTheBunker , an online collaboration project to encourage regional young people to continue creating music during COVID19 lockdowns.

Producers A Diddy (Horrorshow), Milan Ring, Tim Hagan aka Studio Tann, Papertoy Music, Kapital J, Kuren, Ellatronix, Kuntry Krano, 18YOMAN and Nate Weatherall, donated beats for young people to download for free to write, create and share original songs.

The project was sponsored by the NSW Government through a Create NSW Small Project Grant, RODE Microphones, Black Dot Music and Harvey Norman Armidale.

In-Tune was supported by Arts North West, RODE Microphones and the NSW Government through the Regional Arts NSW Country Arts Support Program.

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