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Kool Skools 23-25a Johnston St Collingwood 3066
ph: (03) 9417 7707 fax: (03) 9417 5294 info@koolskools.com.au

Kool Skools is a non profit project managed by
Studio 52 Recordings Pty Ltd | ACN.097 549 356 | ABN.39 544 367 018
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what is kool skools?
Kool Skools is an exciting Recording and Multimedia Project for secondary level students now into its second decade. Projects are open to all secondary schools and council youth agencies, youth associations or clubs. Kool Skools promotes, develops and supports a diverse range of talent and all genres of contemporary music writing and performance. Working within a professional recording environment, your school or youth agency will record an album of music by your school bands and produce 500 CD’s containing music, video, graphics and digital imagery. Recordings are held in professional studios in Melbourne and Sydney. Each school receives 400 copies of their individual CD for their own use as part of the project. The remaining 100 discs are retained for distribution to sponsors and industry professionals, as well as for general promotional purposes.

Stars and signed artists that have come through or been showcased first through Kool Skools include:
Delta Goodrem, Missy Higgins, The White Room, Anthony Calea, The Sparrows, Dean Geyer, Casey Donovan, Simon Bruce, Cat Empire, Brianna Lee, Axle Whitehead, FYNA, plus Jason Resch from Menace who has just been signed to Xenomania in the UK – details coming soon.
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engage
You are encouraged to create a “school compilation”, in order to involve a diverse range of students from across the school and not necessarily limited to the music department. Kool Skools is remarkable in the way it can engage and entice even the most hard to reach students or those who are normally way “too cool” to join in on other school group activities. It works because it allows them to express their individuality even while fostering a team spirit. Students can strive for personal best achievement as well as success as a group. Music teachers can use Kool Skools to entice musicians and groups from around the whole school into the music dept for the project, not just those who are already studying music. This is a great way to broaden the whole music and arts culture awareness within a school.
educate
Kool Skools provides education that cannot be delivered in a traditional school environment. It’s educational value is evident in a dramatic impact on student’s creative skills along with major improvements of general technical skills across the board.
The recording studio is like a microscope, allowing each student to look much closer at their individual strengths and weaknesses. Kool Skools is a successful springboard and training ground for developing career opportunities. Not only does it provide real career options, students involved gain valuable insights into aspects of these industries. They also gain time management skills and the ability to meet strict working deadlines within a creative environment.
support
Kool Skools receives assistance and support from a variety of corporate sponsors and Government funding bodies including the Federal Department of Family & Community Services and Arts Victoria, allowing the project to be provided at a heavily subsidised rate and therefore affordable to all schools and students. Kool Skools is designed to be self-funding, with many schools pre-selling their CD’s not only to cover costs, but also generating extra funds.
For regional schools who have the burden of travel and accommodation, it is recommended that local fundraising events are planned and individual community sponsors be sought and thanked by providing advertising within the school’s eight page CD booklet. Some schools also join forces with other schools within their region. Multiple school combined projects are a great option for smaller schools.
For details about the project cost and payment terms call the main Kool Skools number (03) 9417-7707
experience
 Students also receive public recognition for their hard work and dedication by inviting their family and friends to the ARIA style awards nights at the culmination of the project. These are no ordinary school speech nights, held in venues across Australia, featuring concert sound systems, full lighting and multimedia presentations. The Award Nights aim to highlight the quality of work through live performances and awards presented by sponsors and patrons of Kool Skools such as Regurgitator, Killing Heidi, Area 7, Glenn Wheatley, Delta, the Whitlams, 1200 Techniques, Superheist, Molly Meldrum and many other industry professionals.
A night not to be missed!
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motivate
Kool Skools is designed to motivate students all year round. Rather than being a one off project to be completed within the studio, it is envisioned that the students work all year developing their songwriting and general performance skills, artwork and media design. If woven into your school curriculum, Kool Skools can be a valuable motivational device to keep students focused on the realization of their goals. It will also aid in building team spirit and individuals self esteem.
create
Kool Skools is not a competition or “battle of the bands”. It’s main objective is to enhance individual student creativity and to encourage collaboration with industry professionals including engineers, graphic artists and multimedia specialists. Access to state of the art equipment, musical instruments and cutting edge software empowers students to undertake the recording, CD artwork, digital stills and music video. The actual recording time allows each school to involve from 1 -12 small groups or soloists. At least 50% of the music must be original work by the students. Participation varies greatly from school to school but from experience 3 -6 small bands is the best balance.
promote
As each CD produced in the project also includes a CD rom section the Kool Skools disc can be used as an effective marketing tool towards the overall promotion of your school’s activities.

The Kool Skools compilation
Mixed-Media CD and each individual school Mixed-Media CD is also supplied by Kool Skools to industry professionals and media throughout Australia, with aspects of each school project published on the Kool Skools website. The Mixed-Media CD also acts as an important folio item for students applying to prospective employers, and as a stepping stone to the music and multimedia industries in general.