A Place Called Home

wow i almost forgot about this place! jasmin guy’s place! wow! i cant remember how i started going but WOW WAS I HAPPY! i wanted to be a singer as a kid! BRANDY was my life, and cesar was the music producer/​engineer! and he was sooooo nice! they had a long wait list for kids wanting to make demos but some how i came and he heard me sing, i cut that line lol! i sang deut with this older girl that was doing a song for one of the staff that had gotten ill or been in a car accident! we sang FOR YOU I WILL by monica! omg Im so happy this place is doing well and if you live in the area, let you child go be exposed to something new. you never know. this was my experience 15 years ago! thanks guys! friday is probably STILL pizza day! lol

i used to come here when i was a kid back in the mid 90s
honestly as the years go by
the people here just become rude.

I’m setting up my tripod and video camera when a little girl comes up to me with such curiosity. She’s about 7 or 8 years old.
LITTLE GIRL: What do you do?
ME: I’m a video producer!
LITTLE GIRL: So am I! I like to make videos and put them on YouTube!
ME: You do? I watched some of the videos on your organization’s YouTube channel. Maybe I watched one of the videos that you produced :)
At this point I’ve already seen a good amount of the facility. Basic field lights for filming with white reflectors, c-​stands, and cameras that looked as nice as the Panasonic HVX I was operating. I’m not surprised that this girl who is younger than my niece has created something amazing in the profession that I’m in.
That’s what A Place Called Home is all about. Teaching super-​awesome creative skills with actual hands on experience to at-​risk youth. Or at least that’s what I got out of it for the tiny 4 hours I spent there. This non-​profit organization can be better explained here:
So why was I there? I was shooting coverage of the band Glitch Mob who was visiting the kids to teach them about music. (VIDEO:
) This facility already had essential tools to create amazing things: Keyboards, guitars, and other instruments. Computers with Pro Tools software. Sound mixing boards. A full functioning recording studio. And guess what? These kids have the creative freedom to play with it all!
After Glitch Mob taught the kids a few cool tricks of the trade, the kids got to show off their talents to the working professionals. Kids free-​style rapped, sang songs, played videos that were uploaded, and played tracks that were recorded and mixed. They’re stuff was GOOD! I was bobbin’ my head to it! It looked like Glitch Mob loved spending time with the kids! They even asked the kids for demos to take with them!
Mad props to Sabrina who organized today’s event! She is the music instructor and studio engineer at APCH. What she does for these kids is provide them with the opportunity to do great things that will help shape their futures. Major HIGH FIVES to that!!!
This organization seems like a really cool safe haven for kids. And these kids are eager to learn cool things from people that do cool things. If you consider yourself awesome and wanna share your mad skillz with a bunch of fun kids, check out A Place Called Home.
Here’s a cute photo of Glitch Mob with the kids:
Video soon to come…