The Beat Shop is a music production studio and practice space, which includes a small recording booth, a versatile work space, and a lounge. The shop has multiple sets of DJ turntables and mixers, live instruments, and digital drum machines and samplers. Our computer stations have software for recording, sequencing, and creating new music.
In Beat Shop students explore music of all forms, mainly focusing on the foundations of hip-hop. Students go through projects devoted to reading music, beat making, “screwing and chopping”, sampling, MCing, and mixing. Additionally, participants work with writers to write lyrics and learn to express themselves in new ways. After going through different aspects of music-making, students focus on their interests, from production to DJing or MCing, to playing live instruments or doing promotion. Instructors in the Beat Club work with the students to find the best way for them to use their skills and interests, finding specialized music teachers, organizing CD release parties or going to MC and DJ battles.
Check out hot beats and rhymes from the 3 week Beat Shop 2007 summer session here
December 15, 2009
Workshop Houston’s holiday Break runs from Sunday, December 20th through Sunday, January 3rd. We will reopen with regular our regular schedule Monday, January 4th, 2010! Happy New Year and see you in the next decade!
July 30, 2009
Directly following the End of Summer Barbeque on August 1st, all Workshop Houston programs will be closed until Monday, August 31st. Sorry for any inconvenience and see you in September!
Join us this Saturday, August 1st, to celebrate another great year of summer programs at Workshop Houston! Come by between 2pm-4pm for food, music, fun and the world premiere of the Summer Leadership Institute’s Workshop Houston Movie!
July 27, 2009
Check out the latest from the Beat Shop below: Hustla by Lil’ B.
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July 13, 2009
Beat shop, style shop, chopper shop, and scholar shop will be closed this Thursday as we will be on our trip to Austin. Shop schedules resume as normal next Monday.
April 16, 2009
Here is the latest from the Beat Shop, Classic Mike’s new track “Video Pro”.
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December 20, 2008
Workshop Houston will be closed from Monday, December 22nd through Friday, January 2nd. Happy New Years and see you in 2009!
November 11, 2008
Taj Clemmons produced this beat, entitled “Insane Carnival” during Beat Shop. Check it out below!
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