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Description

There are worse places to be stranded than Brownsea Island, especially if you can take some of your favourite tunes with you.

With Thanks to Scouts.org.uk programme ideas.

Resources

Big pieces of card
Coloured pens or pencils
Paper plates

Instructions

Before you begin
This activity works best if you have a way to play music, for example, a device with an internet connection.
Try and gather some examples of single or album artwork – you could bring some physical CDs or show screenshots of Spotify or iTunes. A variety is best – how about including some illustrated examples as well as some photographs?

Choose your track
Everyone should get into small groups.
If there are a few more experienced musicians, they should split themselves between the groups to make it fair.
Everyone should think of a song or album they really enjoy listening to.
Everyone should take a paper plate and write their name on the back.
Everyone should write the song or album they’ve chosen on the front of the paper plate. They should also write what they like about the song or album.

Create your artwork
The person leading the game should show everyone the examples of the single or album artwork.
Everyone should fold a big piece of card in half to make a sleeve for their song or album.
Everyone should decorate their sleeve, so it has artwork. They shouldn’t try to copy the ‘real’ artwork – they should focus on using colours, shapes, and images that remind them of the song, album, or artist. They should chat with their group to test their ideas – do people see what they mean?
People shouldn’t include the name of the song or album (or the name of the artist) on their cover, as it’ll give the game away.

Swap discs
One person in each group should collect up all of the paper plate discs and sleeves into two separate piles. They should swap the piles with someone in another group.
Each group should work together to try to match the discs with the sleeves.
This is where being able to play music comes in really handy. It’s especially useful if people haven’t heard of one of the songs.
Once they’ve finished, everyone should share their answers. The group who created the sleeves should reveal the correct answers.
Any musicians should compare the songs and albums people chose to the music they play or perform.

Reflection
This activity was all about building friendships. Sharing music can be a great way to bring people together. Did anyone discover any new music they liked through this activity? Sometimes people’s tastes are different, and that’s OK. Did people ever like different things? Was it easy to understand why other people liked the music they chose?

Tags

• music
• musician

Badge Links

• Creative - Activity
• Musician - Interest