Braddock's ASCAP Video

Kids at Braddock worked with song-writing duo Da Internz through our partnership with ASCAP to write and record an original song. Watch a video of their experience at the recording studio and listen to their song here.

ASCAP Residency Part II: Braddock

Last month, kids at Charnock got to work with grammy-winning artist Claudia Brant to write an original song and record it in a professional studio. This week, ASCAP sent song-writing duo Da Internz to Braddock Elementary for a similar workshop.


Last Thursday, Da Internz came to Braddock to talk about songs, and what the kids wanted to talk about in their own song. After deciding to write a song about making money, the kids wrote down different ideas to go into the song.

Over the weekend, Da Internz put the lyrics together and created beat for it, so that on Monday everyone could practice singing it together. After learning their song, the kids were excited to travel to the studio and record it.










Yesterday, the students boarded the bus to go to the Song Writing School of Los Angeles, a recording studio in Burbank. Da Internz split everyone up into smaller groups to go in and sing their parts.

The kids had an amazing time, while learning how much work goes into the creation of a single song. Now they cannot wait to hear their single.


Da Internz are a song-writing duo from Chicago who currently reside in Los Angeles. They have worked with other SCORES sites in the past, and were excited to bring their workshop to a local school. They have worked with artists such as Greyson Chance, Mims, John Legend, Jesse McCartney, August Rigo, and Justin Bieber. Here are the lyrics to the song they wrote with the kids:

If I had one chance I would take that chance
Grab the whole wide world, put it in my hands. Hey, hey
Gonna make good grades, graduate from school
Get a real job and a house with a pool. Hey, hey

It's what I gotta do to live my dreams
If I want to have everything.

I gotta make money, money, money, money
I gotta make money, money, money, money

I gotta work hard, aim for the stars, they're not that far.

Kids Helping Kids at Braddock Elementary

Students at Braddock Drive Elementary chose to do a clothing drive for homeless teens as their service learning project this season. They have worked hard over the past few weeks to collect new and gently used garments to donate to a shelter that give homeless teens in Los Angeles a safe place to stay. As of now they have collected over four large bags to donate.

The organization that will benefit from this project is called the Los Angeles Youth Network. LAYN is located in Hollywood and helps kids all over Los Angeles from ages 12 to early 20's. Among LAYN's services are a temporary shelter for teens who need a safe place to stay, a smaller long-term house for those who need it, and an apartment program for teens after they graduate high school.

A few times a week, people from LAYN also drive around Los Angeles with food and water looking for homeless teens to spread awareness about the organization, its shelters, and how they can help.



On Wednesday, a representative from LAYN came to Braddock to talk to the students about the organization. The students learned how their donations would help out kids from all over Los Angeles. They were also able to ask questions about the program such as, "What do the kids do on holidays?", "What kinds of movies do they like to watch?" and "What do they do after school?" Learning about LAYN was inspiring for the students at Braddock, who were interested in finding out how to donate more items even after their LA SCORES clothing drive.

To find out more about the Los Angeles Youth Network, visit their website at http://www.layn.org/