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2012: A Year in Review
2012 has been a great year for Beat Making Lab. Here are some amazing articles and conferences we’ve been a part of this year
Press
NPR/WUNC: The State of Things with Frank Stasio Interview
Mad Decent: The Post-Apocalypso Gift Madness!
The Independent: Artivists Pierce Freelon and Stephen Levitin take their Beat Making Lab to the DRC
Reverbnation: So You Want to be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Professor?
News and Observer: Congo Beats: A hip-hop mission from UNC sends musical marketing lessons to Africa
SlashDot: Hip Hop Artists Developing Open Source Beat Making Software
Shuffle Magazine: UNC Profs bring Beat Making Lab to Africa
Indiegogo: Where Are They Now? Dropping Beats in the Congo
GOOD: Congo Beat Making Lab
Durham News: Carolina in the Congo
Okayafrica: Congo Beat Making Lab Documentary
Conferences
Sticky Ideas / Tedx / Ljubljana, Slovenia / October 13, 2012
Social Good Summit / Mashable / New York, NY / September 22-24, 2012
Citizen Media Summit 2012 / Global Voices / Nairobi, Kenya / July 2-3, 2012
Rio+Social / United Nations Foundation / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / June 19, 2012
Switchpoint / Intrahealth / Saxapahaw, NC / April 19-20, 2012