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Charlotte’s @AREAFIFTEEN and @Midatlmusic Panels at With These Hands Mix Academy @WTHands @PMDofEPMD
Charlotte’s @AREAFIFTEEN and @Midatlmusic Panels at With These Hands Mix Academy @WTHands @PMDofEPMD

Charlotte’s @AREAFIFTEEN and @Midatlmusic Panels at With These Hands Mix Academy @WTHands @PMDofEPMD


The early Midatlantic Music Conference panels on Saturday that I was on were scheduled at a place called With These Hands Mix Academy, a unique and innovative DJ school which I located with some difficulty. It turned out to be in a larger complex of buildings called Area 15, a unique micro-business incubator that houses a bicycle recyclery for inner-city kids, office space for some environmental organizations, a free store (no kidding) where people can take what they need and pay what they can, and several youth organizations, many of which seem geared to giving inner city kids experience with entrepreneurship. The place literally buzzes with kids, and their joyful laughter and running feet could be heard upstairs the entire time of our two afternoon music panels. Hip-hop legend Parrish of the group EPMD was one of the panelists, and after the second panel, many of the neighborhood kids ran downstairs and out in front of the building to have their picture taken with him.

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