Recording Artist + Youth Mentor Psalm One Needs Your Help

Fresh off her 9-city tour with the ASCAP Songwriter Residency-- a 3-day program that partners artists with America SCORES, an after school program in under served areas-- Psalm One is back in her hometown of Chicago to continue her mission of mentoring students. During the three days, the artists spend two mentoring and writing a song with students, and on the 3rd day they go to a professional studio and actually record the song! 

Psalm conducts the youth mentoring program through Charm Lab, a program she founded to help students not only find their voices, but to also allow them to understand the work it takes to succeed in the Arts.

Between her recent appearance on MTV's Made and her work with Charm Lab, Psalm One has been rewardingly busy, but now needs to finish work on her new album slated for 2012. This new project will be the anxiously awaited follow up to her 2006 The Death of Frequent Flyer.

The goal is to mix the album by the end of the year and upgrade Charm Lab's gear to be able to create high-quality videos which will allow her to reach her fans, the students she mentors and to ultimately broaden her audience.

That's where you come in! Psalm One and Charm Lab have created a project through Kickstarter to help raise $8,000 by the end of 2011. With nearly $1,200 already raised, there are only 22 days left! Kickstarter is a website that helps artists fund their projects and in return receive thank you gifts from the artist. 

Check out Charm Lab's Kickstarter project to learn more and make your contribution today.

Upcoming Shows/Appearances:

12/15 - In-store Performance at Reckless Records, Chicago, IL
12/17 - "VIP Tour Party" at a private loft space in Wicker Park, Chicago, IL

See Psalm One Mentoring an aspiring emcee on MTV's Made.

Get More: MADE, Full Episodes

Take a listen to Psalm One's latest mixtape, Get in the Van Vol. 3

About Psalm One

Psalm One is the only woman signed to the prestigious independent record label Rhymesayers Entertainment. While studying chemistry at the University of Illinois, she self-released her debut Bio:Chemistry in 2002 & signed to Rhymesayers in 2006. In 2010 she self-released a trilogy of music and recently released Get In The Van 3. She is currently working on her next RSE album with expected release in 2012. 

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Rhymesayers recording artist Psalm One will embark on a nine-city tour (full dates below) for the ASCAP Songwriter Residency @ America SCORES, a mentorship program that provides a platform for songwriters to engage and inspire elementary and middle school students in under-resourced neighborhoods. 

In each city Psalm will spend three two-hour sessions with students: co-writing a song during the first two sessions and recording it in a professional studio during the third session. The finished songs will be included on a special compilation CD that ASCAP produces and distributes to each of the schools involved, as well as to music industry influencers. 

Psalm One knows the value of giving back to the community. A former student of Chicago Public Schools, she has volunteered, mentored and tutored students through Charm Lab, a program she started in 2008. After moving to San Francisco, she worked for America SCORES as a poetry and soccer coach and was invited to participate in her first ASCAP Songwriter Residency. She wrote and recorded a song called "Going Smart" with a group of students, ages 8-11, from Reach Academy. The song, a play on the slang term "going dumb," showcased the kids' ability to have a lot of fun and make music in an intellectually responsible way. The following year Psalm One was invited again to participate in the program, this time in her hometown of Chicago where she wrote and recorded a song called "Fly Imaginary Cars" with students from Pope Elementary School.

Listen to "Going Smart"

Listen to "Fly Imaginary Cars"

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