The MAJN experience includes three components: live performance, a film screening and access to our songwriting and music production curriculum. Partners can choose which components and what level of engagement best fits their needs.
Past and Present Partners
Live Performances
A Soul Science Lab performance is an exciting mix of music, culture, and forward-thinking education. The Make A Joyful Noize (MAJN) show is a multimedia universe that blends music, film and movement to capture the visceral and contagious energy of Black joy. This music is meant to inspire people to celebrate and re-imagine life through a lens of joy. Complete with a live band, vocalists and a visual installation, this is an unforgettable experience.
Film Screening
This virtual or in person screening is a collaboration between Soul Science Lab and partner organization. The screening is immediately followed by a Q&A with project creators Chen Lo and Asante Amin.
about the film
Creating Make A Joyful Noize is a mini-documentary that blends music, spoken word interviews, and dance to capture the visceral, contagious and unapologetic energy of Black joy. It travels from Brooklyn, New Orleans and Accra, Ghana to present Black joy as a healing force for transformation. Musicians Chen Lo and Asante’ Amin—the creative duo behind Soul Science Lab, lead you on a journey of spirit, pain, resistance, and self-discovery as they provide an all-access look into the creation of their forthcoming visual album—Make a Joyful Noize.
MAJN Curriculum
SSL offers digital licenses, virtual and in-person webinars of the MAJN curriculum for institutions and organizations that wish to explore hip hop, songwriting, audio recording, and music production with their community.
about the curriculum
The Make A Joyful Noize Curriculum is designed to help anyone use music to tell their story. It is step-by-step instruction for basic songwriting & music production techniques. It includes video tutorials, worksheets, activities & templates. It also contains beat templates that open directly into Soundtrap, a free online music production tool.
Colleges & Universities
This offering has been formulated for colleges, universities and performing arts centers. Soul Science has successfully presented Make A Joyful Noize in a Gold Level partnership with Penn State University Center for Performing Arts.
MAJN
Mini-Festival
The Make A Joyful Noize Mini Festival is a 3-day festival that combines all of the components of the Soul Science Lab’s Make A Joyful Noize project into one seamless, curated experience.
The festival launches with a screening of their short documentary, “Creating Make a Joyful Noize” an odyssey of music, interviews and dance from Ghana to New Orleans. The screening is immediately followed by a Q&A with project creators Chen Lo and Asante Amin.
On the second night of the festival SSL hosts their “Sip & Spit," an exciting songwriters workshop and open mic series with a twist that features the Make A Joyful Noize curriculum.
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Engagement Level
Bronze
1 day
Live Performance
1
Silver
2 days
Live Performance
1
Gold
1 week
Live Performance
2+
Live Performance
1 (DJ - no band/visuals)
Platinum
2 weeks festival
Live Performance
SSL + Guest Artist
Film Screening
X
Film Screening
1 virtual
Film Screening
virtual or in person
Film Screening
in person
Curriculum License
up to 5
Curriculum License
X
Curriculum License
up to 10
Curriculum License
25+
Curriculum Activation
X
Curriculum Activation
X
Curriculum Activation
for students + educator
Curriculum Activation
for students + educator
Curated Programming
X
Curated Programming
X
Curated Programming
X
Curated Programming
1 week education
1 week performance
Panels
X
Panels
X
Panels
X
Panels
on site
Selected by Penn State and Carnegie Hall
