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We have developed numerous ways to facilitate songwriting & it is not limited to ANY genre & even better if participants have the musical skills however we are not limited if they don't, in fact there is no limits, we have written songs with non english speaking students here studying language & many indigenous language communities, music transcends limitations. Another observation of our project work is that participants open up & feel safe to express in the creative environment. The act of writing a song invites expression while at the same time the group dynamic of discussion around the issues at hand facilitates awareness that generates deeper participant understanding and provides new ways to articulate their experience. So then our desire to really capitilise on Angelikas graphic & visual skills, with a degree in media, film & arts LVM took the next step by investing in a couple of camcorders an editing suite, Final Cut Pro and adding film clips to the songs & our bag of tricks. Using a similar approach whereby participants film the footage have input into the direction & process, has bought a really powerful visual presence to the songs. Along the way we developed our philosophy of being invisible to the project process - we retain no copyright or claim to ANY project we develop & you will never see our names attached to outcomes, just a logo. We are facilitators or guides for community expression & the outcome belongs to the community. Both Angelika & Kaeleen have spent many years living with aboriginal people in community, Kaeleen has twins of Djabugay descent so they really observed how her twins, neices & nephews accessed their studios whenever they could & completely engaged in the technology, the observation is that indigenous mob are very savvy to technology so LVM then developed the concept of roadcasing portable studios & taking them to remote communities offering unlimited access to community for expression. Having a studio does not just mean music it's also radio shows, language, cultural ...