Stamp Music was founded as a creative community to encourage, facilitate and share in the creation and recording of new original music by young people.

Music permeates our society and bookmarks some of the most important moments of our lives. Stamp wishes to extend the opportunity to all young people to create the music that becomes part of our friendships, families and communities. Music that is vital and current to the needs and voice of students and teaching staff.
Pete and Kerrie Arthur

Musical instrument tuition has been and still is an important part of young people’s development. It is Stamp’s desire to take the next step to the creation of original compositions with students, thus giving them a unique expression of their talents and abilities.

The 90 minute workshops have been specifically crafted to take students on a journey into the craft and process of Song Writing and leave them with a demo of the song written. Whilst ninety minutes is a short time, it has been proven in over 600 workshops to be the ideal time to produce a song and to capture the imagination of young people from any age group.

Whilst the workshops can be of further assistance to music students, it is a valuable experience for any student in team building, literacy and self confidence. Most young people are into music of some description and the writing of a song provides a new and often enlightening opportunity.

In 2005 Stamp travelled over 10,000 km’s throughout regional and remote South Australia, the Northern Territory and into Victoria, to take this experience to as many young people as we could. 2006 sees a similar tour throughout outback South Australia and the Northern Territory in terms 2 & 3 (see Itinerary page), plus regional touring within South Australia in Term 1. Term 4 also looks like an exciting time with more possibilities and projects.

Please see the Workshop Details page on this website for more information about the workshops or contact us if you would like to know more or for us to link you into a tour!

“The exercise gave them some power and sense of ownership in their learning. It was fantastic to hear them singing the song when they came back from holidays just proves how much of an impression it had.”.
Lance Nesbitt, Principal, Oodnadatta Aboriginal School

“Thank you, to you, the facilitator and your assistants, for developing activities that were creative, practical, fun and informative with an educative outcome"
John Slattery, Chairman, Croc Festival

"The increase in self esteem that has resulted from learning that they could write a song, perform in a professional recording studio, perform live or make a video can not be measured. What we do know is that you have been involved in changing lives."
Kathy Mickan, Youth Development Officer, City of Mitcham

“I was amazed at how ‘switched on’ they were throughout the whole session. They absolutely loved it!”
Sue Farrant, Reception Teacher, Reynella South School

“We are most grateful to have performers who will travel to our remote location and identify so quickly with the special needs of our children.”
Neville King, Principal, Ernabella Aboriginal School

“Both Kerrie and Pete have provided an intense literacy learning experience embedded within the song writing process.”
Matthew Gray, Teacher, Oodnadatta Aboriginal School

“In my opinion this session was of great benefit to all who attended and should prove a source of inspiration to aspiring musicians.”
Peter Laslett, Teacher/Arts Co-Ordinator, Roxby Downs Area School

“The best thing is the way they worked with the kids using strategies to get even the shy children actively participating.”
Teacher, Oodnadatta Aboriginal School

“Your knowledge and obvious teaching skills were invaluable to the participants of the workshop.”
Alistair Cranney, Southern Music Alliance Project Officer, City of Onkaparinga Council Youth Services

“It’s pleasing that you have been available to help remote schools like Mintabie out. It is not often that we get people of your calibre here to work with our students.”
John Clements, Principal, Mintabie Area School

“Stamp have perfected a technique of pinpointing other people’s imagination and kicking it into overdrive, enabling us to accomplish things musically which most of us never thought we ever would.”
Belinda Southerland, Kangaroo Inn Area School

“There have been glowing reports about your skills at working with some very difficult young people and admiration for your ability to get a song out of any group of young people in just 90 minutes.”
Kathy Mickan, Youth Development Officer, City of Mitcham