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Mr. Cotton from Los Angeles, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Microphones for Music Production

My students need USB microphones to facilitate the completion of their final projects in guitar class, recording their own cover album.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cotton's classroom raised $260

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our school band program was dying, and I was hired to pick up the pieces and grow the program back to prominence. We have grown from 5 to 120 in just two years. My students are African-American and Latino in an inner-city, socioeconomically depressed area.

Our school was opened to give students of color the opportunity to have a superior education and lift them, along with the neighborhood, up.

In the first decades of the school's opening, the band became one of the most noted in the nation. Many jazz greats began in our school. However, as drugs and budget cuts hit the school and community, the band program began to suffer. We are dedicated to bringing our band program back to the prominence it once enjoyed and give our students experiences in all types of music: classical, jazz, and popular. These students are dedicated to our quest and have grown the band in size and ability in a short amount of time. We are now focusing on replacing worn and broken instruments and adding new ones to help the band flourish.

Our students are currently enjoying concert band, jazz band, and popular music studies.

My Project

Students have been taking a year long guitar class. Now, they are beginning to work on their final projects. This project requires them to form groups which will make a cover band. This cover band then must select 10-12 pieces which they will record for their album. They will record each instrument separately into GarageBand starting with the drums, to bass guitar, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, auxiliary instruments, and then vocals. They will then work on mastering the tracks to even out the sounds and include track effects. They, again, will duplicate this process 10 to 12 times. The microphones will allow them to record vocals, auxiliary instruments, and the percussion sounds.

Mr. Cotton Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

300 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Recording Microphone Usb Fifine Plug & Play Condenser Microphone For PC/Computer(Windows,Mac,Linux OX),Podcasting,Recording-Black(K058) • Amazon Business $29.99 3 $89.97
Neewer NW-700 Professional Studio Broadcasting Recording Condenser Microphone & NW-35 Adjustable Recording Microphone Suspension Scissor Arm Stand with Shock Mount and Mounting Clamp Kit • Amazon Business $37.99 2 $75.98
ZRAMO® TH39 Professional Converter Adapter Stereo 3.5mm 1/8 Male to 6.35mm 1/4 Female Mono Audio Mic Plug Adapter Jack, Microphone Accessory-5 Piece • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$172.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$220.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.97

Total project goal

$259.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $259.78

3 Donors

-$172.00

Donations toward project cost

-$147.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.30

match offer

-$86.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$73.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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