Rachel Makena Music
Fundraising for charities
Walrus - Written and produced by Rachel Makena
For this song, you need to imagine you are a walrus and you are living through climate change. This song tells the tale of the plight of the walrus as the world around them changes. The sea ice is melting in the sun, their hunting ground is quickly disappearing and they are having to find new places to search for their food. Walruses are more frequently using beaches to rest instead of sea ice consequently increasing their risk of a stampede (WWF 2018). All of this is showing how their habitat loss, due to Global Warming is destructive to the species in many ways.
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'My song Walrus has been around since 2019 and I have played it live at festivals, events and local radio stations with the aim of increasing awareness of climate change. I have now recorded a version that I am happy to share online and as a physical copy to further promote awareness as well as use it to fundraise for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and help promote their World Walrus day on 24th November.
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Reference: Climate change puts the Pacific Walrus population on thin ice | Stories | WWF (worldwildlife.org)
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Plastic Wrap
Plastic Wrap was inspired by a tin of beans.
Whilst out shopping I noticed that the packs of multipack beans (wrapped in plastic) were cheaper than buying the tins individually. I didn't understand how this could be possible, considering it was using more resources. I wrote to the supermarket and manufacturer about why this was the case, with the aim of reducing plastic waste. 4 months later... and still no change in the packaging, I decided to write a song about the the impact of plastic pollution the environment to help increase awareness around what plastic does to the environment and how I added my voice to the tide of change by writing directly to businesses.
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
Having taken an interest in sustainability and the environment from a young age, Rachel Makena has chosen to write and record songs as requested by WWF. After WWF heard her sustainability songs 'Plastic Wrap' and 'Can Anybody Hear Me?' Rachel Makena was asked to write songs for WWF events. 'Wear it Wild' was written to inspire people to take part in WWF's fundraising activity and 'Walrus' was written to raise awareness of World Walrus Day on 24th November.
By purchasing Rachel Makena's fundraising songs you will be helping to raise money for WWF with 75% of the sale going towards WWF (inclusive of deductions from the donation platform Work for Good which allows businesses to easily donate to charity). The remaining 25% will help Rachel Makena continue to work as a musician.
Rachel Makena at West Hull FM (2019)
'Walrus' - a song written from the perspective of a Walrus on its day-to-day survival in the arctic Rachel Makena hopes to get across messages of animals who are being greatly impacted by climate change and habitat loss. Music has the ability to reach so many people in a different ways and even though there is a strong message in the lyrics the melody and instruments lift Walrus into the pop world.
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After speaking with WWF about their fundraising campaign 'Wear it Wild' Rachel Makena was asked to write a theme song, in the style similar to a radio jingle. 'Wear it Wild' was written to inspire others to take part in WWF's fundraising activity. The song explains what it is all about.
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'Plastic Wrap' is a song that was inspired by beans. Yes, beans. 'After going to the supermarket and finding that the plastic wrapped multipack of 3 tins of beans was cheaper per tin than buying them individually (with no plastic wrapping) I wanted to understand why this was the case (as how is more stuff cheaper than less stuff?). I then wrote to the supermarket and asked the question. Their response was about how it was supplied to them like that. My next line of inquiry was to the beans manufacturer who said they had shared my thoughts about the plastic wrapping with the Research, Packaging and Design team.