Music with a Mission
May 2020
Top paid musicians in the music industry have been associated with different charities for a long time but there is a distinct shift happening in this millennium. There is an emergence and growth of music industry associated nonprofit initiatives.
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April 2021
If only humanity could somehow recognize each other as members of a band. In a band, every member plays a part. To remove the band’s guitar player would mean that the band is broken and missing the sweet sound of guitar strings.
March 2021
Photo by: Bill Flairs
Protest music of the 1960’s tackled the issues of the time such as the Vietnam War, The Civil Rights Movement and gender equality with songs, such as Leslie Gore’s, You Don’t Own Me. Other artists like Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, John Lennon and Nina Simone were key musicians and artists from this era, creating and writing music that reflected the sentiments of their very turbulent times.
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February 2021
Not only is music a medium for the articulation of social crisis but an unusually high percentage of artists and musicians exhibits more than average altruistic behavior and tend to become involved in resolutions beyond their work of art. Ernst Krenek wrote a compelling article, Music and Crisis (The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism © 1944 Oxford University Press) articulating the relationship between music and social crisis.
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January 2021
The global pandemic, Covid 19, created sorrow, stress and social distancing across the world. It brought with it a plethora of experiences and circumstances, now of which were related to joy. During this time, music became an anchor for everyone.
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OUR VISION
Combining the influence and affluence of the music industry and artists with community programs and activism that improves associated circumstances of distressed and marginalized communities.
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