Help Music Stay Alive
October 25th, 2007 | by Bloddard | 
It was John Chow who wrote “It’s Not How Much You Make, It’s How Much You Give,” a post about helping those in need. And it got me thinking about how much this get overlooked or blown off when you are at the top of your game, making lots of money and how easily success makes you forget where you came from or what you were going through not too long ago. For this reason, I’d like to talk about music in the classroom.
Many say the music is medicine for the soul, a place where you can always go, a place you can escape to and forget your problems for the length of a song. Lately however, it has become a place people don’t even want to talk about because music no longer has the place in popular culture it once had. Both outside and inside the classroom, from boy bands on club bills to lack of instruments in schools; music has been chewed up and spat back out. I remember back in my high school days when our principal agreed to overhaul the entire class schedule to be able to fit a music class where we could bring and practice our instruments; she was happy to do so despite the fact it didn’t allow her schedule to run smoothly. These days, music is taking a back seat to things like physical activity. I’m not saying that physical activity is not important because we do have a global obesity problem and youths have to find a way to stay away from TV and snacks, but I think that taking up an instrument will have the same effect as running around and it will improving their intellects.
There are countless music foundations out there who are dedicated to keeping instruments in schools, that I think everyone should support. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, as well as the Little Kids Rock Foundation accept donations to purchase instruments to give to schools that due to budget cuts have had to cancel music programs or haven’t been able to buy more instruments. And The National Music Foundation, is looking to “preserve and celebrate American music through educational programs.” These are just a few of the many existing organizations that should be receiving a fraction of our income. Together we can make it all as good as it used to be. Remember, “It’s Not How Much You Make, It’s How Much You Give.”
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