Music

After posting about Luke Jerram's street piano project, I remembered Mark Johnson's amazing music related social activism project called Playing for Change, which my mom introduced me to this summer. The premise of Playing for Change is to use the common language of music to "break down boundaries and overcome distances between people," to create an international community. To do this, Johnson essentially invented a portable recording studio and carried it around the world in search of talented street musicians - Johnson and his crew compiled tracks of artists whom they recorded and then brought the compiled tracks to the other artists who added additional layers to the song. My description of the process does not do it justice by any means, but I promise you that the product is magical. Below is the Playing for Change "Stand By Me" song and video, check it out to see for yourself!



To learn more about Playing for Change, both the project and the organization, check out the website at www.playingforchance.com .