Full Circle Digital Magazine October 2013 | Page 14

MUSIC • PLAYING FOR CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD

The AIR
we speak

music

Playing for Change

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Listen to: Stand By Me - Playing For Change - Song Around the World
5 minutes, 25 seconds

Together,
we will
connect
the world
through
music!
The Inspiration

The Production

The Effect

Playing for Change is a multimedia
movement created to inspire, connect,
and bring peace to the world through
music. The idea for this project arose
from a common belief that music has
the power to break down boundaries
and overcome distances between
people. No matter whether people
come from different geographic,
political, economic, spiritual or
ideological backgrounds, music has the
universal power to transcend and unite
us as one human race. And with this
truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set
out to share it with the world.

We built a mobile recording studio,
equipped with all the same equipment
used in the best studios, and travelled
to wherever the music took us. One
thing that never changed throughout
the process was our commitment
to create an environment for the
musicians in which they could create
freely and that placed no barriers
between them and those who would
eventually experience their music. By
leading with that energy and intent
everywhere we travelled, we were
freely given access to musicians and
locations that are usually inaccessible.

What has developed is that musicians
from all over the world are brought
together to perform benefit concerts
that build music and art schools
in communities that are in need of
inspiration and hope. In addition
to benefit concerts, the Playing for
Change band also performs shows
around the world. When audiences see
and hear musicians who have travelled
thousands of miles from their homes,
united in purpose and chorus on one
stage, everyone is touched by music’s
unifying power.

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FULL CIRCLE DIGITAL MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2013