Day 15: A band/musical artist whose music impacted your life.

I have a lot of artists and bands that have impacted my life but there is one that I felt so passionately changed my views about the power of music.

It's not actually a band per se, but it's an organisation called Playing for Change.

True to its motto "Connecting the world through Music", this organisation unites all musicians from around the world to promote peace through the power of music.

 "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." à copied and pasted from the Playing For Change website.

The uniqueness of this movement is that they use a mobile studio and go to the musicians to record their music. That way, the energy and passion from the musicians created in the comfort of their own performance place is so genuine and raw.

Not only they connect musicians from around the world, the movement also created schools for music education as a way of giving back to the community. I think that is very inspiring!

 

You can check more about Playing For Change in their website. (click here!)

 

Here's a video that I think you'll find quite familiar...

 

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So, there you have it...the band that impacted my life!