Why make music?
Fabulous TEDx explanation!
1. Experience the rapture of being alive!
95-yr-old Tony Bennett who has Alzheimer's. Child's book, Mortimer. Soothes baby to sleep. Cup song. First Nation's Cup Song. NJ Girls Choir. Emotion in a baby. What a Wonderful World. Mile of Music. Pitch Perfect Cup Song. PS 22 in NYC. A Happy Life. In the car. "Don't fake it, feel it". Salut Salon. The Really Terrible Orchestra. Little Sally Walker. China's Got Talent. Britain's Got Talent. Britain's Got Talent. Korea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. 5 Piano Guys. Athlete musicians. Detroit Body Music. El Sistema. 13,500 singing in London! & response & highlights. Haiti. President Obama. 5th graders. Boys don't sing. Prison songbirds. LA HS. Wizard of Oz. Crayola. Virtual choir. Eric Whitacker. Cloudburst. Improv. Bus driver. Bus driver2. Friends. Adult band. Aspiring opera singers. PlayingforChange. Six-hands. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Adult beginners. The Great Whistle-off. Follow your passion. Singing in the Rain. Techno-playing. Necessity of singing. Rock 'n' Read Project. Sousa marches.
2. Activate your brain!
What if all children made music every day? Music making compared with listening. Singing Changes Your Brain. Mike Huckabee. Newborn babies. Your Brain on Improv. Neurologist Aniruddh Patel. Brain Opera/Guitar Hero. Brain & achievement. Music and emotion in the brain. Music therapy. Neuroscientist Adele Diamond. Neurosicentist Nina Kraus.
3. Boost vitality, health, and longevity!
Oldest person surviving the Holocaust. 93-year old guitarist. 96-year-old grandma. Over 90 and loving it. At 99-oldest Barbershop singer. A "Man Band". Britain's Got Talent. Young@Heart. Harmonica Man. Mayo Clinic. Nurse anesthesiologists. 93-yr-old conductor. Odetta - Music Has Power Awards. Kirtan chanting.
4. Heal!
Gabby Giffords2. In hospital. Music as therapy. Music reactivates a brain. Autism and music making. Singing after double lung transplant. The Choir with No Name. Singing for the brain--dementia. Stroke patient relearns how to talk. About stroke & singing. Giving Voice Choir for Alzheimer's. Ipods for Alzheimer's. Henry. Parkinson's. Parkinson's gait training. Music making for healing. Drumming. Frequencies. Sound healing.
5. Develop your music intelligence!
Poems with toddlers. Dudamel: Let the Children Play. Down, Down, Baby. Baby singing with mom. Baby singing with dad. Baby matching pitch. Singing with your baby. Body Music. 3-yr-old conductor. Minnesota Twins. Hey, Jude. Playground games. Native American. Norwegian Saami yoiking. Sacred harp singing. Polynesian. Kenyan children. Australian aboriginal song. Tuvan throat singing. How-to sing--Bobby McFerrin. Kids composing. Singing as a career. Congenital amusia-inability to process music.
6. It's a human right!
Instruments from trash-Paraguay. MusicCorps. England's Sing Up. More Sing Up. NYC Voice Charter School. Sidney Lanier School. Music Saves Venezuela's Children. 6th grade boys (watch to the end). All cultures. 5th Grade. PS22 Chorus. Patrick Henry Hughes. Wild Things Band. Drumline. National Anthem singer. Why music instruction for every child in schools?
7. Keep spirit alive!
Firefighters calm child. Tibet in Song. Gospel for Teens. The Rap Doc. New Afghan music schools. They Played for Their Lives. Songs of Defiance. President Obama. We Shall Overcome history, song, Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, The Singing Revolution. Public protest. Education Protest.
8. Be human!
Humans are the only species that creates music.
Music and the Brain. Through a Dog's Ear. Bedtime for Puppies. Snowball, a cockatoo. Groucho, a parrot. Music and human evolution. Jazz for cows. Ronan, a seal. Thai Elephant Orchestra.
9. Strengthen community!
Venezuela. Latvia. Chinese music in the park. Sing-alongs. 20 pianos in the streets. Young women. Elders' Wisdom: Children’s Song. U.S.A. national anthem. Canada's national anthem. Greek hockey team. Chorus. Folk songs teach history.
10. Raise reading and math achievement!
Rock 'n' Read Project. PlanetRead in India. Singing+tech boost reading. Drum patterns and math. Brain research. Minneapolis News. Education through Music. A Case for Music Education.
