Being a music publishing and production company, CqE is all about music and its influence. What influences CqE the most is using music to save lives. Music is a powerful medium, and honestly, no matter what the financial state of the country or even the world, there will always be a desire and need for music.
In the fight to save lives through music, the “Stay Tuned” blog wants to focus on one profession association who seems to do it the best. We are influenced by VH1’s Save the Music Foundation and all its efforts. The foundation is a non-profit organization focused on reintroducing instrumental music education in the public schools of America. They are also adamant about raising the awareness about how important music is as part of the youth’s “complete education”.
For those unfamiliar within the foundation, VH1 Save the Music Foundation’s goal is to work with school districts of elementary and middle schools to implement instrumental programs in all school within the district who don’t have such programs. VH1 Save the Music Foundation is willing to provide each school with grants of new music instruments in order for that school to develop and offer instrumental music instruction curriculum for its students regardless of financial background.
HOW THIS HELPS THE INDUSTRY
In creating and sustaining these programs, you give the youth a better chance at being a success in life. Starting at this age, you are preparing the next generation of music artists, songwriters, and/or music producers. For some youth who come out of dangerous backgrounds, this foundation has also saved their life.
No one person can truly be a success, until they learn to give back. What is the point of gaining a lifetime of knowledge and experience just to keep to yourself? Any artist who has had his/her fair share of success is looking for a protégé. When you support and have a foundation like the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, you are ensuring that not only does music have a future, but also you are investing in the next Michael Jackson, Bono, Prince, Billy Joel, or even Jay-Z.
VH1 Save the Music Foundation’s website has a section on “Success Stories” which run the gauntlet from music saving kids from dropping out of school, to music allowing someone to be the first in their family to make it to college, to music giving students more focus academically. According to its website, the foundation has “provided more than $47 million in new musical instruments to 1750 public schools in over 100 cities around the country.” We can easily say that the VH1 Save the Music Foundation is not only saving the lives of the youth all over the States, but also the future of the music industry itself. This is important to the industry not only for the obvious reasons, but also further proof that used in the right way, music can and will save lives.
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