The gift of music is precious, touching and life affirming. I hope you’re using it well.
Why Talent?
Have you ever wondered why you’re talented? Why you’re able to carry a tune, pick out harmony and rhythm, or string melodies together into a song?
And it sounds good, too. Wow.
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Why Music?
Have you ever wondered, “why music?”
I mean, everyone’s talented, but you’re talented at music. Isn’t that cool?
And it won’t go away either. Even when you’re old and gray, you’ll still be able to poke at a piano and smile.
Why You?
What’s a person like you, with your tastes, passions, interests, musical and non-musical abilities, ideas, dreams, desires and resources, supposed to DO with this gift of music?
Is this gift for you only?
Why Now?
And why now instead of the 1600’s or the 300’s?
Why 2012 with electricity, the internet, flight, connectedness, interdependence, and a confusing and growing mix of wealth, poverty, peace and deadly conflicts?
Why are you, the musically talented you, alive now?
You Should Know
I encourage you to know the answers to these and other related questions.
- We need you to know these answers because your music isn’t just for you, it’s for us too.
- You need to the answers so you can handle your treasure with care and use it well.
The alternative was posted on Facebook yesterday by The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge:
On this date, Oct. 12, 1978, while living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, Sex Pistols Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison. He would never stand trial as he died from a heroin over dose the following Feb.
The answers matter, because you matter.
