Podcasts about kids music day

Is it just us, or has it been a reeeeaaaaally long week? We're glad it's Friday. Today is Smile Day, Cinnamon Roll Day, Kids Music Day, Truckers Day & Good Buddy Day, Vodka Day (John's favorite), and Manufacturing Day. We start the morning talking about the heartbreak of the Brewer's loss last night. We all agree that "that scrappy team deserved to win!" Then our friend John Craemer from the Press Times talks about the trip he's a part of tomorrow. The Stars & Stripes Honor Flight will partner with the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Milwaukee Bucks to sponsor the Flight of Champions on Saturday, Oct. 5. Maino and the Mayor is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-9 am on WGBW in Green Bay and on WISS in Appleton/Oshkosh. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Maino and the Mayor! Guest: John Craemer

For more information about my healings and programs, go to www.charissasims.com. Keep Music AliveVincent James has been circulating in the musical world for over 3 decades. He first began as a songwriting penning “Rock & Roll and Wrestling Connection” in the mid-80s that was made into a music video by PRISM Television staring Cyndi Lauper, Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper. Eventually James elected to go the artist route and released several recordings including two national singles. He is the co-founder of Keep Music Alive with his wife, Joann Pierdomenico in the summer of 2014. The non-profit foundation supports “Kids Music Day', Teach Music Week and an Instrument Petting Zoo. https://www.keepmusicalive.org/

When was the last time you held a musical instrument? Some would say recently, but I'd bet for most of us it has been quite a while. Now, did you know that there are adult friendly instrument petting zoos? Welcome to the Just Dumb Enough Podcast. A show that acknowledges no one is always an expert, by dispelling misconceptions with real experts.  My guest today is Vincent James. Vincent is Co-Founder of Keep Music Alive, a international non-profit focused on music education and advocacy. They partner with over 1,200 music schools and stores to provide free lessons multiple times per year, and are backed by such famous artists as: Jack Black, Julie Andrews, Vanessa Williams, Richie Sambora, Kenny Loggins, and many more. The closest of these events is "Kids Music Day" happening between September 29th and October 8th of this year, which is next week and the week after. ( Www.KeepMusicAlive.Org ) Also, it kind of snuck up on me that this show is turning 2 years old next week... That's really hard for me to imagine, because time has seemed to just fly by. There's so much I've done with the show, and still so much more I want to do. But I figure we'll make next week a special, guest-free episode like I did with the 1 year. Feel free to send your thoughts, questions, or feelings to DumbEnoughPodcast@Gmail.Com and maybe I'll be reading them on air as we celebrate. But for now, Let's save music! I've always wanted to gain some real musical skill, so maybe I'll see some of you out at the next public event. Just promise not to judge me to hard when you see how little talent I have. We're over halfway through September and the rankings have stabilized a little more: 1. The United States, led by New York, Oregon, and California. 2. The United Kingdom, just barely led by Scotland 3. Australia, with New South Wales still in the lead. 4. India. 5. Ontario, Canada. Barely keeping their place in the top 5. That's it for this week! Have a great week I'll see you all back here for the next episode! Until the next episode, please do all the things to help the show: rate, review, like, and subscribe. Also tell your friends! Reach out to DumbEnoughPodcast@Gmail.Com or on any social media if you want to reach me personally. Most importantly, Stay Dumb!

Keep Music Alive was founded by husband and wife team Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico in the summer of 2014. They believe every child deserves the opportunity to learn how to play music and every adult needs to be reminded that it's never too late to start playing. All donations to Keep Music Alive are tax-deductible and support Kids Music Day, Teach Music Week and their year-round Instrument Petting Zoo programs. In episode 388 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Vincent chose Widener University, what are the benefits of playing music as a students, what is Kids Music Day and Teach Music Week, how he's able to get famous ambassadors for Kids Music Day, what are the instrument petting zoos in schools, what we should do if music programs are being cut in our school, what we can do about the high costs for both the instrument and the clothing needed for shows, and whether it's too late for me to start playing music as an adult. Enjoy!

Neil Nayyar at 16 years old plays and owns 117 musical instruments from around the world. Chances are if you love a particular type of music, Neil plays it, and he plays it well. Classical, Bollywood, jazz, rock, and sounds from all over the globe flow from this musician, but this is not the only amazing thing about him. Neil's parents credit much of his ability and love of music to Mozart classics he listened to while still in the womb. However, his talent didn't surface until he was 5, when he took a drum class and wowed everyone. And this was just the beginning. A lot of Neil's talent and abilities as a multi-instrumentalist are natural, but he leaves nothing to chance. He practices music six hours each day, and receives training from 25 musical professionals both locally and internationally. Neil holds the Assist Foundation's world record as the youngest person to play all those instruments from all parts of the planet. The foundation provides resources for secondary education opportunities for young people around the world. Neil sings in six languages. He is releasing his first music book and music album next month. Neil is also selected for Grammy Camp (Recording Academy/Grammy Awards), recently featured in two Honda H-RV commercials, is scoring two films, and will represent KIDS Music Day as the spokesperson on Oct. 7, when more than a thousand locations will offer special events for kids playing music in 50 cities. More information: Kids Music Day | KeepMusicAlive.

With Yesterday having been Kid's Music Day, Musician, Manana for more on Apple-owned artist development company Platoon released a 17-track African Lullabies compilation album in celebration of Kids Music Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Vincent James is on a mission to help more children (and adults) reap the educational, therapeutic and social benefits of playing music. We discuss using the power of music to reduce stress and increase our overall health and wellness.   Kids Music Day: www.kidsmusicday.org Website: https://www.KeepMusicAlive.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepmusicaliveorg/

The co-founders of Keep Music Alive, whose mission is to promote the value of music. To help support their mission they have also founded Kids Music Day, which is coming up in a few weeks, on October 1st, AND they have founded Teach Music Week, which happens in March. They are also co-authors of a book series called, “88 Ways Music Can Change Your Life.” He is a lifelong musician and songwriter. She is a beginner percussionist and has recently started on the ukulele too.

akaRadioRed welcomes four dedicated creatives. Dr. George Viney is a Jungian and Archetypal psychotherapist, poet, magician, storyteller, speaker, and author of the books The Fathering Thread & The Protecting Veil and The Wedding of Eros and Psyche. His creative calling: caring for the psyche through a poetic, mythological consciousness, dreams, and meaningful synchronicities. Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico founded the non-profit Keep Music Alive and international Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. They partner with 1,000+ music schools and stores and are the authors of the “88 Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series. Serge Hoffmann, who has worked in the software and automotive industries for 35+ years, focuses his creativity on music composition, despite a record company CEO's advice to keep music as a hobby. Serge's music has allowed him to reach “extraordinary events and audiences” including TED Talks and Cirque du Soleil. Read My Lips: Using Your Creativity to Change the World!

akaRadioRed welcomes four dedicated creatives. Dr. George Viney is a Jungian and Archetypal psychotherapist, poet, magician, storyteller, speaker, and author of the books The Fathering Thread & The Protecting Veil and The Wedding of Eros and Psyche. His creative calling: caring for the psyche through a poetic, mythological consciousness, dreams, and meaningful synchronicities. Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico founded the non-profit Keep Music Alive and international Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. They partner with 1,000+ music schools and stores and are the authors of the “88 Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series. Serge Hoffmann, who has worked in the software and automotive industries for 35+ years, focuses his creativity on music composition, despite a record company CEO's advice to keep music as a hobby. Serge's music has allowed him to reach “extraordinary events and audiences” including TED Talks and Cirque du Soleil. Read My Lips: Using Your Creativity to Change the World!

“I have really come to believe all the different arts is really what makes us human otherwise, we would just be a computer or machine.” Vincent James Most people often discover their purpose as they journey through the process of creative self-expression, which then brings them joy and a sense of self-fulfillment. Our guest today, Vincent James, got to experience this transformative moment thirty years into creating and exploring the art of music and has since never looked back. Vincent James has been circulating in the musical world for over 3 decades. He first began as a songwriter penning “Rock & Roll and Wrestling Connection” in the mid-80s that was made into a music video by PRISM Television starring Cyndi Lauper, Hulk Hogan, and Rowdy Roddy Piper. James later began managing local bands helping to book and promote hundreds of live shows. Eventually, James elected to go the artist route and released several recordings including two national singles. Highlights included the humorous “Y2K” song that landed a local FOX news spot, a Billboard review, and an appearance on the nationally syndicated Jenny Jones Show. A few years later, James's single “One More Night” aired on over 80 radio stations nationwide, landed a spot on the Friday Morning Quarterback radio chart, and launched his transition to Mr. Love Songs. Over the next decade, James wrote dozens of custom love songs for weddings, anniversaries, and other special occasions through his LoveSongs.com website. Change came knocking in 2014 when James realized he wasn't serving his true purpose. After listening to a teleseminar entitled “How Everyone Has a Book Inside Them”, James decided to publish a book along featuring inspirational music stories about how music changed people's lives. Co-authored with his wife Joann, “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life”: https://amzn.to/359FN2B  was first published in June 2015 and features stories and anecdotes from both regular and famous musicians. Story contributors include Rick Wakeman (YES), Vanessa Carlton, Simon Kirke (Bad Company/FREE), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Bill Champlin (Chicago), Rob Hyman & Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) along with hit songwriters Seidah Garrett (Michael Jackson), Billy Steinberg (Madonna) and Bobby Hart (The Monkees). The sequel to “88+ Ways Music” was published on New Years' Eve 2020 and is entitled “88 MORE Ways Music Can Change Your Life”: https://amzn.to/3goDePs . 80% of all “88 Ways Music” proceed from both books are donated to music education and service non-profits. While publishing and promoting “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life”, James began to discover his true passion for music education. Along with his wife, they formed the Keep Music Alive organization and launched the 1st Annual Teach Music Week in March 2015 and the first Annual Kids Music Day in October 2016. Keep Music Alive officially became a non-profit in October 2017 and now partners with over 1,000 music schools, music stores, and other organizations to offer free lessons to new students and special events that benefit and celebrate kids playing music. These events range from student performances, instrument petting zoos, drum & ukulele circles, instrument donation drives, and more. Over a dozen celebrities have signed on as Kids Music Day Ambassadors lending their name and image for the cause including Julie Andrews, Jack Black, Sarah McLachlan, Kenny Loggins, Michael Feinstein, Vanessa Williams, Pat Benatar, and more. Television and Broadway star Matthew Morrison signed on as the Official Spokesperson for the milestone 5th Annual Kids Music Day in October 2020, leading to Kids Music Day being featured on Entertainment Tonight, People TV, and Good Day New York. In today's episode, we will be discussing Vincent James's experiences as he explored his art in music and how he found his purpose and passion for advocating for children's music and storytelling. Listen in! Social media handles www.Facebook.com/KeepMusicAliveMission  www.Instagram.com/KeepMusicAliveOrg  www.Twitter.com/4KeepMusicAlive www.Facebook.com/88WaysMusic It is really funny, Michael, how this all started. I bounced around through several different areas, which I enjoy and I was pretty good at them. [5:46] But along the way, through those 30 years, I never really felt like I was truly doing my full purpose, what I was meant to do. [5:58] One day, I was drawn to listen to a teleseminar training about how everyone has a book inside them they need to write. [6:05] I never thought I would write a book because by day, I'm an engineer, and by night, and weekends, I do all this music stuff. [6:12] Because I'm going back and forth. I'm not really an expert on any, like a jack of all trades, right? Who's gonna buy a book, I'm not an expert. [6:20] While I'm on this call, it was like a bolt of lightning hit me what about a book of inspirational stories of how music impacted people's lives, I wouldn't have to write anything. [6:27] I would just gather stories, edit them, and then we would publish them and inspire others to play music and to share the gift of music because I know how important it is to me. [6:36] And then along the way, as we started doing research, this whole thing kind of morphed eventually into the ‘Keep Music Alive' nonprofit years later. [6:46] So as we dug into all the research and peeled the layers back on the onion it became just amazing to me. [6:58] My primary focus is advocating for music and music education because that's just really where my heart is. [7:36] When playing music you're building up not only your musical skills, but your social skills as you're connecting with your tribe. [9:35] When you're playing an instrument you are firing back and forth between the left logical and the right creative sides, much more than almost anything we do as humans. [9:50] The corpus callosum part of the brain gets bigger for the kids that have had musical education during their developmental years and this is how we get thinkers outside the box. [10:03] Add on the motor skills that you have to do for your finger position. [10:11] The brain is an amazing thing and we're only scratching the surface in our lifetime of what the brain is capable of. [11:56] If people intentionally explore different types of music along the way, they don't just become locked in but they have to learn new things to expand the brain. [13:56] We ran into a fellow who is 15 years old and from the west coast and he could play 107 unique instruments on a good level. [14:52 They credited his skills to when his mother was pregnant where they used to take the speaker and put it up to his mom's belly. [15:08] Commercial break. [16:18] March of 2016, I came up with the idea of having a week every year where musicians offer free lessons to somebody and I put up a couple of social media posts. [18:00] I started reaching out to schools and so that second year, we had 23 music schools and eight states that said ye. [18:19] We built our homegrown database and now have like 5000 and we started reaching schools and stores t to encourage them to participate and then we just grew it organically year after year. [18:45] After the second or third teach music week, we ran into a girl who was doing something called kids yoga day and I wondered if there was a kids music day. [18:58] We looked it up and there was no such thing and we decided to start doing it where the music schools and stores offer some sort of event or promotion that either benefits or celebrates kids playing music. [19:20] The idea is to raise a loud enough voice so we can get the media everywhere talking about it and get more kids involved in music in the arts. [19:33] We work with another national organization called hungry for music where we do local instrument donation and we donate some to a local non-profit school and repurpose others that are completely broken so that it's not going into the landfill. [21:16] Before we started all this, I didn't pay much attention, I was on my own just doing my own thing. [22:11] But then as I started to focus on what we're doing and the advocacy I started thinking about it. [22:18] I have come to believe all the different arts is really what makes us human otherwise, we would just be a computer or machine. [22:25] What would be the difference if we didn't have our culture and all the different varied beautiful cultures around the world? [22:35] I think that's really why we need music and art, to express ourselves for therapeutic reasons. [22:43] We are always looking for new stories for the music book series and we donate 80% of the proceeds. [23:48] For ‘Keep Music Alive,' we are continuing to build it up year by year and we will also do our musical instrument petting zoo events around the Philadelphia area, schools and libraries. [24:01] We also do special ones for children that are on the spectrum where it is just solely dedicated to them, and they come in with their families. [24:19] I would just encourage people that whatever passion or business case, you just need to be persistent and consistent with it. [27:58] I believe one of the reasons we have had so much success with what we're doing now is because we've been consistently doing it for seven years now building it out. 28:09] One of the things that I always like to share with people is that silence never means no. [28:22] …………………………………………………………………………………… Thank You to our August Sponsor! Tired of the time and expense to get a manicure or pedicure? Try Color Street today! Base, color, and top coats of high-quality liquid nail polish in each strip results in a brilliant, salon-quality manicure in just minutes. No dry time, smudges, or streaks, and your mani/pedi lasts up to 10 days. Color Street is 100% real nail polish, not stickers. Learn More: https://www.colorstreet.com/bhroberts/party/2095611  

akaRadioRed welcomes four dedicated creatives. Dr. George Viney is a Jungian and Archetypal psychotherapist, poet, magician, storyteller, speaker, and author of the books The Fathering Thread & The Protecting Veil and The Wedding of Eros and Psyche. His creative calling: caring for the psyche through a poetic, mythological consciousness, dreams, and meaningful synchronicities. Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico founded the non-profit Keep Music Alive and international Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. They partner with 1,000+ music schools and stores and are the authors of the “88 Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series. Serge Hoffmann, who has worked in the software and automotive industries for 35+ years, focuses his creativity on music composition, despite a record company CEO's advice to keep music as a hobby. Serge's music has allowed him to reach “extraordinary events and audiences” including TED Talks and Cirque du Soleil. Read My Lips: Using Your Creativity to Change the World!

akaRadioRed welcomes four dedicated creatives. Dr. George Viney is a Jungian and Archetypal psychotherapist, poet, magician, storyteller, speaker, and author of the books The Fathering Thread & The Protecting Veil and The Wedding of Eros and Psyche. His creative calling: caring for the psyche through a poetic, mythological consciousness, dreams, and meaningful synchronicities. Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico founded the non-profit Keep Music Alive and international Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. They partner with 1,000+ music schools and stores and are the authors of the “88 Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series. Serge Hoffmann, who has worked in the software and automotive industries for 35+ years, focuses his creativity on music composition, despite a record company CEO's advice to keep music as a hobby. Serge's music has allowed him to reach “extraordinary events and audiences” including TED Talks and Cirque du Soleil. Read My Lips: Using Your Creativity to Change the World!

Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico are not only role models for living Brilliantly Resilient, they are showing the world how music is a universal tool of resilience. We all can attest to the brilliance that music unleashes. These founders of Kids Music Day and Keep Music Alive as well as authors of 88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life went from never heard of and getting no after no after no for their ideas... to hanging out with Jack Canfield (the brilliant founder of the Chicken Soup for the Soul mega hits) Julie Andrews, Richie Sambora, and more incredible A-listers. This episode is packed with inspiration and take-a-ways that YOU can put into practice on your own journey to living Brilliantly Resilient! Learn more about Vincent & Joann at https://www.keepmusicalive.org. Join the Brilliantly Resilient Community on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/groups/BrilliantlyResilient.

For the video version, click here and subscribe: https://youtu.be/cHSIT8NIOGc We all know the power of music. Or do we? "88 MORE Ways Music Can Change Your Life" is the follow up to "88+ Ways Music" and takes you on a powerful journey, through the eyes of people who have seen music alter the future course of people’s lives. From music’s ability to heal an injured brain to its ability to unite a troubled community, you will laugh, cry and be inspired. Vincent James has been circulating in the musical world for over 3 decades. He first began as a songwriting penning “Rock & Roll and Wrestling Connection” in the mid-80s that was made into a music video by PRISM Television starting Cyndi Lauper, Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper. James later began managing local bands helping to book and promote hundreds of live shows. Joann is the co-founder of the organization "Keep Music Alive" and 2 international music holidays: "Teach Music Week" and "Kids Music Day". Together, Joann & Vincent are promoting the value & importance of music: academically, therapeutically and overall making us a happier society. Joann's book series "88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life" features over 100 inspirational music quotes and stories relating how music has affected the lives of people around the world. https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Music-Change-Your-Life/dp/0998363707 theworldmusicfoundation.org http://www.88waysmusic.com/

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In this episode of The Nonprofit Architect, Travis features Vincent James, the founder of “Keep Music Alive”, a nonprofit organization that focuses on musical education and support of kids with an interest in music. He shares his experience as a startup and gives a breakdown of the journey so far. Conversation Highlights [01:40] Vincent shares some of his background with music and the startup if his nonprofit organization. [07:30] NPOs can insert their cause into a particular date or week dedicated to it yearly and benefit from the awareness and support it generates.  [09:56] Take away #1: E-mails get a better response when they are personalized rather than spammed. [12:56] What to do when there is no reply to your emails. [16:37] Take away #2: "Polite persistence, keep asking". [19:23] Vincent gives a few tips on how to locate contacts of celebrities [25:15] Take away #3: Be an "Ask-aholic". [26:03] Raising funds for "Keep Music Alive". [28:38] Focusing on the reason for starting your nonprofit organization, makes it easier to ask for help. Remarkable Quotes [18:24] "Silence never means no". [19:19] "Don't write people off just because they said No the first time". [21:11] "If you don't ask, it's a guaranteed No" [36:22] "A rising tide lifts all boats". Who is Vincent James? Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico are the founders of the national non-profit Keep Music Alive and two international music holidays: Teach Music Week (March) and Kids Music Day (October). Each year, they partner with 750+ music schools and stores in over a dozen countries to offer free lessons to new students and to hold special events that benefit and celebrate kids playing music. These events range from student performances, instrument petting zoos, drum & ukulele circles, instrument donation drives and more. Over a dozen celebrities have signed on as Kids Music Day Ambassadors lending their name and image for the cause including Julie Andrews, Jack Black, Sarah McLachlan, Kenny Loggins, Michael Feinstein, Vanessa Williams, Pat Benatar and more. When not rallying around Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day, they can also be found putting on Musical Instrument Petting Zoo events throughout the Philadelphia region. Over a dozen instrument petting zoo events were held in 2019 at schools, libraries, and other public spaces with keyboards, guitars, ukuleles, and dozens of different percussion instruments. Vincent & Joann are also authors of the “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series with each edition featuring over 100 inspirational music stories from around the world. 80% of the proceeds from the book series are donated to several music education and service non-profits. Resources How to Contact Celebrities PDF Contact Info: vincent@keepmusicalive.org http://www.Facebook.com/KeepMusicAliveMission https://www.instagram.com/keepmusicaliveorg/ https://twitter.com/4keepmusicalive

In this episode of The Nonprofit Architect, Travis features Vincent James, the founder of “Keep Music Alive”, a nonprofit organization that focuses on musical education and support of kids with an interest in music. He shares his experience as a startup and gives a breakdown of the journey so far. Conversation Highlights [01:40] Vincent shares some of his background with music and the startup if his nonprofit organization. [07:30] NPOs can insert their cause into a particular date or week dedicated to it yearly and benefit from the awareness and support it generates.  [09:56] Take away #1: E-mails get a better response when they are personalized rather than spammed. [12:56] What to do when there is no reply to your emails. [16:37] Take away #2: "Polite persistence, keep asking". [19:23] Vincent gives a few tips on how to locate contacts of celebrities [25:15] Take away #3: Be an "Ask-aholic". [26:03] Raising funds for "Keep Music Alive". [28:38] Focusing on the reason for starting your nonprofit organization, makes it easier to ask for help. Remarkable Quotes [18:24] "Silence never means no". [19:19] "Don't write people off just because they said No the first time". [21:11] "If you don't ask, it's a guaranteed No" [36:22] "A rising tide lifts all boats". Who is Vincent James? Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico are the founders of the national non-profit Keep Music Alive and two international music holidays: Teach Music Week (March) and Kids Music Day (October). Each year, they partner with 750+ music schools and stores in over a dozen countries to offer free lessons to new students and to hold special events that benefit and celebrate kids playing music. These events range from student performances, instrument petting zoos, drum & ukulele circles, instrument donation drives and more. Over a dozen celebrities have signed on as Kids Music Day Ambassadors lending their name and image for the cause including Julie Andrews, Jack Black, Sarah McLachlan, Kenny Loggins, Michael Feinstein, Vanessa Williams, Pat Benatar and more. When not rallying around Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day, they can also be found putting on Musical Instrument Petting Zoo events throughout the Philadelphia region. Over a dozen instrument petting zoo events were held in 2019 at schools, libraries, and other public spaces with keyboards, guitars, ukuleles, and dozens of different percussion instruments. Vincent & Joann are also authors of the “88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life” book series with each edition featuring over 100 inspirational music stories from around the world. 80% of the proceeds from the book series are donated to several music education and service non-profits. Contact Info: vincent@keepmusicalive.org http://www.Facebook.com/KeepMusicAliveMission https://www.instagram.com/keepmusicaliveorg/ https://twitter.com/4keepmusicalive

Today’s guest is Vincent James. He and his wife Joann are founders of the national non-profit Keep Music Alive, which launched two international music holidays: Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. Each year, they partner with over 750 music schools and stores in 15 countries to offer free lessons [...] The post 88 Ways to Keep Music Alive appeared first on AuthorExpertWire Podcast.

Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico are the founders of Keep Music Alive, a national 501c3 non-profit that promotes the value of music. They launched two international music holidays: Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day.  Each year, they partner with hundreds of music schools in all 50 states, Canada and beyond to offer free lessons to new students (kids and adults) and hold events celebrating kids playing music. Vincent and Joann are authors of the book series 88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life. Volume 1 features 100+ inspirational music stories from Vanessa Carlton, Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Free), Rick Wakeman (YES), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Bill Champlin (Chicago), Rob Parissi (Wild Cherry/Play That Funky Music) and more. KeepMusicAlive.org Haven E. Carter is an executive coach, speaker, and the author of Mindful Moments: Everyday Mindfulness for Real People and Making A Difference. Haven teaches mindfulness because she believes speed is the illusion of mastery and to be your best, you need to slow down. "When you pause, you find clarity, you focus, and you are more productive." Her credentials: Nia Black Belt, 52 Moves, 5 Stages of Self Healing Teacher; Energy Therapy–Reiki Jin Kei Do Master and Teacher; Buddho EnerSense Level 3. Haven spent 25+ years in marketing, sales and business development leading teams, developing talent, crafting campaigns and generating new revenues to grow businesses. She worked with RJR Nabisco, Sega of America, and Sony PlayStation. Haven was the Senior Marketing Product Director for Sony and a team leader for the PlayStation launch, still the single most successful product introduction in Sony’s history. https://www.havenecarter.com

Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico are the founders of Keep Music Alive, a national 501c3 non-profit hat promotes the value of music. They've launched two international music holidays: Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. Each year, they partner with hundreds of music schools in all 50 states, Canada and beyond to offer free lessons to new students (kids and adults) and hold events celebrating kids playing music. They wrote the book series 88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life. Volume 1 features 100+ inspirational music stories from celebrities and others. They are now searching for stories for Volume 2 to be published in 2019. Info: www.KeepMusicAlive.org   84-year-old Arsen "Papa Soob" Marsoobian is known as TheAgeless Attitude Ambassador. His message: learn to live in the present moment regardless of your age. On his 65th birthday in 1999, Papa Soob underwent a second major open heart surgery wihin 70 days. This event affected every aspect of his life, as chronicled in his books, Don't Die - 3 Essential Truths For Your Fulfilled and Happy Life and A Heartbeat Away: Are You Ready? Arsen was enjoying a quiet retirement playing up to 175 rounds of golf a year until 2009, when motivational speaker Les Brown encouraged and coached Arsen to find his true vocation of inspiring others to live to their fullest and never give up. Papa Soob will share his insights on how to leave planet earth with no regrets. Info: www.papasoob.com 

Today we're joined on the show by Vincent James, who is the co-founder of an organisation called Keep Music Alive. They organise two big music holidays each year: Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day. In 2017 they partnered with over 600 music school and retail locations to help celebrate Teach Music Week and Kids Music Day by offering free music lessons and holding other community events including open houses, student performances and instrument donation drives. Vincent and his wife Joann are also authors of a book called "88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life" which features over 100 inspirational music stories from around the world, including a number of celebrities. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vincent is also the man behind LoveSongs.com, writing custom love songs on request.   In this conversation, we was keen to find out more about the musician behind these three fascinating and impressive projects. We talk about:   • The book “88+ Ways…” - what inspired him to take on such an ambitious project and how it came about. I also ask Vincent to share two of his favourite stories from the book. • His experience writing custom love songs for couples and his advice to all budding songwriters. • The two nationwide events he’s organised, partnering with over 600 music schools and stores across the US, to promote music learning.   And Vincent shares the biggest lesson that comes through all of these projects and successes which you can apply to your own musical life.   We've really loved reading a story or two from 88+ Ways each day recently, it’s a great way to stay aware of and inspired by the incredible power of music in our world. Between the stories Vincent shares in this conversation and the events he has coming up in 2018 that you can get involved in, you’re going to come away from this one feeling uplifted and inspired too.   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 050   Links and Resources • KeepMusicAlive.org • KidsMusicDay.org • TeachMusicWeek.org • “So Many Things”, by Vincent James • 88+ Ways Music Can Change Your Life • Interview with Sara Campbell     Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

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