Bruce Walker – We Are The Future
Bruce Walker certainly isn’t lacking ambition. We asked him what the upcoming We Are The Future event on the 20th of November was all about,
Read MoreThe Weekly Round-Up: The Power Of Music
Stanley from Urban Fresh
We’re always sharing at Live UnLtd. We’ve been talking about music all this week, about the way it affects people, how the Internet has changed things, and the way it can be used to change our world.
You can keep up to date with everything we’re sharing on Twitter and Facebook.
The Power Of Music
Have you ever thought about why music effects us the way it does? What makes it so powerful? And how can we use that to do great things?
Bobby McFerrin plays the pentatonic scale with the audience at the World Science Festival.
Bobby McFerrin hops around the stage playing the audience like a piano, showing how, deep down, music is something that we all understand.
Piano Stairs – The Fun Theory
What happens when you replace stairs with piano keys? You can probably guess!
This was an experiment to look at the ways people could be encouraged to take the stairs rather than the escalator.
How do you listen to music?
A recent report claims that young people are using YouTube as their main choice when it comes to listening to music. You can read the full article here. Is that true for you?
This Infographic from Lab 42 looks at the way people are listening to music online:
Learning online
And how about learning how to play your favourite song? Or learning how to play an instrument you’ve always wanted to learn? More and more people are learning things like that online. Take a look at this drumming lesson from Jared Falk. Can you keep up?!
Read more about how the web is changing the way we learn music here.
Incredible people
If you haven’t seen him yet, check out this busker. Mark Goffeney was born without arms, and he taught himself to play the guitar with his feet. If that wasn’t incredible enough, he’s unbelievably good at it! This video went viral and Mark found himself as a celebrity who plays music for a living.
Music And Change
So how have people applied all of this to try and make a change?
Dr Charlie Alcock wanted to deal with the fact that one in three young people who offend have a mental health need that hasn’t been addressed when they commit the crime. She explains how she wanted to use “street therapy”, to provide people with help in settings where they feel comfortable and unthreatened.
She talked to some young people who thought that music would be a good way of doing things, and so MAC-UK (Music and Change UK) was set up. Find out more here.
You can hear Dr Alcock talking about the charity on BBC Radio London here.
Plan B – Youth, Music and London
We loved this Ted Talk from Plan B. He talks about how some young people are represented in the media, and the way he is using music to try and make a change.
How Music Can Help You Keep Healthy
Music can keep you motivated, even when you’re running through the dreary rain.
The Run Dem Crew Youngers recently showed their musical talents by producing a mixtape for RWD online magazine to inspire their members and you.
You can listen to a track from the mixtape below and download the full thing here.
We recently announced that it’s your last chance to start a running crew with the Run Dem Crew Youngers this September. Find out more here.
Live UnLtd And Music
We’ve backed a lot music-based projects at Live UnLtd. Head here to read about just some of them.
Could you start a project that uses music to change your world? We’ve teamed up The Steve Redgrave Fund to say – Your Call Your Community.
What would you change in your area? And can you think of a way that music (or anything else!) could be used to make that change? Tell us a little about your idea:
