Why make music? 

10 reasons
100 videos
 

1.  Experience the joy and rapture of being alive  

   "Don't fake it, feel it".     Little Sally Walker.. Musicians on Call   (in hospitals). Singing construction worker. Korea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. Athlete musicians. Oscars 2011--NYC children's choir.  Detroit students-Body Music.  El Sistema. 13,500 singing! and response and highlights. Haiti. President Obama. 5th graders. Boys don't sing. Prison songbirds. Wizard of Oz and Bobby McFerrin. Crayola. Virtual choir and Eric Whitacker and Cloudburst. Improv. Bus driver. Friends show. Six-handed piano. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Twin Cities Gospel Choir. The Great Whistle-off. Adult band beginners. PlayingforChange. Singing Valentines. Techno-playing. Toddlers with parents. Singing in the Rain. Follow your passion. Breathing and singing.   Singing construction worker. Barbershop. Rock band. Aspiring opera singers. LA High School. 

2.  Activate your brain  

 Gabby Giffords singing to re-learn speaking. Newborn babies. Your Brain on Improv. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus. Neurologist Adele Diamond. Neurologist Aniruddh Patel. Brain Opera/Guitar Hero. Brain development & therapy. Brain & achievement. Music and emotion in the brain. Music therapy. 
3.  Heal yourself  

Singing after double lung transplant. The Choir with No Name. Dr. Oz & heart surgery patients. The singing cardiologist. Singing activates speech in stroke patient. Singing for the brain--dementia. Stroke patient relearns how to talk. About stroke & singing. Brain injury miracle. Alzheimer's. Ipods for Alzheimer's. Parkinson's. Singing Yoga. Mental health. Music has Power. Music making for healing. Drumming. Frequencies. Sound healing. Tuning fork healing.  Autism and music making.
 

4.  Boost vitality, health, and longevity  

  OOOver 90 and loving it     . 99-yr-old. The Dancing Heart. Britain's Got Talent. Young@Heart. Harmonica Man. Mayo Clinic. Songbird seniors. Nurse anesthesiologists. Sing for Your Life. Wellness. 93-yr-old conductor. Odetta - Music Has Power Awards.

5.  Develop your musical intelligence
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 with Bobby McFerrin. Kids composing. (Rare music disability called amusia). Singing as a career.

6.  It's your right  
England's Sing Up. More Sing Up. First American school based on singing? 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.

7.  Keep spirit alive
Tibet in Song (how to destroy a culture). Gospel for Teens. The Rap Doc. New Afghan music schools teach orphans. They Played for Their Lives. Songs of Defiance. Get Up, Stand Up. President Obama. We Shall Overcome history, song, Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, and BP Oil Protest Song. The Singing Revolution. Public protest. Education Protest.
  
8.  Be human
Animals respond to and imitate music but do not generate it:
Bedtime for Puppies. Snowball, a cockatoo. Groucho, a parrot. Music and human evolution. Jazz for cows.

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
Brain research-music & language. TUNEin to READING and student testimonials. Minneapolis News.  Education through Music. The Case for Music Education.