Why make music?  10 reasons 100 videos   1.  Experience the joy and rapture of being alive!       "Don't fake it, feel it". China's Got Talent-moved to tears. Britain's Got Talent 13-yr-old.      BritLittle Sally Walker.   Musicians on Call in hospital. Korea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. Athlete musicians.   Oscars   2011. Detroit Body Music. El Sistema. El Sistema USA. 13,500 singing!-response-highlights. Haiti. President Obama. 5th graders. Rock band. Boys don't sing. Prison songbirds. LA HS. Wizard of Oz. Bobby McFerrin. Crayola. Virtual choir. Eric Whitacker. Cloudburst. Improv. Bus driver. Friends. Adult band. Aspiring opera singers. PlayingforChange. 6-hands. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Adult beginners. The Great Whistle-off. Barbershop. Follow your passion. Singing in the Rain. Techno-playing. Singing Valentines. Ah-ha!.    2.  Activate your brain     Mike Huckabee. 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   Music reactivates a brain. 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    96-year-old grandma.   OOOver 90 and loving it     . At 99-oldest Barbershop singer  . A "Man Band". 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 How music works--melody. 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. Singing as a career. Amusia. 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. Why music instruction for every child in schools          ?    .       7. Keep spirit alive Tibet in Song. 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 Only humans generate music, but animals do respond. Through a Dog's Ear. 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. TUNEin to READING and student testimonials. Minneapolis News. Education through Music. A Case for Music Education.

 Contact:  Ann Kay, Director 
Center for Lifelong Music Making
annckay@comcast.net
952.937.1110