playing for change

At first, I didn't see a correlation with having poor kids play music, or how music brings together the less fortunate because I was thinking that less fortunate immigrants that come here may listen to completely different music. If that was the case, then not all music would bring together people. I do think his use of street performers and children did bring together a very vivid image of music affecting people's lives, and his cause is a very good one. The video of the children learning music is a little excessive in my option, but in a way it does show that the money is going towards something good. I wouldn't say music is exactly the connector in people's lives. If anything it may divide people, but children that learn to play music have been shown to be, for lack of a better word, smarter. It does promote creativity. I have a quote that I thought was fitting: "A growing body of research confirms the relationship between high quality preschool and later success in school and in life ... Music engages the brain over a period of time .... the process of listening to music could be a way that the brain sharpens its ability to sustain attention." — Stanford University School of Medicine, July 2007. Don't get me wrong, I loved the music in the short clip, but it all seemed a little sappy to me. That was their purpose afterall, right?