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[ Thought Leaders ]
Have You Heard of Lizzo? Here’s Her Secret to Success
By Sam Burns
Are you trying to achieve a goal? Is it taking longer than you thought it was? Here’s the motivation you need to keep pushing forward from one of the world’s most influential stars: Lizzo!
8 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
Why is This Busker Giving All of His Money Away?
By Sam Burns
Can a street performer change the way we think about helping our neighbor? Well, in the subways of New York City, one musician’s experiment in kindness has spread to a global movement to do good with whatever talents we have!
5 minutes
[ Culture ]
Meet the Hindu Bagpipers Bringing Cultures Together
It’s easy to look back and see that some of the best innovators in history brought together two things that no one had ever thought to combine. For the best kind of ingenious fun with that concept, take a look at The Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band: a worldwide organization of Hindu bagpipers who blend Indian and Scottish music in a brilliant cultural mashup!
12 minutes
[ Creativity ]
What Are Conductors Even Doing?
Most of us have pretended to be an orchestra conductor at some point in our lives. The interesting thing is, we actually understand, on some level, what we’re doing, even if we know nothing about music! This is a fascinating and fun window into a world we never knew we shared.
12 minutes
[ Art ]
Reviving Culture Through Music
Music provides some of our richest cultural heritage, so how is it being preserved for generations to come? Here are a few remarkable people working hard to preserve the sounds from our past.
12 minutes
[ Creativity ]
Music’s String Theory
By Dr. Lynda
Thunderstruck has been done by many, but not quite like this, by a single musician. This is what happens when talent and artistic innovation combine.
