Introducing ImaginArtists

You’ve heard of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the PeaceCorps and AmeriCorps. Please join PeaceLabs, MNSi and the ImaginArtists Alliance in promoting the creation of a Music and Artist Corps.

Millions Flock to Watch Disney’s “Camp Rock”

Something about music… “Camp” debuted to 8.9 million total viewers Friday night, with fans holding viewing parties nationwide. A second airing Saturday night on ABC pulled in 3.6 million viewers, while a third airing Sunday on ABC Family averaged a solid 3.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen. Meanwhile, the movie’s premiere in Canada became Family … [Read more…]

Music Saves Lives: In Prison

“The despair gripped me, like a nightmare had become my life,” said Ms. Ahmad, 26, a shy law student from Malaysia who claims she is innocent of charges of trying to smuggle cocaine on a flight from Caracas to Paris. “But when the music begins, I am lifted away from this place.” Ms. Ahmad plays … [Read more…]

Rock, Pop & Soul with Huckabee & Obama

Music’s a uniter, not a divider! It certainly transcends political parties, religious affiliations, ethnicities and most everything else that can come between us. Senator Obama (Michelle above w/ Stevie) wants to create an “Artist Corps.” Governor Huckabee (above, smiling w/ his bass) wants to make universal music and arts education the law of the land…Hmmm, … [Read more…]

A symbol of mental willpower

From David Brooks, today, NYT: “Then they get spiritual. In Slate, Robert Wright only semi-facetiously compared Woods to Gandhi, for his ability to live in the present and achieve transcendent awareness. Analysts inevitably bring up his mother’s Buddhism, his experiments in meditation. They describe his match-mentality in the phrases one might use to describe a … [Read more…]

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Luke Russert, son of the late ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Tim Russert, touches his father’s empty chair on the darkened set at NBC studios in Washington. Democratic strategist James Carville and wife, Republican strategist Mary Matalin, regular ‘Meet the Press’ guests, burst into tears during taping of Sundays tribute show.—–

Missing Russert…

Tim Russert dies at 58. For me, Sundays will never be the same…but the loss of Tim Russert is bigger than the sadness we all feel in his absence. In my opinion, through his weekly show “Meet the Press,” Tim played a key role in making our democracy work. I’m not exaggerating. Tim was unique … [Read more…]

NPAC Endorses Artists Corps

NPAC Endorses Artists Corps: The final session of the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention in Denver ratifies the Artist Corps and commits participating organizations and thousands of artists to support its development. At the beginning of the convention, participants were asked to work together to design the future of “the Arts” America. On the final … [Read more…]

Rolex Funds Artist Mentor Program

23 artists have been selected in an unusual program Rolex started in 2002 that pairs developing artists with masters over the course of a year. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/arts/10ment.html?ref=arts At about $100K/pop, looks like there’s money out there for artist cultivation. Interesting to consider the different thresholds required (“cost per artist” for instance) for federal verses corporate funding … [Read more…]