Playing For Change
is a movement to connect the world through music.


The act of playing music with people of different cultures, religions, economics and politics is a powerful statement. It shows that we can find ways of working together and sharing our experiences with one another in a positive way.
 
Music has the power to break down the walls between cultures, to raise the level of human understanding.


Assembling non-established musical performers from around the world, PFC delivers its message of change through song and in a very unique, trans-continental way. "The Playing For Change movement has a timely connection with the 'Change' movement of President Obama in that they are both driven by humanity, inspiration, and the desire to create a better world," says Mark Johnson, the Grammy-award winning producer/engineer and organization's co-founder. "Change for the love of everyone, change for the good of everyone, change that will make everything all right."

"For the past four years, a small crew has traveled the world with recording equipment and cameras in search of inspiration and human connections," Johnson explains. "The result is a movement connecting the world through music." He witnessed, firsthand, the power of music when, in South Africa, he and his team watched "people marching down streets, singing in groups of thousands," and doing more to "effect positive change than any weapon ever could."

His truly big idea began when he heard two monks playing in a New York subway. They were surrounded by about two hundred morning commuters who chose listening to the pair than arriving at work on time. The producer recalls, "It occurred to me that here is a group of people that would normally run by each other, but instead, they're coming together. And it's the music that brought them together."

Johnson then began recording little known musicians from around the world, dubbing the process "Playing For Change," it implying both busking and trying to propagate evolution. Eventually, he and his team visited everywhere from New Orleans to the Himalayas, South Africa to Jerusalem and beyond in his quest to capture the essence of regular people making heartfelt music, that being the universal condition that links musicians, vocalists and the message in all parts of the world. Filmed under the sun or streetlights, doorways, parks, plazas, on cobblestone streets or hilly regions, and employing innovative, state of the art equipment and techniques, these collaborations took place hundreds to thousands of miles apart, and has become the standard process.

The Movie and a CD will be out soon!

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