Rock and Roll as a Political Force

Have you stopped to consider how widespread and influential a political force rock and roll music and lifestyles have been, in the scant sixty years they have been extant on the world scene? Rock music asserts freedom of expression, imperils tyranny, extols the blessings of a simpler life, disparages greed, and arouses the disdain, if not the fear, of institutions ranging from the Roman Catholic Church to your local police station. Try to imagine what the world will be like sixty years from now if the worldview and influence of young people and popular music have in the same manner continued to expand and articulate their franchise...

I see the medium of rock music as the most powerful teaching tool for my own particular goals:

• Encouraging a Radical Renunciation of Materialism through Knowledge of Mystics
• Teaching Human Rights and Civil Disobedience
• Preserving Indigenous Cultures and a Spiritual Connection to Nature
• Restoring Public Celebrations to Community Life
• Exploring and Developing New Choral Art Forms

It is a powerful tool because it is universal, because it reaches people simultaneously on conscious and unconscious levels, because technology helps us use it, and because nearly everything we say in this music has the tinge of newness and excitement.

Try visiting my band page, called Palimpsest, on garageband.com.

http://www.garageband.com/artist/palimpsestofhumanrights

I'll see you there.