James Taylor to Headline Benefit Concert For Musicians On Call @ Hard Rock Cafe NY ~ Feb 24th
Many thanks to 70′s Classic Rock blog for this awesome and worthy organisation.
a non profit that formed in 1999 to bring live and recorded music to the bedsides of folks who reside in Healthcare facilities. They use music to promote and complement the healing process for the patient and also the families and caregivers.
The org was founded by Michael Solomon and Vivek Tiwary during their volunteer work with the Kristen Ann Carr Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
To read more about this organisation please go to this page…http://www.musiciansoncall.org/?id=10609&sid=10594
When I am feeling unwell music always helps, no matter what my mood I can always get a benefit from the tunes I play on my MP3 player.
I use what you call New Age ( I call ambient ) music to bring my heart rate down and help me get my bearings again when I am stressed. I can actually feel the heart slow and my emotions calm.
I also know that music has been shown in some research to provide real benefits to the patients including pain management from cancer and other intense illnesses.
The list of supporters for this intensely awesome org is stuffed full of the biggest and best, from People Mag and Hard Rock Cafe to Entertainment EW.com, RCA Music and Disney Cast Community Fund. The list is extensive and can be accessed here.
http://www.musiciansoncall.org/index.htm?id=11637&sid=10594
I hope you will go and watch the video and read the back story to this, maybe you will be in a postion to volunteer and make someones day a bit brighter with music.
Highlight -
James Taylor will perform at the MOC 5th Annual Benefit Concert and Auction at 7 pm at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York on February 24th, catch this event if you can, tickets are sold out but you can leave your name on a waiting list by emailing civia@musiciansoncall.org
The auction has some great items up, such as a One-hour personal painting lesson for two with Tony Bennett at his private studio in NYC.bid is sitting at $6.500.00 or if your not into painting how about a Autographed Fender Strato Caster Guitar by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd? Bidding on this beauty is sitting at $1,800, wish I had some flow to throw about this baby would be mine.
