{"id":383,"date":"2009-05-02T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/stand-by-me-by-musicians-around-the-world.html"},"modified":"2009-05-02T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:37:22","slug":"stand-by-me-by-musicians-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/stand-by-me-by-musicians-around-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stand By Me&#8217; by Musicians Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video is rocking and inspiring my world. It started in California with a street musician named Roger Ridley. Then the producers&#8211;with just a laptop and a mike and some headphones&#8211;moved on to New Orleans, then Europe, Africa, South America, etc., asking musicians to listen to the basic track and play. Tears. Chills. In a good way.<\/p>\n<p>An artist friend I sent it to wrote me this: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;i am speechless&#8230;<br \/>and inspired.<br \/>and feel more connected<br \/>to it all from watching that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That says it. <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5231112\/\">Read the full backstory here<\/a>. And see the organization&#8217;s (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playingforchange.com\/\">Playing for Change<\/a>) five other videos like this (they&#8217;re all about bringing peace through music). But first, watch it by clicking below:<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"267\" width=\"400\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"267\" width=\"400\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2539741\">Playing For Change | Song Around The World &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/concord\">Concord Music Group<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is rocking and inspiring my world. 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