{"id":736,"date":"2009-05-18T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T09:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/playing-for-change-unites-musi.html"},"modified":"2009-05-18T09:04:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T09:04:27","slug":"playing-for-change-unites-musi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/playing-for-change-unites-musi.html","title":{"rendered":"Playing For Change Unites Musicians From Around The World Via Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend sent me a link last week to a video she described as a &#8220;must see.&#8221; I&#8217;m not much for forwarded emails, but since I missed the Susan Boyle thing until it was already hot, I finally took a minute to check it out.Yup, it&#8217;s a must see!<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.playingforchange.com\/player\/widget.swf?episode=2\" width=\"460\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\">The video is the song &#8220;Stand By Me,&#8221; performed by 35 musicians from around the world &#8211; who have never met each other. It&#8217;s the project of the group Playing for Change. Filmmaker Mark Johnson explains that four years ago he heard street musician Roger Ridley performing the song &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221; on a pier in Santa Monica, CA. The idea grew to travel the world and record other musicians performing the same song, and then put it all together with the goal &#8220;inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music.&#8221;You can learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playingforchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playing For Change, and see other episodes of their musical journey, on the organization&#8217;s website.<\/a><em>Check out my Dogvotional Gallery at Beliefnet,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Love-Family\/Pets\/2009\/03\/Life-Lessons-from-My-Dog.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> 10 Lessons I Learned From My Dog.<\/a> (What&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/dogvotional.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">dogvotional?<\/a>)<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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