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Rock for Learning celebrates the new "Daltrey/Townsend Teen Cancer Trust" at UCLA launched and supported by The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend (joined in support by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Coldplay) and new music from:

  • COLDPLAY "Mylo Xyloto"
  • RYAN ADAMS "Ashes & Fire"
  • NOEL GALLAGHER's HIGH FLYING BIRDS
  • RADIOHEAD "The King of Limbs"
  • INCUBUS "If Not Now, When?"
  • THE ZUTONS "You Can Do Anything"
  • FRANCIS DUNNERY "Made In Space"
  • PEARL JAM "Twenty" video documentary by Cameron Crowe.

Plus, support Rock for Learning development - Buy the E-book "The Power of Ever: God Is Always Happening" by Melanie Silos ORDER IT HERE NOW! ALSO, spotlight on new music of "RISE ABOVE" from U2 & REEVE CARNEY in "Spiderman Turn Off the Dark", and support CKDCF.org Benefit with Francis Dunnery & Friends [READ MORE HERE]

ROCK FOR LEARNING FEATURED ARTISTS: Ryan Adams, Army of Anyone, Bono/U2, Ian Brown (Stone Roses), Carney, Coldplay, End Roulette, Francis Dunnery, The Golden Ratio, Hot Hot Heat, Incubus, Keane, The Kin, Johnny Marr & the Healers, March Fourth Marching Band, Oasis, Robert Plant, Radiohead, Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish), Seal, The Thrills, Pete Yorn, The Zutons

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ROCK FOR LEARNING! TAKE ACTION TO FREE HIGHER EDUCATION. The future careers of our young adults and their right to higher education through colleges, universities, and specialized schools is currently being held ransom, a hostage held from its rightful students... [Learn more here.] Please join us to take action with this campaign to help build the system to FREE HIGHER EDUCATION.*

ACTIVISM WITH FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
Featuring activist guidance from Pete Yorn, The Smith's Johnny Marr, Stone Roses' Ian Brown, Radiohead, Berlin's Terri Nunn, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Incubus' Brandon Boyd, and Swan Soul's Melanie Silos.
 "The ability to make a difference begins with getting educated, learning, and having the skills, knowledge, and abilities to enact solutions; learning about conditions and important matters in the community and world will provide the factors from which we may discern our focus, aims, direction and course of action. Fundamental values such as love for humanity, preservation of the environment, and willingness to learn and fix it when broke, are the driving force of care that will motivate action for support and providing solutions." - M. Silos Read the complete article[LEARN MORE HERE]

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COMMITMENT TO IMPORTANT MATTERS:
 Featuring encouragement and direction from members of Oasis, U2, The Music, Coldplay, Page & Plant, Hot Hot Heat, plus Francis Dunnery, Editor/Songwriter Melanie Silos, and more.
"Overcoming the forces of opposition and adversity in upholding commitments and valued aims requires the TOP strengths of being decisive, passionate and focussed, and responsible for actions, efforts, decisions, and effects of such activities." - M. Silos Read the complete article[LEARN MORE HERE]

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[photo by permission of Interscope] EMPOWERMENT with Self-Awareness & Follow-Through"
With self-awareness from Afterward, Keane, Carney's Reeve Carney, and more.
 "This is the matter of being self-aware and upholding the essence of one's greatest nature as it is the core of strength in ones existence and prosperity. It means to stand true to your values and act upon them. It's the creation of empowerment with self-awareness and follow-through." - M. Silos Read the complete article[LEARN MORE HERE]

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[photo by Terri Villalobos] END ROULETTE: Spinning for Creative Freedom
The important matter is to actively protect against the suppression and oppression of creativity. With End Roulette creativity is not by chance, spinning for creativity is an active choice and pursuit of freedom of self-expression. Lead vocalist/songwriter Mary Jane Snow shares: "I want to encourage artistic girls to follow their dreams and be inspired. Be creative; be individual; be yourself." Read the complete article[LEARN MORE HERE]

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** SUPPORT GOOD CAUSES & ORGANIZATIONS ** Development for the environment, music, education, and the community. Rock for Learning encourages SUPPORT OF OUR SPECIALLY SELECTED MUSICIANS and their musical and philanthropic community development efforts through purchasing their products, participation, and funding for their favored organizations. [Point upon the stars for descriptions and details.]


ROCK FOR LEARNING ABOUT CAUSES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Combat Climate Crisis with LIVE EARTH Keane, participating in 2007 Live Earth concert event - (photo by permission of NLM COMBAT CLIMATE CRISIS with LIVE EARTH LIVE EARTH brought together more than 150 of the world’s top musicians for 24-hours of music from 7 concerts across all 7 continents to help combat the climate crisis (aka Global Warming). Proceeds from the event created the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by Vice President Al Gore. Kevin Wall, Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8, is co-produced Live Earth. Thanks to Keane for the news of it! KEANE was one of the participating artist in the JULY LIVE EARTH concert event. [LEARN MORE ABOUT IT HERE]

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INCUBUS, FOO FIGHTERS, DAVID GRAY, COLDPLAY, and others have teamed up with FutureForests.com in an effort to replenish and support the Earth's environment, contributing to global economic development, and to the solutions against global warming by creating a carbon-neutral greenlands (forests orchards, woodlands, and more). Future Forests was ÁÅiscovered¡¦by the artists community ¡¦and it started around The Clash guitarist Joe StrummerÃÔ campfire at Glastonbury over 5 years ago. Please participate with with these artists and other Earth supporters to Plant a Tree in this pioneering agro-forestry development. LEARN MORE! FUTURE FORESTS
COLDPLAY's fan forest inear Bangalore, India PLANT A TREE in Coldplay's Fan Forest - fruit orchard near Bangalore, India. LEARN ABOUT IT HERE! & LEARN MORE HERE!
FOO FIGHTERS celebrate new music June 2005 * IN YOUR HONOR *!!! Plant a tree in the Foo Fighters Fan Forest at www.FutureForests.com FOO FIGHTERS chose the Tensas River forest and wildlife reserve in Louisiana to plant enough trees in to offset the CO2 created by the production, manufacture and distribution of the album, as their personal contribution to fighting global warming. LEARN MORE!PLANT A TREE in Foo Fighter's Fan Forest - Tensas River wildlife reserve in Louisiana. LEARN ABOUT IT HERE!


DAVID GRAY has contributed to Future Forests for an investment into a fantastic woodland site, protected for 99 years with Future Forests' CarbonNeutral programme. The idea is to provide great new habitat for wildlife but to harness the natural ability of trees to soak up carbon dioxide and produce oxygen - and so help to protect the climate. You also may support Earth's economic and environmental development by planting a tree in David Gray's Fan Forest - Boston West Farm and Fenside Wood, Cambridgeshire, UK. READ MORE! PLANT A TREE in David Gray's Fan Forest - Boston West Farm and Fenside Wood, Cambridgeshire, UK. LEARN ABOUT IT here! & READ MORE!
INCUBUS has contributed to Future Forests to help fight global warming by supporting the Isana Forest in Bhutan - join their action and dedicate a tree. PLANT A TREE in INCUBUS' Fan Forest in the Isuna Forest in Bhutan and LEARN MORE about Incubus' philanthropic activism at www.MakeYourselfFoundation.org

ROLLING STONES support action to create solutions to reduce global warming and protect Earth's environment. Turn up the heat on global warming - National Resources Defense Council - NRDC.org presents the Rolling Stones in a FREE concert to stop global warming. Feb 6th, 2003 at Staples Center, LA, CA. Turn up the heat on global warming with a benefit concert for the NRDC to stop global warming. Take action to raise awareness and create change to preserve Earth's resources. NRDC.ORG NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL (NRDC) - Learn about it here. The Rolling Stones support action to protect the Earth's environment from global warming.

JOHN MAYER, NICKELCREEK, & BONNIE RIATT performed a benefit concert in Boston (Spring 2003) to support The Songbird Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that educates and motivates people to make sustainable choices to preserve migratory songbirds. One of the greatest threats to migratory songbirds is the surge in aggressive sun-grown coffee. In Latin America, coffee has traditionally been grown under the canopy of the rain forest, and a majority of the remaining regional rain forest is on coffee farms. Our current campaign goals are focused on raising awareness among coffee consumers, retailers, growers and distributors of the effect of sun-grown coffee on the songbirds and the rain forest on which they depend for essential habitat. SONGBIRD FOUNDATION Learn about it here.
Supported by John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Nickelcreek and more. Click in for details, concert review and new photos!

THE WHO are supporting a the Young People's Trust through sales of a limited edition Encore Series CD of their live performances on their 2002 tour (with opening artist Robert Plant). All proceeds will benefit The Young People's Trust for the Environment. The Young People's Trust is a charity which aims to encourage young people's understanding of the environment and of the need for sustainability. To buy this Encore Series CD and support this organisation go to themusic.com. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Learn about it here.
To support this effort and buy The Who's "Encore Series" Live CD, go to www.themusic.com or The Who Store right here right now.

ROCK FOR LEARNING ABOUT CAUSES FOR SCHOOLS & EDUCATION

Berklee, a nonprofit institution, was founded by pianist/arranger and MIT- trained engineer Lawrence Berk in 1945 as Schillinger House of Music. Located in Boston, Mass. Berklee offers the finest music education in the world. Did you know... David Bowie, Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Natalie Cole, Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Tito Puente, Sarah Vaughn, and John Mayer are but only a few of the great musicians who have graduated from Berklee. And most recently in 2003, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler earned an honorary doctorate in Music. Berk changed the name to Berklee School of Music in 1954, and the school granted its first bachelor's degrees in 1966. The world's largest independent music college and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music, and home of the largest music technology learning center, Berklee provides the link between technology and the ability to create music. Berklee offers the AEROSMITH Scholarship, Zildjian Scholarship, Women in Music Scholarship, Billboard Scholarship, JIMI HENDRIX Scholarship, Charlie Parker Scholarship, Arif Mardin Scholarship, and the Berklee City Music Scholarship. Find your future in music go to www.berklee.edu for more info. ALSO FIND AT BERKLEE.EDU: U2's BONO speaks at Harvard - Video clip, BONO addresses the class on African relief and American ideals: We've got to follow-through on our ideals or betray something at the heart of who we are... THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC Learn about it here.
Contact their scholarships department at scholarships@berklee.edu or go to Berklee.edu for more.

BRIAN SETZER TRIO & THE STRAY CATS with Slim Jim headlined the 5th Annual Rock N' Surf Boarding House Mentors Fundraiser on May 21st to benefit Surf Camps for at-risk youths. Boarding House Mentors is a program, which brings at risk youth and mentors to the beach to learn to surf together. By sharing this experience mentors and mentees become closer, and youth become inspired by the possibilities within themselves. BOARDING HOUSE MENTORS Learn about it here. Supported by The Stray Cats/Brian Setzer.
To become a surfing mentor or donate surf gear, please contact the Boarding House Mentors (Click in.)

NIEL YOUNG brings us the 17th Annual Bridge School Benefit October 25th-26th, 2003 Mountain View, CA. This very special acoustic concert benefiting The Bridge School will feature: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, Incubus, Wilco, Dashboard Confessional, plus Special Guests. The Bridge School is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to ensure that individuals with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative & alternative means of communication (AAC) and assistive technology (AT) applications and through the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative life-long educational strategies. BRIDGE SCHOOL Learn about it here. Neil Young's main cause! Join NY and friends at the Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert, and buy the CD!

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH bring you the The Hootie and the Blowfish Foundation, established in 2000 to create an endowment that benefits children of South Carolina through education and supports school music programs nationwide. The 9th Annual M.A.M. - Masters Celebrity Pro-Am in Myrtle Beach, SC, aired Monday May 12th 2003 on the Golf Channel featuring Hootie's Darius Rucker, Jim THE HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH FOUNDATION Learn about it here.
See Hootie Golf! Click in for the Annual M.A.M.golf pictures and good Hootie music, and read more about the M.A.M. here at HootieGolf.com.

The HOB Foundation brings music, arts and culture to schools and children. If you would like to sponsor a program or donate musical instruments, please contact IHOBF Program Director, Kim Russell, at (702) 632-7682, or visit the website at ihobf.org. >*** Rock for Learning would like to thank our guests & supporters: Linda Locke and Ella Escudero for joining the Las Vegas Intl. House of Blues Foundation Advisory Board. Through our combined efforts we hope to make a valued difference in the development of music, arts, and culture in children internationally. HOUSE OF BLUES FOUNDATION (ihobf.org) Learn about it here. Rock for Learning's FIRST commercial sponsor in 2002 - House of Blues!

ROCK FOR LEARNING ABOUT CAUSES FOR POLITICAL ACTIVISM

MusicforAmerica.orgMUSIC FOR AMERICA previously on tour with the BEASTIE BOYS promoting political activism. Ch-Check it out! See what it's all about! MusicforAmerica.org Learn about it here.

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. Get Political with the Foo FightersFoo Fighters - IN YOUR HONOR - (photo by permission of NLM GET POLITICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL with the FOO FIGHTERS!
Click into Foofighters.com and LEARN about their causes, plant some trees,
register to vote, and be heard! [ENTER HERE.]

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ROCK FOR LEARNING ABOUT CAUSES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Make some noise with Amnesty IntlSNOW PATROL (photo courtesy of A&M Records) GET INVOLVED... AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL's "Make Some Noise" Campaign features SNOW PATROL, MAROON 5, THE CURE, THE POSTAL SERVICE, & BLACK EYED PEAS with covers of John Lennon songs to support human rights and protect individuals wherever justice, freedom and equality are denied. LEARN ABOUT IT at www.Amnesty.org/noise and download music to make a difference: Every track you buy supports the work of Amnesty International to protect human rights worldwide.

JANE'S ADDICTION, RADIOHEAD, PEARL JAM, Coldplay, Duran Duran, and all those involved with Lollapalooza 2003/ Axis of Justice (Audioslave, The Donnas, The Distillers and Jurassic 5) and many other artists would like you to visit and support MUSIC FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - AMNESTYUSA.ORG AMNESTY USA - MUSIC FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Learn about it here. Supported by many artists, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Axis of Justice, and more!

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GIVE SUPPORT... ROBERT PLANT & THE STRANGE SENSATION while on tour with their record "Mighty Rearranger" performed in Europe for the Nelson Mandela Foundation and recognizing the gravity of conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa encourages learning to create a greater personal awareness and recommends:

  • Medecins Sans Frontiers to provide medical aid wherever needed.
  • Nelson Mandela Foundation to help raise Global awareness of AIDS/HIV.
  • SOS Sahel the only British development organisation to focus exclusively on the semi-arid lands of the Sahel and Horn of Africa to support activities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Niger and Mali, some of the poorest countries in the world to meet their needs and address their problems.

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FRANCIS DUNNERY calls for your support of The West Cumberland Children's Hospital Fund (UK) founded by Charlie & Kathleen Dunnery of Egremont-UK. If you would like to help this organization, please send checks payable to EGREMONT TOWN HALL at CKDCF-Egremont Town Hall. Market Street. Egremont, Cumbria CA22 2DF U.K. All contributions will benefit the children.CHARLIE & KATHLEEN DUNNERY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FUND (UK) Learn about it here.. Francis Dunnery's main cause.

SEAL supportsChildhelp USA, one of the oldest and largest US non profits dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. The organization's programs provide for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and educational needs of abused and neglected children. A share of proceeds from Seal's US tour will be donated to Childhelp USA. Click into Seal.com for tour details CHILDHELP USA
Click in to Seal.com for tour details. US tour proceeds will be shared with Childhelp USA.

Ryan Adams supports Housing Works (Benefit concert 1/17/03) - visit Housing Works Used Book & Cafe in Soho, NY at 126 Crosby St., where 100% of proceeds go to Housing Works non-profit organization to provide housing, job training, and other services for homeless New Yorkers with HIV and AIDS.HOUSING WORKS (Housingworks.org) Learn about it here. Brought to our awareness by Ryan Adams - Go for books, music, and coffee at Housing Works Bookstore, SoHo-NY.

INCUBUS(Photo by permission Ren Mgmt.) INCUBUS brings you The Make Yourself Foundation to fund various causes and charities both locally and around the world. Incubus is concentrating their efforts on the environment and the arts and they hope to make some substantial contributions in that area this year. THE MAKE YOURSELF FOUNDATION Learn about it here. Incubus' main cause.

CARLOS SANTANA brings you The Milagro Foundation, based in Northern CA. Milagro (Miracle) is a charitable foundation that supports underrepresented and underprivileged children and youth in the areas of arts, education and health. The foundation makes grants to community-based, grass- roots organizations that work with children and youth, especially those at risk and disadvantaged due to such factors as poor health, illiteracy, or insufficient educational and cultural opportunities. THE MILAGRO FOUNDATION Learn about it here. Carlos Santana's main cause.

COLDPLAY & OASIS' NOEL GALLAGHER in the 2002 Oxfam Benefit Concert play for Fair Trade. OXFAM International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice as part of a global citizens movement campaigning on such issues as Fair Trade, Debt relief, Education for all, and Access to medicine. OXFAM "Make Trade Fair" Supported by many artists including, Coldplay, Oasis, and more. Download video clips from the benefit concert from [Here.]

ROGER DALTREY, PAUL WELLER, NOEL GALLAGHER, and others performed at the London Royal Albert Hall 3/24-3/29 to support Teenage Cancer Trust. Performers also included Coldplay, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Doves, Madness, and more. Proceeds support development of hospital sanctuaries with information, inspiration, motivation, education, affirmation for teens with cancer. TEENAGE CANCER TRUST Learn about it here.. The main cause of The Who and Roger Daltrey.
CLICK IN HERE to see comments from supporting artists and more at ROGERDALTREY.NET.

The Tiger Woods Foundation actively encourages and promotes parental responsibility and involvement in the lives of children and celebrate the spirit of inclusion in all aspects of human existence. The Tiger Woods Foundation has been actively supported and endorsed through annual Tiger Jam benefit concerts over the years by artists such as: Seal, Third Eye Blind, Hootie & the Blowfish, John Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Train, LeAnne Rimes, Prince, and many more.TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION Supported by many artists including, Hootie & the Blowfish, Train, Prince, Seal, and more.
Recommended Reading: "START SOMETHING - You Can Make a Difference" by Earl Woods & The Tiger Woods Foundation

PEARL JAM could be the most active activists on a series of benefits including: The Benefit for the Prostate Cancer Center October 28, at the Santa Barbara Bowl. [Tickets available by auction on eBay.] All proceeds from ticket auctions will benefit the Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai. Also Oct 22nd, 2003-Benefit for YouthCare.org in Seattle on October 22, plus Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit Concert on October 25-26. WARSCHAW PROSTATE CANCER CENTER at Cedars-Sinai. and YOUTHCARE.ORG Supported by Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder

PETER GABRIEL brings us The WOMAD Foundation, inspired by Peter Gabriel's love for music around the world, is a registered educational charity established in 1983. Through festivals, performance events, recorded releases and educational projects, its constituted aim is: To promote, maintain, improve and advance education in world cultures, whilst seeking to excite and inform audiences of the worth and potential of a multi-cultural society. See website for dates, locations and details. WOMAD: World Of Music And Dance Learn about it here. Peter Gabriel's main cause.
Click in to WOMAD.org for dates and info.


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PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE "AMERICAN BLUES" & ACTIVATE SUPPORT WITH PETE YORN supporting causes for At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths, Children, Family/Parent Support, Hunger, Mental Challenges, and Poverty through organizations such as: LiliClaireFoundation.org, www.FoodBankNYC.org, TheLunchboxFund.org, ChildrenoftheNight.org, SaveTheMusic.org, SweetRelief.org, EnergyAction Coalition, and fight for social justice with Pete Yorn and Axis of Justice (System of a Down-Serj Tankijian, Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave-Tom Morello and friends.). Have a listen to "American Blues Vol 1" (click HERE) and see lyrics and LEARN MORE at Myspace.com/PeteYorn. You ROCK for LEARNING about it!

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SUPPORT A SAFE NEST WITH SWAN SOUL: Saving lives and families since 1977, SAFENEST.org supports the vision of a world where domestic violence is not tolerated and provides relief and shelter for individuals under abusive conditions. LEARN MORE at SAFENEST.org You ROCK for LEARNING about it!

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TIBET NEEDS YOUR HELP AGAINST ABUSE & ANNIHILATION ...against the total extinction of their country by the Chinese Government. Please join JOE WALSH, INCUBUS/BRANDON BOYD, Producer/Director RAY IPPOLITO and friends in support of this Tibetan Freedom cause. Write to government officials to protect human rights and TIBETAN FREEDOM NOW or NEVER: FREE TIBET [See the video here] and LEARN MORE about it and a letter from Ray Ippolito here. Read and learn more here. You ROCK for LEARNING about it!

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Click in to Datadata.org to take action and contact your government officials regarding HIV/AIDS relief, Tibetan Freedom, Human Rights, and other matters of importance to your community and world. (Image by authorization of Data.org) Take Action on Important Matters TAKE ACTION ON IMPORTANT MATTERS - CONTACT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HERE. You count, and sometimes it takes only ONE to make a difference in the world. Sometimes merely a single whisper from the heart creates the greatest result of action. Listen to your heart - what is it whispering to you? As for the environment, education, HIV/AIDS Relief, health care, politics, and foreign policy here's a first step to take action on what matters in your world. Contact your government officials directly - [LEARN MORE HERE.] And see Bono's speech addressing Harvard University students on African relief, American ideals, and rebelling against indifference [Learn about it HERE] You ROCK for LEARNING about it!

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HELP - WarchildMusic.comBECK (photo courtesy of NLM)

  • GET MUSIC... support for WAR CHILD!
    WAR CHILD ANNOUNCE "HEROES" (rel: Nov 25th): AN INCREDIBLE NEW BENEFIT ALBUM FEATURING ALL NEW AND EXCLUSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM various artists including BECK doing a cover of Bob Dylans "Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat", and DUFFY covering McCartney's "Live & Let Die". SIR PAUL McCARTNEY said “I have been supporting War Child since 1995. Their work with children in war zones saves lives and their work with those who take decisions that help them to do something about it saves even more lives. I think Duffy’s version of ‘Live and Let Die’ is great - I was really impressed. The breadth of talent on this project is amazing; it’s great that so many people gave their time, energy and support to this initiative. I urge everyone to support War Child.”
    Proceeds benefit War Child, an award winning charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world.

    RADIOHEAD(Photo courtesty of NLM) Also, available through www.warchildmusic.com. Download the special RADIOHEAD Jonny Greenwood remix of "Go To Sleep" recorded live in Japan 2004 for .99 cents. COLDPLAY (photo courtesy of Capitol Records) Also get the album to help children of the Bosnian War is available in stores featuring COLDPLAY, OASIS, BLUR, RADIOHEAD, KEANE, SUEDE and more.

    Click in and LEARN MORE at WarChildMusic.com plus access more music to support the War Child cause! You ROCK for LEARNING about it!

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    UNICEF Benefit CD - Do They Know It's Halloween"DO THEY KNOW IT'S HALLOWEEN?!" It's trick & a treat!!! Featuring Beck, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, The Arcade Fire, David Cross, Elvira, etc. This single is entitled the NORTH AMERICAN HALLOWEEN PREVENTION INITIATIVE, a satire - as well as a charity-benefit song with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF. [GET IT HERE AT THE YAHOO STORE] - (CD #2 on the list.)

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    LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

    Every day is a new day, a destination that I am grateful and thankful and fulfilled to have reached. Now, let's dance! - Melanie Silos, Publisher/Songwriter - Rock for Learning Journal & Keynotes [photography by Marisa Silos/copyright 2006 NMP/MCS

    Hello Members and Visitors!

    Did you realize that you can make a difference? Here in the US 2008 is another election year for state and national leaders and community initiatives. Now is the time to register to vote and update your voter registration if you’ve moved (registrations available at the US Post Office or visit www.RocktheVote.com). I encourage everyone to support the initiatives process and sign petitions to get new measures on the ballot for election, and support the political candidates who stand for your community values. Contact them and let them know what's important and if you have ideas or suggestions. It’s one of the ways we can make a difference in the world.

    I've been out there in the L.A. community supporting teachers and community leaders and the effort towards better education/schools, new initiatives, giving people voter registrations, bringing awareness to important matters and needs for alternative clean energy (stop global warming), protecting natural resources, supporting good health and well being, helping the good causes of special organizations, etc. I know many people out there don’t vote, some don’t care, and others have lost faith in the whole government, elections, and initiatives process due to many reasons of past matters gone awry. The government, the world, like everything in life, has its problems and challenges. So please don’t give up, and please be part of implementing change for the better. If you have ideas on how to improve the political processes or any matter of importance in the community, your workplace or otherwise, please get involved. Contact your friends, associates, and community leaders, government officials, get on-line with organizations with similar cares, values, causes, and please sign up and share your ideas, participate, create new ways, and get others involved in important matters.

    As I have been canvassing and speaking with active voters in Los Angeles, inquiring about important matters in the community, the consensus is clear. A top priority that needs support is EDUCATION and LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. These are always the hardest hit during hard economic times and budget cuts, while it should rather be considered as essential for sustenance as the provision of skills, knowledge, and abilities required for self-sufficience, employment and making of good choices. While it is understood by most that too much money is wasted on administration, we need people to help direct funds and attention to programs that directly support student programs and activities for learning and development. Such programs may also help the matters of the ENVIRONMENT and PUBLIC SAFETY, where prevention is key and raised awareness is essential. Perhaps the USA needs "The Super Nanny"! But really this means teaching and learning values and discipline within the home at any age.

    So please keep on keeping on! No matter of challenges or failed efforts of the past, no matter who doesn’t like you or is against you, no matter of things gone awry, no matter that we disagree with government leaders or have conflicting views, please get involved with important matters. No matter of any disagreements, there is always at least ONE thing that people can agree on and make efforts towards shared agreements. So please find agreement and become an active part of implementing positive change in the world:

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    REEVE CARNEY & THE REVOLVING BAND: Reeve Carney says, It matters. (Photograph by Marisa Silos) With heartfelt consideration for making a better world guitarist Dean DeLeo and vocalist Richard Patrick get deep and meaningful and declare: We are Eachother On the source of inspiration and empowerment: 'MY FATHER (Joe Paquin). He taught me music. If it weren't for my Dad and what he did with my Mom, I wouldn't be here.' - Luke Paquin, guitarist Hot Hot Heat + 'MOST IMPORTANT IS TO STAY ENTHUSIASTIC...' Steve Bays, vocalist Hot Hot Heat [photo use by permission of WBR.] RYAN ADAMS - I'M STILL LEARNING... Ryan Adams: A Light of Brilliance... A blue star, ONE in a constellation of many, without whom the whole would not be what it is... Click in for the full feature article regarding Ryan's new music and more. (Photograph by Bob Gruen. Posted with permission of Lost Highway Records.) RYAN supports HousingWorks.org [MORE] EVERYTHING IS MEANINGFUL. - Robert Plant... KEANE - Being Keen With Keane. Question is: Does the music we make choose us or do we choose the music. Vocalist Tom Chaplin knows, 'IT SOUNDS CRYPTIC.' Click in and discover the orgins of life and creation! Keane are helping child victims of war go to school with Warchildmusic.com. (Photograph posted with permission of Interscope Records. OASIS: On life & learning: NEVER STOP; says Noel Gallagher, lead guitarist, singer/songwriter, and mastermind of Oasis... A drink of life in the summer heat at an OASIS and an undeniable feeling of Heathen Chemistry. (Photograph courtesy Sony Music Ent.) [MORE] ADVOCATES OF PHILANTHROPY - RADIOHEAD Bring Out the Stars at Hollywood Bowl. ...It's about ALL the people that made it what it is together. (Photo courtesty of NLM) [MORE]
    Featured Artist: THE KIN. Helping Darfur with The Kin - Watch the video and help Darfur - click in for details. Rock for Learning Kids - music for infants, toddlers to teens and up, to inspire learning and learning to love... Get it here! 'When you experience something in life, see it for what it is and not to allow an illusion to lead you. LET YOUR HEART LEAD YOU - nothing else matters.S' - Talia Mayes, The Golden Ratio [photo use by permission.] On what's important for family development: 'KEEP ON GETTING EDUCATED AND LEARN LOVE FOR HUMANITY' - Ian Brown [photo use by permission.] I'M WILLING TO LEARN! - The Zutons. [photo use by permission of Sony Music Ent.] SEAL: A Symbol of Love & A Step in the Right Direction. LOVE, WHAT ELSE IS THERE... says SEAL. (Photograph posted with permission of Warner Bros Records.) Seal supports Childhelpusa.org [MORE] WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR IDEALS OR BETRAY SOMETHING AT THE HEART OF WHO WE ARE... - Bono (U2) BONO, at Harvard University addresses the class on African relief, American ideals, and rebelling against indifference. (Photo and link courtesy of Berklee College of Music and Harvard Magazine.)Bono supports DataData.org [MORE] LIVE, LOVE, LEARN. - Darius Rucker. Back To Then, brilliant with heart and soul... (Photograph by Stephen Danelian. Courtesy of Hidden Beach Records.)[MORE]
    YOU GET WHAT YOU FOCUS ON. - Francis Dunnery. Francis Dunnery supports the CKD Children's Hospital Fund-UK [MORE] YOU ARE THE MAGIC. - Johnny Marr. Johnny Marr & The Healers - Bangin' On with Love.[MORE] INCUBUS/Brandon Boyd, With encouragement on how to make a positive difference in the world: Responsibility, Self-sufficience, cleaning up after one's self, stay aware, to name a few. [photo use by permission of Ren Management.] THE THRILLS - Thrilled for Learning! Vocalist/songwriter Conor Deasy wants to learn: I WANT TO LEARN MUSIC THEORY... Click in for the full feature article plus more about their new record LET'S BOTTLE BOHEMIA. The Thrills headlined the 2004 OXFAM.org benefit concert. (Photograph posted with permission of Virgin Records. MOTIVATE YOURSELF. IT'S THE HARDEST THING TO DO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. - Robert Harvey (Lead Vocalist - THE MUSIC) - ...with that most screaming wild unique guitar riff by guitarist, Adam Nutter, in FLOAT that simply winds me up and makes me dance as it intends. What a contrast it is to hear Robert, one who likes to read spiritual philosophical subjects... [MORE] (Photograph by courtesy of Capitol Records.) MUSIC IS EVERYTHING. - Chris Martin (Coldplay singer/keyboardist/guitarist). COLDPLAY: The Light of Music, Passion, and Development! (Photo courtesy of Capitol Records & Coldplay's Mgmt) Coldplay supports MakeTradeFair.org [MORE] On Commitment & Valued Aims: 'Overcoming the forces of opposition and adversity in upholding commitments and valued aims requires the TOP strengths of being tenaciously decisive, obsessively passionate and focussed, and possessively responsible for ownership of actions, efforts, decisions, and effects of such activities. - Energy, Aim & Action with dedication and devotion - that's what it takes.' - Melanie Silos] Don't Worry, Be Happy


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