Watch How 350 People Connect Through Music
What happens when 350 people meet for the first time, to play a song never before performed? As revealed in the NAMM Foundation’s new public service announcement (PSA), when people play together they share, comment, connect, like and friend in real life. Real connections are made everyday by joining “The Original Social Network”—music! The footage and music featured in this piece were created by NPR Music and Red Baraat on Make Music Day, June 21, 2014. 350 people gathered for the first time to play a song that Sunny Jain composed specifically for this NPR Field Recording. No one in the crowd had performed the song before. And these 350 people had never played together. No one knew if people would show up or how it would sound. But it did work and sounds (as you can hear) great! The joy, community and energy you see in this video are from an authentic experience showing people truly connecting through music.
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