For the next week, I’m keeping my posts a little shorter, giving you tidbits of information, because I’m in the final push of finishing my novel.  Yay!

My friend Clare sent this link to me, and I thought it was so uplifting I had to share.

Mark Johnson is the creator of Playing for Change.  He and his buddies started with a recording of a Santa Monica street musician, then began adding additional artists’ tracks, from different locales around the world.

Why?  Because they want to inspire change and promote peace–and what better way to do this than through music?

First, here’s Johnson explaining their purpose (in two-plus minutes).

And here is their first song “Stand By Me.”  Danger ahead: dancing is required.  Wait!  You don’t do dancing?  Well, tap your fingers or stomp your feet then!