As a person who has previously worked in the music industry and then on the web for 5 years ( I produced Radio 1's OneMusic *learning* website for the last couple of those years), I have noticed a cultural shift in recent months. Once all kids wanted musically was to be be signed to a major record company (i.e. make money and be famous). Now I get the impression that kids just want to satisfy their desire to create. Even though, if you ask them, kids still say they *want to be famous*, in fact they want to collaborate in bands or as music producers and then share their music (and videos) on file sharing community sites like MySpace and YouTube. Am I right in thinking that music making and creativity in general is becoming something that kids just *do*. I would love to get teachers' impressions on this and whether they have noticed an increased desire to make music amonsgt students.
Let’s kick off with Creativity. Making sure that every child has the chance to fulfil their creative potential through music is one of the Music Manifesto’s key aims.
That’s why we’ve invited this man to headline our State of Play conference in January. See Professor Ken Robinson in action here and start to question preconceptions about education and intelligence:
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson&flashEnabled
If Ken Robinson got you thinking then read his book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative.