A brief analysis of some of the considerations that go into deciding whether or not to have live music at your protest rally or other social movement event.
Building a protest event or rally is hard, often (relatively) expensive, and sometimes tedious work. And there’s a lot of discussion and planning involved too. The goal of bringing people together in a protest is to build community. And nothing creates community faster than music. Shared emotions. Shared laughter. And yes, shared anger.
Perhaps a way to bring in music and build community faster is to use today’s technology to distribute sing lyrics (and the music itself?) to your target audience. Encourage everyone to join in, sing along. Imagine 100, 200, 500 people at your event not just waving their lighted phones but everyone singing along.
Building a protest event or rally is hard, often (relatively) expensive, and sometimes tedious work. And there’s a lot of discussion and planning involved too. The goal of bringing people together in a protest is to build community. And nothing creates community faster than music. Shared emotions. Shared laughter. And yes, shared anger.
Perhaps a way to bring in music and build community faster is to use today’s technology to distribute sing lyrics (and the music itself?) to your target audience. Encourage everyone to join in, sing along. Imagine 100, 200, 500 people at your event not just waving their lighted phones but everyone singing along.
I have lyrics, chords, chord charts and karaoke versions available for my free to use election year song. KeepAmericaAfloat.com. Streaming. And music video at https://youtu.be/M7w22EiUfIM?si=6Itwb-_vesV1uGDP