UNDER THE "SEEN ON 4."
AND TO ENTER HEAD TO OUR
D."
>> Jason: IT'S A PERSON'S
PASSION TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY.
>> Chuck: TODAY, ALEX SHOWS US
THE UNIQUELY DETROIT PARTNERSHIP
THAT INSPIRES THE NEXT
GENERATION OF MUSICIANS FROM
LIVE IN THE D.
>> DETROIT IS INSPIRATION, IT'S
A FUNKY PLACE.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER,
MUSICAL INSPIRATION COMING OUT
OF DETROIT AND THE SUBURBS.
Y'ALL?
>> I'M GREG FROM SOUTHFIELD
MICHIGAN, SOME KNOW ME AS GRIZ,
MY MUSICAL ALIAS.
♪♪
>> AND I PERFORM SAXAPHONE WITH
GUITAR PLAYER OVER FUNKY BEAT.
I THANK GOD I WAS GIVEN THIS
CREATIVE OUTLET, A SOUL FORCE TO
TAP INTO THAT IS MUSIC.
THAT WAS THE THING THAT WOULD
DRIVE MY EVERYDAY LIFE AND MY
PURPOSE IN THE UNIVERSE.
MUSIC IS EVERYTHING TO ME.
LIKE, IT SAVED MY LIFE.
LIFE.
>> THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY,
IT HELPED US RAISE THE MONEY FOR
ALL THE TEACHERS HERE TODAY IN
THE FANTASTIC HALL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOUR CHAIR IS A DRUM SET.
>> MY NAME IS JULIE CHERLOCK
FROM BALDWIN MICHIGAN.
I CAME DOWN TO DETROIT TO GO TO
THE LITTLE KIDS ROCK
SESSION.
>> I THANK GOD I WAS FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO HAVE TEACHERS TO SHOW
ME THAT WAY.
>> I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES, IT'S
WHAT ANY MUSIC TEACHER WOULD
EVER WANT TO HEAR.
>> YOU GUYS ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE.
>> THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE DONATED
THEIR TIME TO GET EDUCATED SO
THEY CAN SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE
FULL OF KIDS.
>> WHERE IS CREATIVITY?
WHERE DO YOU FIT IT IN?
>> IT'S AWESOME!
>> IT'S TRIPPY!
>> TEACHERS ARE THE BEST
LEARNERS THERE ARE, WE ALWAYS
HAVE A QUEST TO LEARN.
>> THEY'RE SO INSPIRED AND THERE
FOR A PURPOSE, AND I THINK THAT
PERSON IS DIVINE IN A WAY.
MUSIC IS A DIVINE THING TO SHARE
WITH PEOPLE.
>> THIS IS AN AWESOME WAY FOR ME
TO ENGAGE STUDENTS.
>> IT REACHES CHILDREN WHO
SOMETIMES WANT BE REACHED.
>> YOU CAN CHANGE A LIFE.
MUSIC, THROUGH SCHOOL.
♪♪
>> MUSIC MADE ME WHO I AM.
>> WHY CAPTAIN IT HAPPEN TO
ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THEY'RE PULLING MUSIC FROM
THE CURRICULUM.
>> IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR KIDS
TO LOSE OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
ARTS.
>> ARTS MAKE PEOPLE WHOLE AND
HELP THEM APPRECIATE BEAUTY.
>> IT'S A FEATURE, IT'S
EVERYTHING TO ME.
WITHOUT THEM, WE DON'T HAVE THE
NEW VIBES.
WE'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING TO THE
SOULS OF THE NEX GENERATION.
♪♪
>> IF I CAN DO SOMETHING TO
ENGAGES AND MOTIVATES THEM AND
KEEPS THEM LOVING SCHOOL, THEN
THAT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
>> THANK YOU GUYS!
[APPLAUS
>> Chuck: GRIZ SEEMS LIKE SUCH A
COOL GUY AND JOINING ME IS
JORDAN FROM ALL GOOD RECORDS.
>> GREAT TO BEHERE.
>> Chuck: YOU CAN MAK DISCIPLES
OF TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE
SPREADING THE WORD.
AND IT'S GREAT FOR KIDS.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING
NOW.
DEFINITELY OVER TWO YEARS, WE'VE
BEEN DOING SOME GRASS ROOTS
FUND-RAISING ON OUR OWN BEHALF
AND FINALLY PUT TOGETHER A PLAN.
AND THE DETROIT SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA AND THIS NATIONWIDE
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SO
GENEROUS IN WORKING WITH US TO
EXECUTE THIS PLAN, AND IT'S
FINALLY BEING PUT IN MOTION WITH
TEACHERS BEING TRAINED AND HOW
TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS, AND
IT'S REALLY STARTING TO MAKE AN
IMPACT AND TANGIBLE.
>> Chuck: AND YOU MADE A
CONNECTION THROUGH THE SYMPHONY
WHICH HELPED YOU GET THIS THING
MOVING, RIGHT?
>> THERE WERE QUITE A FEW UPHILL
BATTLES AND NELSON RODRIGUEZ OF
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE
NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT WE
PARTNERED WITH AND REALLY HELPED
BRIDGE THE GAP AND BRING THE
PROGRAM TOGETHER.
>> Chuck: SO THE FIRST SESSION
WAS LAST WEEKEND.
>> THERE WERE BETWEEN 13-15
TEACHERS THERE WHO BEGAN THIS
CRASH COURSE AND THERE WILL BE
ONE MORE CRASH COURSE.
AND THE TEACHERS WHO COMPLETE
THE COURSE IN THE FALL, THEIR
STUDENTS WILL BE -- LITTLE KID
ROCK WILL DELIVER FREE
INSTRUMENTS AND THE TEACHER TO
TEACH THEM HOW TO USE
INSTRUMENTS.
>> Chuck: SO GRIZ WANTS TO TEACH
AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND GET THE
INSTRUMENTS IN THEIR HAND.
FUTURE.
HOW DO YOU RAISE KIDS WITH AN
APPRECIATION FOR MUSIC?
>> MUSIC IS MUSIC.
AND TEACHERS ARE SAYING THERE
WAS A MOMENT IN THE CLASS WHERE
THEY WERE TEACHING THE TEACHERS
ABOUT BEAT BOXING AND IT WAS
MORE OR LESS THEIR LESSON OF
DRUMMING, AND ONE OF HUR
STUDENTS NEVER HEARD OF BEAT
BOXING, AND SHE WAS GONNA BLOW
THEIR MIND.
MUSIC EDUCATION MATTERS.
>> Chuck: SO WILL IT HELP THOSE
NO LONGER EXPOSED TO MUSIC?
AND YOU HAVE KIDS INTIM DADE BY
TALENT.
>> DO I NOT HAVE RHYTHM.
AND JUST FROM THE BASIC DRUMMING
LESSON THIS SATURDAY, I HAVE
MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN I DID BEFORE
THE WEEKEND.
TEACHERS IN DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OR MICHIGAN AT LARGE, IF
WWW.LITTLEKIDSROCK.ORG.
CERTAINTY.
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