1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,759 Hey, hey, John, how are you doing today? Excellent? How 2 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:06,000 are you fantastic? Dude? I am so proud of you. Oh my 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,720 god. The Music Matters challenge is so what we have needed for so long, 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,759 and the way that you're spreading it around the nation today is just a 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,559 beautiful place to be. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. You 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,399 know, I think we're all in this together, and certainly we can agree 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,800 that every kid in the country deserves a music teacher, and that's that's really 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,960 our end goal with this thing. Well, I know what no music in 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,839 school has done, and the reason why is because my wife is a school 10 00:00:30,839 --> 00:00:35,399 teacher, and the way that they move music, they had a traveling teacher 11 00:00:35,439 --> 00:00:38,439 and you might get fifteen or twenty minutes. That's not what music is all 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,840 about. Yeah, that just makes me so sad. I mean, you 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,880 know, the metrics are clear that music is not extracurricular, that it's critical, 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,520 and schools that have a music teacher kids perform better in the sciences. 15 00:00:52,759 --> 00:00:58,240 The graduation rates are higher, their social connectivity is higher, their anxiety goes 16 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,359 down. You know, we could talk for an hour about out all the 17 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:03,359 metrics and the data, but I mean, it's common sense. You know, 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,519 when you have music in your life, especially at a young age, 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,079 you know, especially in elementary school, and when you're forming your brain and 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:19,719 your personality and your kind of drive and discipline, music is as critical as 21 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:25,200 any language. And that's really what I think we're pushing and why this music 22 00:01:25,239 --> 00:01:27,400 matters challenge I think is important, but it's also fun, you know, 23 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,359 it's fun that we can kind of tell our stories and sing a song and 24 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,280 join this movement. I love the way that you said that it's a language, 25 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,879 because it is when you break down a song, and I mean go 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,239 to the origin of why that song came into being. Then now let's sit 27 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:46,920 there and look at how it was written and how a team had to come 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,879 together to create the music for it. That, right there is what camaraderie 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,480 is all about. You know. I'll tell you a story. I was 30 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:57,319 in Ukraine a year and a half ago and I was recording a song I 31 00:01:57,319 --> 00:02:00,560 wrote, Can One Man Say of the World with Ukrainian orchestra and a bombed 32 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,560 out airport and a general came over and said, you know through a translator, 33 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:08,560 you know, I want to hear the song and the and the orchestra 34 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,120 was very moved and and we started playing, and we started I started singing, 35 00:02:15,199 --> 00:02:19,360 and there were tears and and at the end everybody was hugging each other 36 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,840 and it was a very heavy moment. And I realized that none of them 37 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:29,080 knew the words. They didn't speak English. It was music. It was 38 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,800 the music that brought us together as human beings in that you know, very 39 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,680 heavy situation there. So, uh, I've seen music make miracles through my 40 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,639 life. I could tell you, you know, story after story how how 41 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:46,759 music makes miracles. And and that's why I think, you know, every 42 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,919 kid deserves a music teacher. It's it's something we can all agree on. 43 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:52,680 We got to put the website on there because I don't want to forget that. 44 00:02:52,759 --> 00:02:55,680 It's let Music filmworld dot com. And what you're doing is this is 45 00:02:55,719 --> 00:03:00,520 a this is a fun challenge where they get to create a rendition of the 46 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,240 song. Let music Film my world go deeper into that. How is it 47 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,840 that, I mean, their own rendition. This proves to me that music 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:14,800 evolves. It does. And this actually started with a song that I wrote 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:20,039 with some inner city Chicago kids from fairguit Academy a year and a half ago, 50 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,080 and we wanted to write a song because they had lost their music teacher, 51 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,199 and we spent six weeks. The kids wrote the whole lyric, We 52 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,000 went into a recording studio, we recorded it. You can see that video 53 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:35,919 on YouTube. Let music film my world with Fairgut Academy, Yes and read 54 00:03:35,919 --> 00:03:40,360 that process. We raised three hundred thousand dollars through the Tolman Foundation to provide 55 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,159 a music teacher for that school for three years. They now have a music 56 00:03:45,199 --> 00:03:49,719 teacher. Those kids have a music teacher. And the Music Matters Challenge when 57 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:53,280 people enter it and make their video telling their story about a music teacher that 58 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,719 mattered to them, sing a little bit of the song, play a little 59 00:03:57,719 --> 00:04:00,479 bit of the song in an instrument, do a little dance. You certainly 60 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,919 don't have to be a singer, and enter the contest the grand prizes. 61 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,719 We're going to do that again. We're going to participate with the winner and 62 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,400 provide a music teacher for a school in need for three hundred thousand dollars for 63 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,600 three years. The winner will win ten grand that doesn't hurt, and we'll 64 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,399 have a school prize where schools can compete and win a twenty five thousand dollars 65 00:04:19,439 --> 00:04:24,600 grant so there's a lot of fun. Whether you win or not. You're 66 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:29,279 helping and contribute to a school music teacher for a school that doesn't have one, 67 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,800 and hopefully, like the Ice Bucket Challenge, it'll take over America and 68 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,720 we'll have a lot of fun in April. It reminds me so much of 69 00:04:34,759 --> 00:04:38,279 the way that radio was back in the early days, when we would sit 70 00:04:38,319 --> 00:04:42,079 there and listen to Casey casem and dream of one day being talked about on 71 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,639 that show. I mean that to me is the participation, because even the 72 00:04:45,759 --> 00:04:49,959 viewers and listeners will get the opportunity to vote in this process. You know, 73 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:55,920 it's funny. I actually sat in once for Casey Caseum and did did 74 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:01,519 the countdown, and I'd never realized how exhausting and hard it was. My 75 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,319 appreciation for Casey Kasea went through the roof. But no, you're exactly right. 76 00:05:06,399 --> 00:05:11,000 You know, everybody has a chance to win. Whether you have one 77 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,000 follower, ten million followers, will have ten finalists, as you said, 78 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,800 at the end of April, in both categories, the school category, the 79 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:23,839 individual category, and then the public will vote and it should be a lot 80 00:05:23,879 --> 00:05:28,360 of fun, and I for one can't wait to start seeing everybody's videos. 81 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,639 Yeah. Yeah, music has always had an impact on the community, but 82 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:34,399 sometimes people will kind of shy away from that thought when in fact, I 83 00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:39,120 remember when Dolly said that music is how people got their news, that's how 84 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,759 they learned about other communities. That's amazing, you know, and isn't that 85 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:47,120 true? And I think we can learn from history by music, right you 86 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,000 listen to the music of the sixties. You get a sense of the times 87 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:56,439 through through music in ways you can never get from reading a book or reading 88 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,319 an article. And I think that's why, you know, we've kind of 89 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:03,920 lost a little bit of that. I think with kind of the segmentation of 90 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,439 music, you know, the conglomerates of radio stations, I think we've lost 91 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,759 a little bit of that. And I think this is one way that we 92 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,959 can remind ourselves that music is a critical piece of our culture and how we 93 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,720 express ourselves and how we come together and how we talk about the world around 94 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,519 us. And I think that's what we want to make sure every kid has 95 00:06:21,519 --> 00:06:26,360 the opportunity to grow up with that in their lives. One of the things 96 00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:30,079 that maybe I'm a jerk or so, but I'll see somebody that's extremely shy, 97 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,600 And the first thing that I'll ask them is are you doing anything with 98 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,560 music? Are you are you are you tapping on things or what are you 99 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:39,040 doing? Because music brings you out of being shy. It gives you an 100 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,319 opportunity to display your art. We're not going to judge you. It may 101 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:44,040 be, you know, you might be out of tune, but we're still 102 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,279 going to love you. You know, when we started this class with the 103 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,519 kids from Farragut, so many of them were so shy they didn't want to 104 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,279 talk. You know, I understand that they weren't musicians, they were just 105 00:06:56,519 --> 00:07:00,519 kids who liked music. And by the end, they were singing to each 106 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,160 other, they were hugging each other, they were best buddies. And you 107 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,000 know, one last little story that I think, you know, really takes 108 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:12,319 this to the limit. I remember one day I was walking off stage and 109 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,680 Superman, my song was embraced by the autistic community when it came out, 110 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,480 and there was a family with an autistic boy and he's about nine years old 111 00:07:21,519 --> 00:07:25,319 and severely on the spectrum, couldn't interact with you, was kind of having 112 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,759 an episode, and the mother said to him, Hey, hey, hey, 113 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,439 this is the Superman singer, this is a Superman guy. And this 114 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:39,240 kid literally stopped kind of his tantrum. He stood up, He walked right 115 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:42,519 to my face, two inches away from my face. He looked me in 116 00:07:42,519 --> 00:07:47,319 the eye, and he sang the whole Superman song verbatim. And at that 117 00:07:47,439 --> 00:07:51,040 moment it was almost like a religious experience. I'm like, Wow, there's 118 00:07:51,079 --> 00:07:57,720 something about music that transcends and and that really I think kind of, you 119 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,240 know, formed my passion for music. For all these kids, you know, 120 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:05,279 wherever you are, you know, whatever your capabilities, and and I 121 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,639 still get chills when I think about that, young man, Do you have 122 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,360 a lot of memories of of, you know, doing music in school, 123 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,519 because I mean I can. I can still see my my seventh grade course 124 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,319 teacher, as well as the room that we were in, the different tiers 125 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,720 that we all had to sit in. The altos were over here, and 126 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:24,560 the bear tones were over here. Of course. Yeah, I mean I 127 00:08:24,639 --> 00:08:30,079 had this music h this this writing English teacher in high school, uh who 128 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,879 was a bass player, and that was his passion. And he let us 129 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:37,000 do anything. He let my He let me write my final essay on Steely 130 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:43,840 Dan, you know, analyzing you know, Asia and and you know that 131 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:48,440 guy, you know, was formative and in my you know, my music 132 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:52,120 journey. And I think nobody was happier when I started to have success than 133 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,799 him because I think he felt a part of my success. He was a 134 00:08:56,879 --> 00:09:00,279 part of my success, you know. So so folks like that along way 135 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,480 my voice teacher, you know, people like that. It's really you know, 136 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:07,519 you look back with wonderful memories, you know, starting with my mom. 137 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,399 So it's it's a way to pay it forward for them. And also, 138 00:09:09,759 --> 00:09:13,240 you know, one great thing about this Music Matter Challenge is it recognizes 139 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:16,960 all our great music teachers across the country who do such an amazing job. 140 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,399 Wow analyzing Asia. I was a jock on the radio on an AM radio 141 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:26,360 station. We depended on Asia to keep us on the air because this evil 142 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:35,000 monster FM radio was stepping up. Thank you Steely Dan for saving radio. 143 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,919 Yeah. Yeah, I could still listen to that record, you know, 144 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,360 over and over and over and over again. You know, probably one of 145 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:46,320 the best sonic, sonically sounding records and music musicianship ever made. One of 146 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,279 the things that we need to do is we need to show some love to 147 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,240 Kayley in the way that there is a story here on how this seed started 148 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:58,480 and got you involved. Yeah, you know, the Tallman's Kaylee and her 149 00:09:58,519 --> 00:10:03,120 father Glenn, just doing credible work around the world, particularly in Chicago where 150 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:07,879 they're from. She's so passionate. She was a former member of our Armed 151 00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:13,000 Services. She's a musician herself, and her family is funding this whole Music 152 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:18,120 Matters Challenge. They also help me go to Ukraine. They do amazing things 153 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:24,720 and Kaylee's kind of passion, her heart, her love for kids. You 154 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,000 know, we were at Farragut Academy a month ago and talking to some of 155 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:31,840 the kids there and just to watch her interact with them. She is a 156 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:35,519 saint on earth. So this doesn't happen without the Tomlin Foundation. You know, 157 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,840 we always all have, you know, good ideas and want to try 158 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,879 to make the world a little better place. But you need people with resources, 159 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,320 and they are the ones funding this effort. They're the one providing the 160 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:50,960 music teachers for the schools, and you know, thank God for them and 161 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,600 all their amazing work, not just for the Music Matters Challenge, but throughout 162 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,440 the whole nation. Forbes magazine just recently announced that Don't Stop Believing is now 163 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,080 the biggest single of all time. And I disagree with that because I believe 164 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,200 the greatest single of all time is sitting in someone's bedroom right now and it 165 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,600 has to come out. But who is going to teach that child to bring 166 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:13,720 that song out? Arrow, you're hired as our spokesman that I could hit 167 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:18,000 better myself. And hey, and look, I spent a year finding Steve 168 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,879 Perry's voice teacher because I wanted to study with that guy because the voice, 169 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,759 you know, the voice was a huge instrument, a huge instrumental part of 170 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:30,120 my life. And and I love that. Don't stop believing is the biggest, 171 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,519 biggest single ever because I've probably sung it and listened to it ten thousand 172 00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:37,879 times myself. But you're right, Yeah, the best song, the best 173 00:11:37,879 --> 00:11:45,159 songwriter, the next Elvis is sitting somewhere and just needs a chance and just 174 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,120 needs to be exposed to music. And that's what we're doing. And before 175 00:11:50,159 --> 00:11:52,919 we're done, we're going to make sure every kid in this nation has a 176 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:56,360 has a music teacher and has that chance, especially in our inner city schools 177 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,000 where many of them do not have a music teacher. Well, I believe 178 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,559 that we need music teachers because they really do train us how to speak in 179 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,919 tune as well, because as you grow through high school and let's say you 180 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,679 get into a debate, a debate class, you've got to be able to 181 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,200 speak in tune. You've got to have a pace, you pitch, your 182 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:15,240 volume, your tone, And that to me comes from a music teacher. 183 00:12:16,919 --> 00:12:22,399 You're so right, you know, it matures us. It forces us to 184 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:28,279 be disciplined. We fail, and then we we we have successes. You 185 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:30,919 know, you can't just pick up a violin and start to play it. 186 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:35,759 You know, you learn that there's stages and it takes time, and it's 187 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:41,200 worth it to invest yourself in the arts. It gives people who maybe are 188 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:48,799 not athletes a way to escape and find a passion. Again, you say 189 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,919 it perfectly. It lets us find our voice, our heart, and our 190 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,799 soul. And at a young age, it's so critical right to do that, 191 00:12:58,039 --> 00:13:00,799 you know, certainly, even you know in my age. You know, 192 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,679 I'm fifty nine years old. You know, I love hearing stories of 193 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,320 people in their seventies picking up a music instrument. I'm teaching themselves how to 194 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,879 play. You know, it's great when you're five, it's great when you're 195 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:13,919 eighty five. You know, it's great for all of us, and you 196 00:13:13,039 --> 00:13:16,440 only got one hundred years to live. So I'll end with that. When 197 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,240 I'm blessed with the opportunity to talk to all of these my magnificent authors that 198 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,279 have got books out right now, one of the things that I always bring 199 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,200 up is music because I have a passion for music. And I asked them, 200 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,080 what were you listening to when you were putting this book together? My 201 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,960 God, John, they have got the greatest stories of who they put into 202 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:37,279 their life as they're writing those words. Interesting, like, give me a 203 00:13:37,279 --> 00:13:39,960 couple examples of some of the artists they listen to. So like when they're 204 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,240 right, it depends on like on the different scenes. Like for instance, 205 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,960 if it's a scene that you know that's like very Tom Cruise, like they've 206 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,200 got the dramatic music in the background, they'll have orchestra music. They'll sit 207 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,639 there and they'll utilize their album collection, and I love the way that people 208 00:13:52,639 --> 00:13:56,399 are talking about that because they want the real music behind them. Or they'll 209 00:13:56,399 --> 00:13:58,840 sit there and they'll listen to a Hootie and the Blowfish. They'll listen to 210 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 popular music so they so they can get back into the culture of what they're 211 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:07,120 writing about, especially these ya authors for young adults, My god, when 212 00:14:07,159 --> 00:14:09,679 they say that they're going to go back ten or fifteen years, they've got 213 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,639 to put themselves back there, and music is what puts them there. So 214 00:14:13,039 --> 00:14:16,639 music teacher, teach that, you know, that's so fascinating. And you 215 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:18,799 know, I have a lot of friends in Hollywood too, and and and 216 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:24,639 I know they do that as well. And there's nothing better, you know, 217 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:28,200 for for a film or a scene when you you you mesh the perfect 218 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,080 scene with the perfect music. You know. I've been blessed to have a 219 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,159 lot of my songs in film, and I've watched people do this. It's 220 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:37,639 an art, but yeah, it's it's a you know. When I when 221 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:41,600 when when the Iraq War started, I started getting emails from our troops who 222 00:14:41,639 --> 00:14:46,600 talk about how they use music to escape, to pump themselves up for a 223 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,440 mission, to calm down, to connect with home in so many different ways, 224 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,759 you know. So I think music has a place for everybody whatever you 225 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:58,399 do, especially our soldiers. And to see that music helps their mental wellness 226 00:14:58,679 --> 00:15:03,000 is it was an education to me. So yeah, I mean I think 227 00:15:03,039 --> 00:15:05,840 we could go on and on, but I think we all use it in 228 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:09,519 ways we need it. Well, look at the way that you're using music 229 00:15:09,559 --> 00:15:11,960 in your own personal life right now. Going out there on the road with 230 00:15:11,039 --> 00:15:16,799 a four string quartet. Oh my god, that's an exploration. It's so 231 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:22,639 amazing. I have these a list Broadway players, my violin player Katie just 232 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:26,840 won a Tony Award, and to play with them every night across the country 233 00:15:26,879 --> 00:15:31,320 and small venues and do a very intimate show and a storytelling show. And 234 00:15:31,919 --> 00:15:35,200 you know when they play to Superman or A Hundred Years or Chances or the 235 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:41,320 Riddle, you know, the songs take on a new dimension and they're so 236 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,559 wonderful people. They love you know, all these you know, string Broadway 237 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,120 players want to be rock stars and they love playing rock music and they're cookie 238 00:15:50,159 --> 00:15:54,000 and fun and so we just have a blast. And as I said, 239 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,720 it's an intimate family show. We always do a song that recognizes our troops. 240 00:15:56,759 --> 00:16:02,360 And and so yeah, we're already next week in Fargo. We're going 241 00:16:03,879 --> 00:16:06,799 through April seventh, and I'm taking a little detour to Israel for a week. 242 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,320 Then I'll come back and we'll wrap a cord tour on the on the 243 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,279 West coast. So it's gonna be a wild month. Wow, you know. 244 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,960 When you're sharing that story, I'm sitting here thinking, Wow, the 245 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,639 nerdy kids in course and the nerdy kids in orchestra got together on your stage. 246 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,480 I mean, is it that? To me? Is what a music 247 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,480 teacher is all about. Yeah, and I'm a nerdy math major, you 248 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:29,799 know. So all the nerds are gonna be hanging out on stage and we'll 249 00:16:29,879 --> 00:16:34,080 nerd out together once again. The website is let music Filmyworld dot com. 250 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:37,320 How does it all play out? What is the big day? Because you 251 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:38,919 know how we are, we're procrastinators, John, what they need to put 252 00:16:38,919 --> 00:16:45,039 the move on now? We will be launching the twenty sixth, March twenty 253 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,080 sixth on Good Morning America three, and that day the website goes live. 254 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,000 But you can certainly go right now to the website and check it out and 255 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,039 watch some videos and see what we're doing, see all the details that let 256 00:16:57,159 --> 00:17:02,399 music Filmoworld dot com. But yeah, we go live March twenty six The 257 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,680 contest will run through the end of April. Then we'll tip, we'll pick 258 00:17:04,759 --> 00:17:08,640 ten finalists, and in a couple of weeks we'll have the vote, and 259 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:14,400 I believe it's May fourteenth, we'll announce the winners and it should be a 260 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,400 blast, and I appreciate you having me on your platform and making people aware 261 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,720 of it. You've got to do some videos and things when you when you 262 00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:25,400 crown that king or queen the music teacher of the year you've got, you've 263 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:26,880 got to put some pictures up so that we can embrace it and make this 264 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:33,000 grow well beyond twenty twenty four. Oh, you're exactly right, thank you. 265 00:17:33,039 --> 00:17:34,640 This is just step one. We're not a one and done. This 266 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,279 is step one for the music from our world project. So let's kick it 267 00:17:38,319 --> 00:17:42,559 off. Let's make it a success, and then we'll we'll continue until every 268 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,559 school has a music teacher. We're not going to stop toward we have that 269 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,519 realized. Oh man, I love where your heart is. Please come back 270 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:52,640 to this show anytime in the future. John, The door is always going 271 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,680 to be open for you. Arrow You're the best. Thank you, my 272 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,920 friend. You bet you'd be brilliant today. Okay, you got it, 273 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,400 you too, Thank you.