Jack Stamp – Why Music Matters
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Jack Stamp giving one of the best examples of exactly why music education is so important and belongs in our schools
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February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Yes, sports – at least to do well and excel – takes a lot of work and discipline. No argument there. And to do well and excel in a team sport takes a lot of cooperation and coordination that individual sports do not. But there is so much more involved in music, especially ensemble music, with just as much if not more training and discipline than any sport. At least one doesn’t usually have to worry about injuries! No need for marching band physicians and medical kits.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Hmmm. Well, in middle school I played basketball, in high school I played football, basketball, and ran track. In college I played football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and was a fencer. In high school I was in the marching band, jazz band, orchestra, choir, and barbershop quartet. I even made All-State choir and first chair All-State on my instrument (tuba). I spent most of my undergraduate time and all of my graduate school as a Music major. I’ve been on both sides of this equation.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Well, a keyboard can be part of playing with the heart. It doesn’t have to be a digital one, of course, but there is a lot of very emotional music in the piano literature! It can be just as heartfelt with a digital keyboard as an acoustic. But trying to replace an orchestra or even just a trio or quartet with digitally produced “playing” definitely falls way short of idea when compared with a live performance.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
So why do we need old traditional pitchers in baseball games when we have machines that can pitch baseballs? Mechanical pitchers would let the people concentrate on being better fielders. Why have the Indy 500 or Daytona 500 with all the costs and training and experience it takes for the drivers, mechanics, etc. when it can all be done with a PlayStation? See how silly that idea is?
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
And how many MPB players can throw a 90 mph plus fastball? Likely very few – at least with any accuracy. You’re bringing in a very specific example. One can play “Flight of the Bumblebee” on a tuba yet not play a smooth drum roll.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
an aspect of music education that Mr. Stamp didn’t bring up was the emotional feeling that music gives us musicians. I remember the first time I was given my Clarinet and was able to play a full 2 min. song, I felt like hevan had just opened up and I finally felt truly awake. Not only is music good for the brain, it’s good for the soul too. My best friend once dropped her saxaphone, and she was a nervous reck for the three weeks it took to fix it.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
wow when you start the comment off with “i can play 6 different instruments poorly” nothing after that has any merit. if you have the DISCIPLINE and the DETERMINATION to master even one instrument, you would realize how much music helps you with everything in life.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Once the real instrument has been mastered, it sounds a million times better in person than damn digital crap.
Digital in monotone. Regardless of swelling or change in volume.
But real instruments provide emotion, less robotic.
Real music played by real people is amazing.
Truly and simply amazing.
And not robotic and ugly / boring like digital.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
You either have the niche for music, or you don’t. You can only be taught so much.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Jack Stamp is epic!!!!!!!
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Eustus’ 6 instruments…Gutar Hero 1, Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, and Rock Band
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
I think Eustis needs to spend more time doing music. Then he might learn the difference between your and you’re and learn where capital letters go. But who cares? However, he can have his laugh now because, for the rest of his life he’ll be calling those losers in band sir and ma’am because they sign his paycheck (assuming he has a job), hire him in the first place (assuming he knows what an iron is), and tell him how they like their coffee (because that’s the only job he’ll be able to get)
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
as much as i absolutely love music, i kind of have to say i disagree with some parts. of course, music should be kept in public schools. but playing sports probably isn’t easier than playing music. i mean, sure, you sometimes fake a turn or whatever, but that takes strategy, you don’t fake something because you feel like it, you do it for a legit reason. im not trying to insult anyone. i just think comparing music to sports is like comparing apples to oranges.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
@Moog167 i agree, but protools whatsoever shouldn’t exist at all. thats digital, real music is analogue, real music is acoustic.
I do use those programs alot cuz the industry forces you to.
but acoustic music is the way to go.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
@dafontenot Hey, don’t shun wind instrument players. I think you’re just trying to make a comback because you couldn’t play an acoustic instrument when you tried out for band. And besides, people actually ENJOY playing an acoustic instrument. Plus it improves brain functions as Dr. Stamp mentions in this video.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Actually, I like the way the 95% playing sounds…very ” Ives or Schonberg-esque”
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
well,…….. first of all…….. where’s the challenge is that? you can teach anyone how to press a bunch of buttons and memorize what order to press the buttons. However, it does not work to embochure or air or anything. There’s no challenge and no work. Similar to what you’re saying…….. humans who work at factories and such can poison and ruin american-made goods… why should we use the “old traditional” workers, when robots work even better? no spirit, no soul, no music.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Hey hes got a good point our music director let us skip band to make us watch this video the next day was our christmas concert we played a hundred percent after his inspiering speech our band director always refers to it when we dont play a hundred percent which that dosent happen alot but it was really good it got us good reveis it got us on the front page of our news paper
it was a hard thing to do but u just have to keep a hundred percent in mind i always do and im getting an a+ in band
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
why is it that any retard who can push someone out of their way, jump really high, run really fast or throw something really far/fast can go to any college they want to for free if they have like a 2.5 gpa? Even if you are a musical prodigy/genius, if you don’t have a 4.0 you wouldn’t have a chance at a half tuition scholarship I play bass, guitar, drums, euphonium and trumpet. Bass, guitar and drums for my youth praise band and euphonium in my schools band and trumpet in schools jazz band
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Keyboards do not have emotion, it’s just playing the notes and that’s it, that is not what playing music is about. Music is played from the heart, with emotion. That’s what gives music it’s great nature, people are playing with emotion in the song. You can’t do that with a keyboard, sure you can add abunch of digital crap and editing too it, but it’s BLAND, there’s no emotion at all in it, it sounds robotic, but actually playing instruments you can make it sound wonderful.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Learn how to spell!!
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
i love this
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
No you can’t teach someone how to throw a 90 mph fast ball. It’s true that anybody can LEARN how to play music, but you can’t teach someone to be a virtuoso. Talent like that needs to come naturally much like throwing a fast ball.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Music is ruleless so you technically cannot teach people how to play music because there are so many approaches to it around the world…..
February 9th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Because there are things you can only learn from playing those instruments instead of just playing the keyboards that SOUND like them.