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I had to take a short break from The Digital Political to do some other writing, but when I got back the world had just gone Be-GaGa. Talk about imagination. Talk about taking it to the edge… Talk about giving folks something to talk about… Lady GaGa and Beyonce.
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There is or has been a budding music star in all of us at one time or the other. From a garage band hoping to become the next Jonas Brothers or Jackson Five to a church choir envisioning themselves as the next Kirk Franklin or Amy Grant and Crystal Lewis. Or it could have began as innocently as singing in the shower and doo-whopping anywhere that has a good echo. The dream to sing stays alive and all along we continuously ask ourselves: What if? Could I have if I had stuck with it or not listened to… Was I really as good as I thought? Did my friends’ and family’s slight jabs at my talent foster an insecurity within that eventually saved me from massive embarrassment or did it in fact derail a career and dream that could have been? It can happen, not just for music, but to any dream. Or is it as simple as you felt that no matter how spectacular you thought you were, it boiled down to not having the connections. Not knowing the right people in the right places at the right time.
4Tru, is an all girl singing group that began the way most singing groups begin, a bunch of thirteen year old friends saying, “hey, let’s start a singing group”. It makes one chuckle and smile when those words are said out loud because they are always followed by the next infamous and adolescent phrase which goes like this: ”Yeah, I bet we could be the next [Fill In The Blank]” But it’s okay. That is what dreams are made of. And guess what? Sometimes they do become the next whomever.
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A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
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