Kickstarter

Hello everyone, we are “Playing For Change.” 

A Global music project that began with a dream to connect the world through music and has evolved into a movement uniting people everywhere. (playingforchange.com). 

Now there is an opportunity for the millions of people who have been touched by the Playing for Change artists and family around the globe to be personally involved with our most exciting project ever…the Playing For Change 3 (PFC3) album and DVD/blue ray to be launched globally in 2013, in association with concerts around the world.  

By your direct support and contribution to our Kickstarter project you can help support this incredible project and be involved in a very meaningful way.  Every contribution, large or small, will make a huge difference and will mean that we can extend our music to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The project came to life about 8 years ago when I was walking on the streets in Santa Monica, California, and I heard the voice of Roger Ridley singing, “Stand By Me”.  He had so much soul in his voice and I approached him and I said if I come back with some recording equipment and cameras we would love to record and film you playing “Stand By me” and take the song around the world adding different musicians to the track.  He looked at me like I was crazy but he said if you come back, I’ll play the song. When the crew and I returned, Roger was in a set break and I asked him, “with a voice like yours why are you singing in the street?  He said, Man: I’m in the Joy business, I just like to come outside and be with the people.” Ever since that day Playing For Change has been traveling across the globe building a family and creating songs around the world.

PFC 1 was our first CD/DVD featuring “Stand By Me” and “One Love”, two global anthems that helped launch PFC into the hearts and minds of people everywhere.

As our music and message spread across the world PFC 2 was born, our second CD/DVD featuring ten new songs and stunning videos of our artists playing on the street in different corners of the world.  We kicked off in West Africa featuring “Gimme Shelter” and “Redemption Song” as well as new original songs around the world such as “Satchita” and “Music is my Ammunition”.

PFC 3 is our new project and we are relying on your participation and all our energies to create something truely amazing.  The CD and DVD/Blue Ray will feature ten new songs and videos around the world.  Our community of supporters is allowing us to be fully independent and we are looking to the people of the planet to help us create a masterpiece together.  Music legends such as Keith Richards, Los Lobos, Keb’ Mo’ and of course, Grandpa Elliott will all be participating on the new album. Join us on a musical journey as we travel from the Congo to the Mississippi, Australia, Europe, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico and South America. 

This project has always been from the people, for the people.  The Internet helps us directly reach the hearts and minds of people everywhere. Now we can directly invite all of you to participate in the process of creating and launching PFC 3. Please help us by supporting our new PFC 3 CD/DVD and together we will leave this world better than we found it. 

For each contribution towards making the world a better place, we will be recognizing your personal involvement in a number of ways. Everyone at Playing For Change thanks you so much for dedicating a bit of your time to learning about PFC 3 and we really appreciate your support. Together with this PFC project we invite you to come onto our website (www.playingforchange.com) and have a look at the many ways each and every one can participate in the Playing for Change movement.

We are all Playing For Change.   

One Love,

Mark Johnson