By Michael Angier
In today’s market and with today’s technology it’s never been easier to compete with established companies and well-known individuals. Never before has opportunity been so universally available.
Every day I see where someone has published their first book, launched a new company, starred in a new film or partnered with a large corporate entity. I like to read about people going for their dreams.
What may not be apparent is that these are everyday people. Those who have been successful in achieving their dreams are usually not any different than you and me.
Except for one thing–they went out and did it.
All too often, I see people hold back and not go after their dreams because they don’t feel special enough. They erroneously believe that the people out there doing great things are privileged in some way. They believe them to have more knowledge, more connections or more inside information than they themselves do.
This is rarely true. With few exceptions, the ones out there making things happen simply had the courage and the urgency to do so. They believed in themselves and in what they were doing. Sometimes not a lot–but at least enough to get started.
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Posted by Noe Pacheco
Mar
07
2009
According to an article written by Ryan Hurley on www.weac.org, since 1993, when legislators imposed revenue caps on public schools, school districts have been forced to make some hard decisions about ways they can cut back spending. Music and art programs were usually among the first to receive severe blows.
Hurley explains in the article, more than 10 years later, the slashing of music and art programs is continuing in dramatic fashion. In addition to revenue controls, the recent Elementary and Secondary Education Act (often referred to as the No Child Left Behind law) imposed by the Bush administration has put music and art programs in rough shape and left with a dim future. In hopes of reducing the budget, school districts throughout the state are taking drastic measures by cutting out pieces of art and music programs and in some cases eliminating teaching positions completely.
Musical instructor, David Seifert, expresses his views about the political aspects that currently have a negative effect on his school’s music department.
“Unfortunately, it can be tough [to teach music], because today’s times are different,” said Seifert, who currently teaches at a middle school. “There are a lot of politics in teaching and not enough money is funded to our schools,” elaborated Seifert.
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By Chris Robertson
Today, the Internet provides unprecedented opportunities for independent music to find an audience. Unsigned bands and solo singers can now build a fan base that will not only listen to their music, but to buy MP3 downloads.
The Internet’s Grassroots Movement
It’s indisputable that the Web has created a paradigm shift in the way we live our lives. We’ve come to depend on the Internet for communications, information gathering, shopping, and so much more. With the advent of what is widely known as Web 2.0, the Internet has once again shifted into what could best be summed up by one word: democratization. For example, journalists are no longer affiliated with mainstream media outlets; they’re researching, blogging, and breaking some of the top news stories of the day. Experts no longer sit in their ivory towers and publish papers in academic journals; your family members, neighbors, and co-workers are constantly refining the compendium of expertise known as Wikipedia. Throw in MySpace, YouTube, and other social networking sites, and the top-down information structure is tossed out the window, replaced by a bottom-up, grassroots movement.
