This is good. Mudcat is a resource for so many of us, it would be nice to make it more of a brand and a force for good musical support, wherever.

For example, I posted a link to this Bill Moyers interview a few weeks ago and speculated that it would be marvelous if Mudcat could raise a few hundred (or even thousands) dollars and build one of these schools in Africa. A note on the link, it is a segment of the program that has some commentary (four minutes) before it gets to discussing the documentary Playing for Change: Music for Peace. The film stems from a multi-year project taht combines the music of street musicians from around the world in familiar songs. It is an incredible job of mixing these performances.

The response was disappointing--polite interest in the subject coupled with enthusiasm for the film, but no sense of "we could do this!" that I had hoped for. With a foundation, this IS the kind of work Mudcat could do.

I'm going to buy this DVD through the Mudcat like to Amazon, if it is available.

SRS