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PeaceLabs Music is my micro-indie record label and music publishing company. As an artist I’ve had some commercial and critical success with PeaceLabs. But the tag line “Music Saves Lives” has always suggested and inspired a larger vision. I see PeaceLabs as a sort of social-purpose “music tank” that’s investing in a new field of civic service through music.
It’s actually an old idea. Cultures have forever relied on music for identity, expression and transformation. Music is unrivaled, perhaps even by language itself, as a means for communication and bringing people together. For these reasons, music is at the strategic core of some of the world’s most beloved brands (like Myspace, Apple and Starbucks) and most visible efforts to save the planet such as Al Gore’s “Live Earth” concerts and Bono’s charge to alleviate extreme poverty.
Innovative music programs and performances are also improving lives every day in schools, hospitals and communities everywhere. PeaceLabs seeks to expand the field of this activity by highlighting the most effective initiatives while developing a national network of service-oriented music lovers that includes musicians, consumers, entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
After 9-11, the Asian tsunami, hurricane Katrina and recently on American Idol Give’s Back, singer-songwriters proved they can sell more than web-ads, iPods and Frappuccinos. Great music can also inspire compassion, conservation and community service. In this regard, music is service all by itself. PeaceLabs promotes music as service so that service-driven music careers and organizations can flourish.
The “PeaceLabs Music Tank” is currently churning through a number of project ideas. I invite your feedback on any or all of our initial concepts below. To share your views, learn more, sponsor an event or donate, please sign the mailing list, come to an upcoming PeaceLabs event or just ping me by email.
Thank you,
Chris "Kiff" Gallagher
PeaceLabs Music
 Music Tank and Network
National Gathering
Music Fellowship
Pioneer Awards
Advocacy Tours & Issue Ambassadors
Nonprofit, Artist Development Label
And for the long term vision...
Music National Service
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