Advocacy
Playing musical instruments/ singing creates more neuro-pathways between all parts and both hemispheres of the brain; even more than creating visual art or athletics! Don't believe me? Check out this music brain research: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins
A principal fires security guards and hires fine arts teachers... what is the result? Check this news report: http://dailynightly.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/01/18005192-principal-fires-security-guards-to-hire-art-teachers-and-transforms-elementary-school?lite=
Music Education for the purpose of having musicians. Not to support math, reading, test scores, etc. Music and musicians matter! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-greene/stop-defending-music-education-_b_7564550.html
Music supports literacy. https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2018/01/05/language-and-literacy-learning-through-music
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Folk Song Resources, Blogs, and Preservation
Make sure your copies and reproductions of published works are legal: http://imadeit.org/
Folk Song Collector and Organizer from Australia: http://mysongfile.com/songs
Suggested folk music preservation and research websites from Dr. Susan Brumfield:
Mudcat Café: http://mudcat.org/
The British Library: http://sounds.bl.uk/
English Folk Dance and Song Society: http://efdss.org/
Olde English Rounds/ Old Notation: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ravenscroft/deuteromelia/
A New York Children's Librarian's blog: http://longlivetheweeds.blogspot.com/search/label/language%3A%20japanese
Folk Song Collector and Organizer from Australia: http://mysongfile.com/songs
Suggested folk music preservation and research websites from Dr. Susan Brumfield:
Mudcat Café: http://mudcat.org/
The British Library: http://sounds.bl.uk/
English Folk Dance and Song Society: http://efdss.org/
Olde English Rounds/ Old Notation: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ravenscroft/deuteromelia/
A New York Children's Librarian's blog: http://longlivetheweeds.blogspot.com/search/label/language%3A%20japanese