Take a good look at the young men singing and playing Hallelujah.
There are some things you don’t notice at first.
I didn’t know anything about MusiCorp. What a fabulous program. We will have thousands of wounded warriors in our society after 12-13 years of war. How wonderful that the entertainment business is contributing to this program also. Music does heal. Thanks to Stephen Colbert for featuring this program on his show. Thanks to the musicians and medical professionals who support our wounded veterans.
From the MusiCorp website:
MusiCorps
It is difficult to imagine the life of a severely wounded warrior recovering at Walter Reed. Wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, many have had their lives blown up in every sense of the word. MusiCorps is an intensive rehabilitation program that helps them play music and recover their lives.Musicorps replicates “real world” music relationships so that injured veterans work on, and are motivated to work on, robust goal-oriented projects many hours a day. MusiCorps integrates individualized projects, regular visits by professional musicians, and the use of specially-assembled computer-based music workstations along with traditional instruments. Working in any musical style they prefer, wounded warriors are able to learn, play, write, record, and produce original material.
Benefits
Facing a jarring shift from rigorous activity to the pain and isolation of recovery, MusiCorps brings activity, joy, and purpose.MusiCorps also aids recovery from war-related trauma, including PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and TBI (traumatic brain injury). Concussive blasts from roadside bombs cause TBI, and it has been called the signature injury of the war on terror. Learning, creating, and performing music involves so many aspects of brain function that it is believed to recruit uninjured parts of the brain to compensate for parts that have been injured, and help those parts that are injured recover. Among others, MusiCorps is advised by Dr. Allen Brown, Director of Brain Research and Rehabilitation at the Mayo Clinic.
And just one more song…
Thanks you for putting this up Moon. I had a very difficult time watching it–too many memories of Vietnam came flooding back. This nation’s legacy for maybe as much as seven decades will be these young men and women with their battle scars, both physical and mental. I wonder what George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama think when they see these young men and women. I wonder what the 535 “people’s representatives” think when they see these young men and women. I wonder how well they sleep at night. Do they dream of them? Do they feel their pain? Do they feel their loss? I wonder.
From what I have read, both George Bush and Barack Obama have been profoundly bothered by our war wounded….as they should be.
This video really touched my heart.