Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

My friend Kelly sent this Flash video to me. At first I thought it was just an ordinary YouTube styled live on-the-street recording of people singing. But it is more than that, here is an excerpt from Playing for Change’s website:

Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.

Let me know if you like it, and what else you know about the video and work behind it in comments please. Thanks!