Today’s entry is our first microblog, a mini-blog entry based around a single image or concept.
Greetings, readers! Happy New Year! I hope your 2012 is off to a rousing start. While at an event on trends in China last month, I learned about the term “microblogging.” Twitter, for example, is considered a microblogging site where people can post status updates in 140 characters or less. Here at Highroad we have dubbed 2012 the Year of Connection and Growth. Through our upcoming e-book, webinars, and other forums, we want to authentically reach more people around the world. So in addition to our usual essay-type blog entries, we will now post more frequent microblogs on issues of depth and substance. This week we want to share some world music.
In about three weeks I am turning 40. To celebrate, I am putting on a house concert for my family and close friends. I will play guitar alongside a couple of guest musicians. In the past I’ve played music as a hobby, but since starting Highroad Global Services I haven’t picked up the guitar much. My job is so fulfilling I thought perhaps I didn’t need to. However, I cannot express the joy that music has brought to my life since I’ve reintroduced it. I can see why music crosses cultures so well, becoming a sort of universal language. The music and its meanings vary greatly around the world, but the feeling generated from it has great power to bond us together in a sort of rhythm.
I discovered this website recently: www.playingforchange.com. Their tagline is “Connecting the world through music.” How appropriate! Please enjoy this stunning video of over 75 musicians across the country of Colombia. I wish you all the best for 2012.
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