Chase Koch: recommendation

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…You were age 13, and you heard the Pink Floyd album, The Wall, and it just floored you, right? Is there anything in music now that you think can do the same for today’s 13-year-olds? Oh, boy, that’s a good question. It’s hard to put myself in a 13-year-old’s shoes. I have three kids, and my oldest just turned 14. I don’t know. All I can speak to is my own experience in that I hope kids find the music that transforms them because music is a feeling. What you’re talking about is my experience. I think I was 11 actually when my sister played Pink Floyd The Wall, and it was the David Gilmour guitar solo from “Comfortably Numb.” It hit me so viscerally that that was my hook into music and sunk its teeth into me, and I never let go. Music isn’t for everyone, but whether it’s art or reading or dancing, I’d encourage anyone to find that thing because while we all have our work and we all have what we’re doing, I think everyone needs that one thing to help them self-actualize and live the happiest life possible. For me, music has done that not only because I love it and just experiencing it and going to a live show, but what I’ve learned from going to so many concerts from so many different bands and even DJs over the years is the power of music to unify people. It’s the common language that we all have globally. Frankly, that’s why I founded Stand Together Music by basically leveraging the power of music to unify people, and then our Stand Together platform that works on issues like poverty, criminal justice, mental health, transforming education. The power of music and artists that have really big followings that want to get engaged but don’t have a way to really drive change. That’s where we come alongside them and help them push the easy button because we have that platform. I know that wasn’t your original question, but that’s what excites me the most about music and why music is a huge part of my life. Not only, yes, I play in a band, but we can drive change with it, too. It’s very exciting. “Money” was the song on that album that really grabbed me when I was about 12. I heard that I thought, “Wow, I’ve never heard anything like this before.” Now, this summer, you followed around Dave Matthews Band. What did you learn from them?…

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