April 8, 2019

Ray Stevens: It Starts with M.E.

Hello once again...in this first fan created blog entry of the month I'm going to highlight a recent YouTube video clip that emerged from Ray Stevens last week (April 5, 2019). The video promotes music education and how emotionally beneficial it can be to a person's life. In researching the project I found out that It Starts with M.E. got underway in the latter half of 2018 following the CMA Music Fest telecast on ABC-TV in August of 2018. In the years leading up to the creation of this program there had been similar kinds of programs/seminars devoted to enriching one's life with music but based on my research It Starts with M.E. is a culmination of those similar awareness programs all rolled into one.

Ray has, down through the years, participated in a number of seminars and programs promoting music awareness in addition to sitting on panels discussing songwriting and the intricacies of music and it's impact on people's lives and so from that aspect this isn't new territory for Ray to cover but given the clever slogan and the fact it's being widely publicized beyond Music Row gives the CMA Foundation's campaign a bit more broader attention rather than it coming off as something exclusive to those that work in, or routinely visit, downtown Nashville.

The reason for the unique spelling, in case you hadn't figured it out by now, M.E. stands for music education.


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