Songwriting With Soldiers

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August 20, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Music is what feelings sound like. - Georgia Cates - Songwriting With Soldiers A chance meeting with a soldier after performing in a hospital in Germany inspired songwriter Darden Smith to work with members of the military to turn their stories into music. Smith now runs Songwriting With:Soldiers, a non-profit organization which pairs veterans and troops with professional songwriters in a peaceful environment. The service members share their stories and the songwriters mold them into lyrics and set them to melody. "We all have a story," Smith says. "When we listen, and listen well enough to take the solders' words and turn them into art, and sing it back to them, something happens. What it is, I don't know. I'm a songwriter, not a therapist. But something happens, and it's powerful." { read more } Be The Change Find a song that expresses how you feel about a loved one and share that song with them. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity There's More to Life Than Being Happy Relationships Are More Important than Ambition On Navigating Stuckness 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,547 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More