About 5 years ago I started a series of concerts that were to support positive music artists like myself and promote healthy lifestyle choices like yoga, surfing and healthy food. Over the years the event’s name has changed from “Enlightened Entertainment” to “Three Waves A Day” and now to “The Feel Good Festival.” This concert series and your support of it holds one of the keys to my success as it not only creates major exposure of my music , but also empowers at risk youth through performances and recorded music.
But why is music so important?
According to The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine “the average teen listens to 2.5 hours of music every day and is exposed to 35,000 references to substance abuse every year.” “These references have a noticeable impact on their behavior, mood and personal identity.” In another study of university students, The American Psychological Society published a report stating, “Research has definitively proved the link between youth violence and violent music.”
According to these reports “Music has a greater impact on human behavior than any other form of media including TV, Movies and Video Games.” As such, the goal of the Feel Good Music Project is to impact this behavior by providing positive music through a platform for up and coming positive music artists to be heard by the masses and encourage healthy lifestyle choices, which will reduce violence and drug abuse as well as boost confidence and self-esteem in our youth.
FGMP plans to achieve this through an ongoing effort, which includes a 20 date live music tour called the Feel Good Festival as well as a compilation CD that will be released and sold to the public and donated to at risk youth programs like the Boys & Girls Club of America and local schools. The Festival, in its 4th year of successful operation, aligns itself with health conscious sponsors to expose more people to positive music and healthy lifestyle choices including food & beverage, acrobatic yoga demonstrations, ice breakers and crowd interaction games.
How Can I Help?
We need cash to pay our musicians, to pay for marketing, production and travel. You can give as little as $10 and as much as $20,000. Without your gracious contributions we can’t get this important music to our youth. To contribute please follow directions below:
What Do I Get?
You can feel like a champion of the world by putting a long-term smile on hundreds of kids faces and your contribution is 100% tax deductible. (Please Note: Feel Good Music Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Feel Good Music Project must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.)
Instructions For Making Contributions
1) Send us your payment one of the following two ways:
- Credit Card
If you would like to make an instant payment with a credit card click the link below and you’ll be taken to a secure shopping cart on our Fiscal Sponsor Fractured Atlas’s Website.
Click Here to Pay By Credit Card
- Mail A Check
Send us your contribution in check form via US mail or other carrier to: 7555 Caminito Avola La Jolla CA 92037 – checks made out to “Fractured Atlas” with “Feel Good Music Project” listed as the “For” item.
Thanks for your help, really, it means more than you can imagine.
Wishing you love, success and abundance. -Chad