HeyJaredMaking Places Better
Exploring How Music Can Make The World A Better Place, by Shain Shapiro, PhD
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A quick note about Making Places Better (opens the original)
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I’ve never done a video before, but I thought it would be easier than sharing a post. I wanted to share a bit of information about some of the changes coming here at Making Places Better, and I thought it would be best in this format.There is a lot that is going to change in the coming few weeks. It’ll start with a big announcement on October 20, and a lot more consistent content that's less about cities and places and more about how to think differently about music in general and its potential
Introducing Move Afrika & Why It Matters (opens the original)
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Welcome again to Making Places Better, my Substack, where I look at how music can address and solve big global problems and, in doing so, make places better. In the next month (yes, very, very soon), I will be revamping this Substack with a new name, a new vision and new posts. The purpose will not change. But there will be more collaborative posts, more sharing of best practices and simply more activity. I am thankful I have nearly 1200 subscribers now, and I recognise you should get more from
I hope Dolly Won’t Be The Last American Everyone Liked (opens the original)
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I don’t know about you, but I am still reeling from Dolly Parton’s passing.Guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! the night after she died, Jelly Roll said she might be the last American that everyone liked. I have not been able to shake that sentence. She was one of a kind, and I don’t have the skill to add anything to her eulogising that hasn’t already been said better by people who knew her. The songs, obviously. But also the philanthropy, the busine
The Problem With Music Tourism (opens the original)
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More of us are travelling to see shows. This is fantastic. But it is not benefiting everyone, and it should. We can all change that, and if we do, we’ll see significant benefits everywhereNext week, a friend of mine is flying to London with his son to see The Weeknd (who is playing 5 nights at Wembley Stadium). They have booked flights and a hotel. They will take the Tube or minicabs, eat out, drink and probably buy some merch at the show. They may go shopping or visit a museum. I am delighted f
Opportunity Cost Versus Opportunity Lost (opens the original)
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The wildfires in France and Spain. Another earthquake off the southern coast of Japan. The continued human tragedies in Sudan, Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere — and, despite it rarely being mentioned, the environmental cost of the wars themselves. Policies from multiple governments that standardise kleptocracy. Income inequality expanding to a world where we can produce a trillionaire and celebrate it in a country where food bank usage is rising. Terrorist attacks and shootings fillin
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