“ If music was treated like sport:
* Schools would have plenty of equipment and kids would have places to play and practice
* People who didn’t do any music at all would be considered a bit lazy by their peers
* Professional musicians wouldn’t get asked by their parents when they were going to get a real job
* Most people would play music and almost none of them would expect money for it
* Every weekend, you’d get a televised battle of the bands * Players in top acts would change bands for millions of dollars
* Every four years, the best amateur acts would come together for the largest music festival on earth
* There’d be significant funding for community music programmes
* Most bands would have coaches as well as managers (and a physiotherapist?)
* Schools, pubs, churches, villages, and even workplaces would have their own bands
* If you went to a gig with a videocamera, you wouldn’t be considered a thief
* Big acts would sell season tickets at their own venues
* Government-funded television campaigns would encourage non-musicians to take up an instrument and practice for just 30 minutes a day…
* Children from the age of 6 would know all the stats on their favourite bands
* There’d be movies where people escaped from POW camps by playing the guitar
* TV channels would get into bidding wars for the rights to show concerts
* All the top bands would regularly hold auditions for new members
* You’d join your first band at the age of five
* The more musically inclined would routinely play in different bands in different genres
* Audiences would bet on the outcome of concerts
* University scholarships would be awarded on musical aptitude
* Kids would dream of one day representing their country in Hip Hop
* You’d play another genre of music in Summer - jazz is a Winter music
* Band members would switch instruments from time to time (she’s been on drums all season - let’s give her a turn on vocals)
* Bands would have reserves
* You could swap out every member of a group and it’d still be the same band
* In American teen films, trombonists would beat up the kid who got picked last for the orchestra ” If music was sport - Music Think Tank
* Schools would have plenty of equipment and kids would have places to play and practice
* People who didn’t do any music at all would be considered a bit lazy by their peers
* Professional musicians wouldn’t get asked by their parents when they were going to get a real job
* Most people would play music and almost none of them would expect money for it
* Every weekend, you’d get a televised battle of the bands * Players in top acts would change bands for millions of dollars
* Every four years, the best amateur acts would come together for the largest music festival on earth
* There’d be significant funding for community music programmes
* Most bands would have coaches as well as managers (and a physiotherapist?)
* Schools, pubs, churches, villages, and even workplaces would have their own bands
* If you went to a gig with a videocamera, you wouldn’t be considered a thief
* Big acts would sell season tickets at their own venues
* Government-funded television campaigns would encourage non-musicians to take up an instrument and practice for just 30 minutes a day…
* Children from the age of 6 would know all the stats on their favourite bands
* There’d be movies where people escaped from POW camps by playing the guitar
* TV channels would get into bidding wars for the rights to show concerts
* All the top bands would regularly hold auditions for new members
* You’d join your first band at the age of five
* The more musically inclined would routinely play in different bands in different genres
* Audiences would bet on the outcome of concerts
* University scholarships would be awarded on musical aptitude
* Kids would dream of one day representing their country in Hip Hop
* You’d play another genre of music in Summer - jazz is a Winter music
* Band members would switch instruments from time to time (she’s been on drums all season - let’s give her a turn on vocals)
* Bands would have reserves
* You could swap out every member of a group and it’d still be the same band
* In American teen films, trombonists would beat up the kid who got picked last for the orchestra ” If music was sport - Music Think Tank
