As part of it’s ‘Big Idea’ section, the online BBC Magazine featured an article from neuroscientist Gregory Berns this week, suggesting that if everyone learned to make music, the world would be a better place:

‘When I say make music, that means sing, play an instrument, or simply bang out a rhythm by whatever means that are available to you... It doesn't matter whether you have talent or if you think you're tone deaf - the simple act of producing a rhythmic or harmonious statement, teaches us skills that so often fall by the wayside in modern life.

I think it's a shame that we take music for granted now, perhaps it is because music is so ubiquitous. But I see music as something to celebrate humanity…’

To read the full article, go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7942349.stm.