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Twitter Snapshot: Mark Johnson on one world and one song

on Jul 21, 2009

Mark Johnson delivered a poignant conclusion to the first day of TEDGlobal, as he screened two videos from Playing for Change, his project to record different artists around the world playing the same song, to be combined in one composite film. A palpable sense of hope and unity pervades the reaction on Twitter: Mark Johnson […]

Mark Johnson at TEDGlobal 2009: Running notes from Session 2

By Shanna Carpenter

on Jul 21, 2009

Mark Johnson began the now iconic Playing for Change movement. Before his talk, the YouTube video that started it all jumps on to the screen and we hear the first notes of “Stand by Me,” as performed by artists all over the world. For those who have not yet seen the video, it’s a magical […]