{"id":6092,"date":"2016-09-22T03:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2023-05-20T07:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T07:42:12","slug":"giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giantstepsmusic.org\/\">Giant Steps<\/a> believes music can inspire social change. Operating out of Impact Hub San Francisco, they&#8217;re bringing together musicians and their fans to connect online and do good in the world. It\u2019s a really creative concept and a big freakin\u2019 deal, because the passion of artists and their community is the stuff movements are made of.<\/p>\n<p>This nonprofit is building a web platform to connects listeners to socially conscious music playlists, as well as creating ways to get users involved in causes around the world.<\/p>\n<p>For artists Giant Steps has created the Music Action Lab, a 4-week residency in the Bay Area that\u2019s helping musicians turn their vision for change into social action. The debut of the MAL ensemble is a remarkable group representing over 6 countries; talk about mixing up that love potion and spreading it far and wide!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.3333333333% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNFophEAWap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music action live bedside @sutterhealthsac Children&#8217;s Center with @tetairwanda @icaro.sa @dbdane bringing inspiration from Rwanda, Brazil, and the US as part of Music Action Lab. #SophiesPlaceMusic #musicchangeseverything #musicactionlab #socialimpactmusic<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Giant Steps (@gstepsmusic) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-11-21T21:55:46+00:00\">Nov 21, 2016 at 1:55pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Giant Steps Founder Drew Foxman believes that \u201cthe intersection of music &amp; technology has the potential to create huge positive change in the world, and The Lab is where we give artists the skills they need to make an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble debuts their eclectic blend of world, jazz, funk, and hip-hop at Z Space on Saturday, October 8.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to a future full of all of us groovin\u2019 together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/my-word-is-free-thats-the-name-of\/\"><em>Read about Giant Steps collaborator and Tunisian musician, Emel Mathlouthi.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Steps believes music can inspire social change. Operating out of Impact Hub San Francisco, they&#8217;re bringing together musicians and their fans to connect online and do good in the world. It\u2019s a really creative concept and a big freakin\u2019 deal, because the passion of artists and their community is the stuff movements are made of. This nonprofit is building\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,8],"tags":[208,63,96],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-borderless","category-makers","category-new-paths","tag-music","tag-page","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Giant Steps believes music can inspire social change. Operating out of Impact Hub San Francisco, they&#039;re bringing together musicians and their fans to connect online and do good in the world. It\u2019s a really creative concept and a big freakin\u2019 deal, because the passion of artists and their community is the stuff movements are made of. This nonprofit is building\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Sincerity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14500179_539729212903120_3206305711397588507_o.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"984\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"656\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/3a9708e76c62dfc591fddf96d6439c1f\"},\"headline\":\"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"music\",\"Page\",\"Tech\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Borderless\",\"Makers\",\"New Paths\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\",\"name\":\"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/\",\"name\":\"New Sincerity\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization\",\"name\":\"New Sincerity\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-white-pink-ds-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-white-pink-ds-logo.png\",\"width\":454,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"New Sincerity\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/3a9708e76c62dfc591fddf96d6439c1f\",\"name\":\"Michael\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee36be45103dd08f1b38c2c3b6a7ccaf542996f328c2754bad8c9e1c84c1c73d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee36be45103dd08f1b38c2c3b6a7ccaf542996f328c2754bad8c9e1c84c1c73d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity","og_description":"Giant Steps believes music can inspire social change. Operating out of Impact Hub San Francisco, they're bringing together musicians and their fans to connect online and do good in the world. It\u2019s a really creative concept and a big freakin\u2019 deal, because the passion of artists and their community is the stuff movements are made of. This nonprofit is building\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/","og_site_name":"New Sincerity","article_published_time":"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":984,"height":656,"url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/14500179_539729212903120_3206305711397588507_o.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/3a9708e76c62dfc591fddf96d6439c1f"},"headline":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change","datePublished":"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/"},"wordCount":274,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization"},"keywords":["music","Page","Tech"],"articleSection":["Borderless","Makers","New Paths"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/","name":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change - New Sincerity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-09-22T03:30:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-20T07:42:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/giant-steps-music-wants-to-change-the-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Giant Steps, Music Program For Social Change"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/","name":"New Sincerity","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#organization","name":"New Sincerity","url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-white-pink-ds-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-white-pink-ds-logo.png","width":454,"height":40,"caption":"New Sincerity"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/3a9708e76c62dfc591fddf96d6439c1f","name":"Michael","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee36be45103dd08f1b38c2c3b6a7ccaf542996f328c2754bad8c9e1c84c1c73d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee36be45103dd08f1b38c2c3b6a7ccaf542996f328c2754bad8c9e1c84c1c73d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity"],"url":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7086,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions\/7086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}