www.chrisdarbro.com - Chris Darbro

Been a long time since ive written, trying to fix that. Heading to PubCon 08 in Las Vegas next week with the rest of the Techzulu Crew. It should be great times, looking forward to meeting some awesome people! If you’ll be there, be sure to email me at chrisdarbro [at] techzulu [dot] com, or follow/message me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/rocknrollgeek , so we can meet up!

-Chris

yes ladies and gents, boys and girls, many years (im not disclosing how many )ago today, I was brought into this amazing, crazy world. (Thanks mom!) I feel truly blessed to have survived this long and be here today, and to have experienced some of the amazing things I’ve experienced, and meet and be part of the lives of those that mean the most to me, and even prouder of myself for anyone I’ve influenced or inspired to do something great in this world, one of my biggest daily goals.

I’m ever so thankful for my family, friends, and other acquaintences ive made over the years that I hold in high regard. But enough about me…         …or back to me in a way, more specifically, birthday gifts.

Im surely not expecting anything, but if anyone could, there is one gift that I ask you give if you can…

Donate to a children’s music charity. These have always been close to my heart, some of you have perhaps even seen me rocking my blue musicforall.org foundation wristband when im not wearing my winelibrary.tv ‘bringing the thunder’ wristband. Ive always been a big fan of children’s charities, and the idea of helping kids, kids who are brought into this world with little to nothing, or no way or possibility to chase after their hopes and dreams in life. But im big into children’s music charities specifically…

I’ve always been someone who’s a big believer in the power of music and what it can do for kids. It’s an escape from life’s troubles, it breeds creativity and fuels the imagination, engages the mind, which in turn makes for happier kids, and has also been shown to boost iq and receptiveness to new things, boost test scores, and more! And not just for kids persuing music related fields, but all around, math, science, etc. It increases the likelyhood to stay with school, and later persue college education.

The charities below do some amazing things in the area of music for kids. They create/start music programs in areas they dont exist or arent available for kids, and get instruments in the hands of kids in low-income families who cant afford them! They give kids lessons who cant afford them, and even provide music therapy for kids who have cancer and other rare diseases! How cool is that!?! Very cool!

So, without further ado, if you’re feeling kind and generous, in general or for my b-day, feel free to put it towards one of these amazing charities, so we can give amazing musical opportunities to kids!

The Guitar Center Music Foundation
https://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/donate/index.cfm

Little Kids Rock Foundation
http://www.littlekidsrock.org/index.htm

The Harmony Project of Los Angeles
http://www.harmony-project.org/

The KEYS Program
http://www.keysprogram.org/

The Music For All Foundation
http://my.musicforall.org/donations/

MIMA Music
http://www.mimamusic.org/donate.htm

And if you’re not up for a children’s music charity, Any children’s charity of any sort is amazing too!!

-Chris

This is a post about a future post, in that im basically writing to say another post will be coming. It’s just that Ive been terribly busier than I’ve known how to handle lately, and lots of things, including this blog, have been pushed to the back burner. Im in the process of massive-life-reorganization, so, hopefully that’ll be fixed soon, when it is, posts and updates will come.

-C