{"id":12475,"date":"2021-07-06T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=12475"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T19:29:04","slug":"vibist-mike-neumeyer-gives-us-the-sound-of-changing-our-lives-of-living-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=12475","title":{"rendered":"Vibist Mike Neumeyer gives us the sound of changing our lives, of “Living the Dream”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rev. Martin Luther King had a dream that “we as a people” would get to.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

We all know plenty of cynics and often might think they’ve got it right, as rotten as the world seems. After all, TV pundits and journalists of all stripes give us the daily double of bleakness and societal tragedy. Yet social and political activism, the fuel of empowerment against daunting forces of darkness, also burns brightly in America today.<\/p>\n

Jesse Jackson famously said “keep hope alive,” a descendant of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I have a Dream” speech, and a father to Barack Obama’s profound book, and flagship theme, The Audacity of Hope.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s notable that all three great leaders were African Americans, who categorically need and benefit from self-motivational perseverance and pure survival instincts.<\/p>\n

Such thoughts arose when I heard vibraphonist-marimbist Mike Neumeyer’s self-described “motivational inspirational music,” specifically a video I came across recently, created in April, titled “Live The Dream.”<\/p>\n

After hearing it I thought, Yes, what about “living the dream?” What about “the audacity of hope?”<\/p>\n

I was so struck by “Live the Dream” that I had to share it and comment:<\/p>\n