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ZGP: How do you think music connects peo-
ples, unifies humanity?
“Music unifies because it is universally relatable. Two
people from different political or religious ideologies,
from different geographical or ethnic backgrounds can
come together at the proverbial music table and rap Whoa Susannah
together. I’ve seen diverse people at a rock concert all
vibrating to the same jam, some knew the words others
did not. It wasn’t the lyrics, it was the music that brought
a unity to the place. Music healed when all other me- Support, love,
diums have failed. Unlike a political opinion or feeling
toward a person’s characters, the feeling music provides
may be different between two people but unite them at
the same time. I believe music is the most universal and
helpful tool for so many people.” Local, peace,

ZGP: If tomorrow, the music died as Don
McClean sang about in “American Pie” could
you create it from scratch? No historical in-
fluence, no instruments, just from the melo- Moose is married to my beautiful friend Artist,and joy
dy that lives in your soul. Gail. Gail’s son, Noah Van Den Bosch, has
an article in this edition on page 97.
“Wow without music I don’t know what it would be like.
You certainly do not need a modern instrument. I mean Moose’s sister, Susannah Lewis, is a local au-
cave men beat sticks together, someone learned to keep
time and soon they were dancing and singing around thor and very hilarious. The talent is endless
a fire. The origins of music are quite elusive because with Moose and his family.
we don’t know exactly where or how long it has been
around.”
Check out a 2014 video of Moose per-
“But to wake up one morning and not know any type forming with Full Devil Jacket
of music or any kind of sound, I think maybe nature
would start to bring that out. Perhaps we could go back
to some origin of music, birds singing, the sound of a
waterfall, wind blowing through the trees with limbs
crackling, or taps these
things can and do inspire music. I don’t think the world
would be as good a place without music. Perhaps it
would be a more depressing, less kind place to live.”

“In a weird way, COVID has placed live concerts on
hold. While the music hasn’t died, it has prevented
diverse individuals from sharing the warm, rich feeling
of a music concert together. Perhaps, as we emerge from
this year long isolation, we can share the melodies of Read Hear Wear
kindness, hopefulness, and unity we discovered during
this time. Perhaps we’ll extend more respect to the beau-
tiful rhythm of a life lived together in harmony. The http://whoasusannah.com/
music will become alive again for everyone to share.”

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