Peace Through Music
By Michael Boyajian
My dad gave me one really great gift. Though he himself was tone deaf he conveyed to me a great appreciation for music by providing me with audio equipment at my earliest of ages.
I remember the first piece of equipment was a portable Hi Fi phonograph that I would play 45s on. My favorite single was Love Child by the Supremes a choice that probably perplexed my parents. He then gave me an AM/FM Cassette player that I would take everywhere with me recording my favorite songs directly from the radio station I was listening to or playing the cassettes I had made of those songs. I once tuned into WNEW and recorded the opening show in D.C. of a Who concert tour sitting in the back of our station wagon as we drove back from my uncle’s house in New Jersey.
Then there was the Realistic receiver, Garrard turntable and Radio Shack three way speakers that he himself made the cabinets for. He is gone now and I often hope that a new generation of parents are doing the same for their children today because music improves brain power and creativity and conveys a positive message around the world.
Imagine the world today if George W Bush’s parents gave him a Pioneer receiver, Dual turntable and Bose speakers along with a Bob Dylan record instead of a G.I. Joe how different our world would be in this day and age. Peace.
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