Local Musician Stephen Humphries Launches Music is Hope Project
by Ryan Edwards
You can ask any musician, no matter what type of music they play or listen too. Whether its rap, rock, country, jazz, classical music or even theatre. No matter what it is, every one of them has a large amount of appreciation for how music has impacted their life, and realizes that music will mean something to future generations to come. I have always felt that true musicians feel obligated to give back what music has given them. Steven Humphries is a perfect example of that type of musician.
A local musician who has lived in Louisiana, Humphries recently moved back to Colorado last year. Humphries has been playing the drums since he was eleven years old and played in a cover band in northern Louisiana. Although Humphries considers himself an amateur musician, he still has an incredible passion for it and because of this he started a project called Music is Hope. What originally began as a tattoo design became so much more. Humphries sells t-shirts with his design to anyone and in the process takes a bit of the proceeds and donates them to local schools to help preserve the music programs that often get cut first; before sports or core programs like math and language arts. The shirts will be available at festivals around town and on Amazon and eBay.
“You hear about it all over the country, art and music are cut first,” Humphries told me. Humphries started the project on the side and has been working with his twenty-year old son. Humphries also has two daughters who are aspiring musicians and their school as of right now, Bear Canyon Elementary, is his primary focus. However, he has ambitions that do not set limitations and wants to branch out as much as possible and try to impact and save as many music programs as he can. Not only in Colorado, but all over the nation. “I think that funding is going to continue to shrink,” he says. And as of right now… it is. Often local schools have thin budgets and only have the ability to stretch what they have so far. The music and art programs get put on the chopping block first, but with Music is Hope, Humphries is trying to eliminate such issues before they arise. One area of focus after his daughter’s school might be the city of Brighton, which is the least funded district in Colorado. Afterwards, his love for music might take him anywhere, but when I asked him what he really wanted out of this ambitious project…”I just want it to be a beacon of hope for music programs,” he says.
…In my mind it already is.
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