My Nonprofit Reviews

Hi I’m Rhys! I live in the UK and while I haven’t experienced from this organisation directly I can’t tell you why they’re important. Music learning, specifically blues guitar has changed my life. I started learning to play guitar 2 and a half years ago, at the time I was struggling with mental health illness, related to autism and school trauma, I stopped leaving the house, I stopped sleeping, I was 12 and I had given up. Blues music has given me a sense of purpose, discipline and determination, there is a feeling of community and shared knowledge. It is built in history and the stories of our blues family stretching back to the beginnings. I have learnt so much, met new friends, had wonderful experiences, and I have the confidence now to perform and begin to share my own stories. Music of all forms needs to taught, it needs to be in schools, it’s needs to be encouraged and it needs to be celebrated at all levels. It can be life changing. For me the blues is as much about preserving the history of an often overlooked group of people through a period of incredible change, and as a 14 year old blues guitarist I feel I have a responsibility to share my voice in celebrating this charity who do so much to support musicians and keep the blues alive for future generations