BCE Makes Nationwide Push to Support Music Education

Believe it or not, music happens to be one of the most important parts of our lives and cultures, but its importance in education is very often underestimated by many.  Those who choose not to take the time to understand it would characterize it as, an area of education that is "easy" or a "recreational escape" from more liberal art forms (i.e. math, science, literature, etc.) as well as, professional, vocational, or technical curricula.  These characteristics are believed so much so that when cuts are made within the school boards, the Board of Regents, etc. the "Arts" such as music education somehow "involuntarily" pull the "short straw" each time, and experience the heaviest hit to their finances.  The beliefs that many have about the importance of music education couldn't be further from the truth.  Ask any musician and he or she will tell you they learn a heck of a lot.  As a matter of fact, music is one of the few areas of study (if not the only area of study) where students learn history, mathematics, science, literature, foreign language, art, and it teaches cooperation/collaboration with others.  Music education even takes the student's thinking to a philosophical level with the polishing of students reasoning skills.  Name another educational program or department that innately incorporates multiple curricula.  It definitely appears music education actually increases the student's aptitude and capability of learning. 

In light of this, CJ 'Mr. BCE' Nelldell - Owner & Founder of the BCE clothing brand and the BCE team have begun sending the company on a nationwide thrust to support music education.  The company began with support efforts for the Human Jukebox band (the band of Mr. Nelldell's college alma mater Southern University) after state budget cuts significantly stifled their ability to travel with the football team during the 2010-11 football season.  It then dawned on Mr. Nelldell, "How many other music programs across the nation are suffering from strained finances?"  And the push began to reach out to grade school level band booster clubs to aid them in their fund raising efforts with fresh new ideas and a clothing brand that speaks the music world's language of EXCELLENCE.  A push that happens to be in line with BCE's philanthropic mission to strengthen communities and families through educational support. 

In closing, Mr. Nelldell mentions, "Being that the BCE clothing brand is just shy of its first birthday (which makes us a very small company), we're a small company with a big heart and the fight as vicious as a pack of lioness protecting their young.  We're going to need the support of the people that can relate to what's going on to back us in our efforts.  I discovered my life's purpose is to help people Achieve GREATNESS, so I literally made it my business.  I vow not to rest until I've helped as many people as possible do just that." 

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Are You Really Getting Money?

Take a ride through any metropolitan city, turn on the television or radio and you see or hear about someone engaging in the hustle or the often talked about "paper chase".  Log on to Facebook, Twitter, etc. and what you can almost always bet on reading at least once in your news feed or timeline is the same exact thing.  The world is filled with hustlers, paper chasers, dreamers, and folks talking about "they're getting money".  People of the world are infatuated with "getting money" but I wonder if they ever stopped to think that money/wealth follows GREATNESS.  You can't be mediocre or average and boast about how much "money" you're getting.  Number one, your humility needs to be fine-tuned because people that are actually getting money have no need to boast and brag about it.  Number two, people that aren't GREAT or don't strive to be GREAT fail to acquire wealth and find themselves chasing it until life's final common denominator.  Achieving GREATNESS is a mentality.  Achieve GREATNESS, exercise humility, and money/wealth will follow in abundance. 

Are you GREAT at what you do?  Do you aspire to be someone GREAT?  If your answer to these questions is no, you can't say yes to them with confidence, or you don't know what it means to be GREAT...you're probably not "getting money".  If you don't believe me, think about it.  In sports, why are some players paid a lot more than others, but yet they play the same position?  Why are certain people remembered and talked about even after they have passed decades ago?  Why did Barack Obama win the presidency over John McCain?  Why are there so many people with literary talents, but only a few obtain the prize (Pulitzer that is)?  Why are certain entertainers more renowned than others?  Having trouble seeing the bigger picture?  Just go back and do a comparison of people who have achieved GREATNESS and are actually "getting money"; what you will find in your comparison is there are those who exude excellence and GREATNESS and there are those who don't.  This is something that can go on and on, but I believe you get the point. 

First work on being GREAT and the money/fame/wealth will follow, but remember it takes humility to keep it; nobody likes an asshole; because, not so GREAT people don't obtain these things.  How do you know when you have achieved GREATNESS?  GREATNESS is achieved at the point when you stop chasing money/wealth and it starts chasing you.  GREATNESS = Humilty + Respect + Money + Power.

Think GREAT * Dress GREAT * Be GREAT

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