# OneBand: A Social Experiment in Fleeting Beauty

> Source: https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/28132-2/
> Updated: 2022-07-13T17:51:57+00:00
> Type: Post
> Categories: CLT Creatives, Creative News | Contributors: Matt Olin

So here’s a mad idea for a new series that I thought I’d run by y’all today. Working title: “OneBand.”

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So here’s a mad idea for a new series that I thought I’d run by y’all today. Working title: **“OneBand.”**

Basically, it would work like this: Once a month, I’d post a three-song setlist. Anyone who wants to play those songs with me would sign up. And I mean *anyone*. Amateur musicians and professional players; newbies and veterans; hacks and savants. Any instrument; any skill level. The only qualifications would be a desire to play music with others, and a willingness to learn and perform three songs together on a stage.

One month, we might have three singers, four drummers, two accordionists, a pan flutist and a cellist. The next month, we might end up with 14 bass players and a yodeler.

It doesn’t matter, because the simple point of it all would be for diverse, passionate people to come together and create something fleeting and, perhaps every once in a while, beautiful. These days, I think we all might need a little more of that.

Charlotte’s creative community is a ceaseless source of similar inspiration to me. Look at **[Carla Aaron-Lopez](https://charlotteiscreative.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb260e498bc77cd24d72c505c&id=55f0ab45c5&e=fbe1aca370)****’s** **LOCAL/STREET**, **[Ricky Singh](https://charlotteiscreative.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb260e498bc77cd24d72c505c&id=2e135df37f&e=fbe1aca370)****’s** **\#BeattiesFordStrong movement**, or **[Shafalee Patel](https://charlotteiscreative.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb260e498bc77cd24d72c505c&id=fb8031164f&e=fbe1aca370)****’s**Namaste Artists CLT. Just three examples of countless local projects in which creative Charlotteans rally around a vision – to stir their community and to feed their own souls.

What’s not to love?

So that’s it. One setlist. One rehearsal. One performance. OneBand — and all are welcome. **[Let me know what you think](https://charlotteiscreative.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb260e498bc77cd24d72c505c&id=00f8c60d71&e=fbe1aca370)**.

**Matt Olin
 Co-Founder & Emcee of Creativity
 Charlotte Is Creative**