We might shock and surprise you.

• Did you know that the latest Harvard Medical School study shows that more than 44,789 excess deaths occur each year, because people do not have medical insurance?
  

• Did you know that if you enter a hospital emergency room with a life threatening condition, and you do not have health insurance, you can be turned away?
  

• Did you know that in 2009 alone, 2,200 veterans died from a lack of health insurance?
  

• Did you know that every day, 2,500 Americans are forced into bankruptcy by medical costs, the leading cause of homelessness in the United States?

For many of us, music fills our every day lives, whether it is the dulcet tones of our favorite symphony, the hard rocking beat of our favorite metal band, or the heart breaking revelations of our favorite folk musician.

Music is important to us. We pick songs to enhance our wedding day. We sing to our favorite tunes to pass the time on a long car ride. We remember the first concert we ever went to. Some of us even get tattoos of our favorite musicians and bands immortalized on our flesh. We create fan clubs, we load up our MP-3 players, and we follow our favorite bands on tour.

Music, and the musicians that create it, are interwoven into the fabric of our lives. 

They are a segment of the population of the U.S., dying preventable deaths due to lack of health care. Many musicians do not make enough money to afford monthly premiums or co-pays. 

Please watch, as we give them a voice. These are their words, their tales, their reality. 

"Silence is Consent" was written by the founders of The Musicians Project,  Joshua Lowe and Marianne Hoynes. Performed by Joshua, Joe Hughes (frontman for the band, Goldeanseal) and Danny Rongo (of Onesong),  the song debuted at the Garden State Film Festival to an enthusiastic crowd.  It is a powerful song that captures this moment in American history, and  illustrates how the state of our broken health care system affects America's musicians.

You can download a free MP3 of the song here, or just have a listen  and watch the music video, filmed by indie film maker, Matt Zimel.

Recorded at Hughes/Buckley Studio
Engineering: Ken MgGee and Joseph G. Hughes

Mastered and Produced by: Ken MgGee of Master Mix Audio Media

Our thanks for the hours of donated time, studio, music and film making equipment, from some of the best of the best in the biz.