Last night's Silverlake Conservatory of Music's benefit featured performances by Red Hot ChiliPeppers and PearlJam's Eddie Vedder
first fell in love with music. “Flea’s life was changed by enrolling in a music class in junior high,” he told. “He had an orchestra teacher who put him on a path. He was, like, ‘If you study music and practice every day, your life will change’ — and Flea’s life changed. When he grew up, he got to play music for a living and he was successful.”
While the event featured comedy — the host for the third year in a row was Marc Maron who did stand-up between sets. But on a serious note, the podcaster and star of “Glow” expressed his admiration for Flea, the philanthropist. “He feels like it’s on him to fill that gap,” Maron told, referring to the lack of music classes for public school students in L.A. “And that’s commendable. He built it out of nothing and created this thing to directly and very specifically help kids of any kind.
Ironically, during his own school days, Flea was somewhat of a music snob with little interest in rock ’n’ roll. The trumpet was his instrument of choice as a teen. Said Flea: “I liked the more sophisticated s–t. I grew up playing jazz and classical music. I thought rock music was for dumb people.” But when Flea’s friends formed a band in high school and asked him to play bass, he realized that rock music brought the girls and quickly changed his tune.
This has proven to be a popular opinion, as Kiedis pointed out: “When anyone with half a heart hears that these underprivileged kids need a place to study the arts, people are like: ‘I’m in!’” he said. “ ‘What can I do to help? I’ll give some money, I’ll give some of my time, I’ll tell my friends.’ It’s self-perpetuating goodwill — and it just makes sense.”
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