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Creativity is not just for artists
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 10, 2015
"Creativity is not just for artists. make music, sing, dance, write, paint, draw, take photos, mold clay) without focusing on the product, only the process.
MTV And CGI's 'Giving' Event: A Call To Action - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2007
MTV And CGI's 'Giving' Event: A Call To Action - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News: "Young people have more power to make a change than any other time in history,' he said, citing technological advances such as the Web. The theme was echoed throughout the night. According to Clinton, community forums like MySpace and YouTube help like-minded young people come together far
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Flow within Structure: Advice for a Young Artist
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 21, 2011
This post was written as part of a gift from wishstudio founder, Mindy Tsonas, to a young artist friend, M. Mindy asked a group of artists and writers to write letters to M, which Mindy compiled into a book for her. Keep listening to when the music changes, and you'll be just fine.
Where to Find Great Free Music for a Video
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 20, 2015
If you're creating a video, a podcast, an online training, or any other project that might benefit from adding some sweet tunes, the Free Music Archive (FMA) offers more than 80,000 free, completely legal-to-use audio downloads. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music.
The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 29, 2010
I was reminded of these two design principles when exploring the Johnny Cash Project , a crowd-created music video for a posthumous recording of Cash singing "Ain't No Grave." The collective outcome (a cool music video) is clear.
Pod Spruce with Podsafe Music | Beaconfire Wire
Beaconfire Wire
OCTOBER 12, 2007
re considering launching a corporate or amateur podcast and want to jazz it up with some background music, ??pod pod safe music? Pod safe music? is safe for using as long as you give credit to the artist at some point during the podcast and offer the audio for free.
Adventures in Artist-Driven Public Engagement: Machine Project at the Hammer Museum
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape?
Artists Win This House: Crowdfunded Essay Contest Pays the Mortgage
Social Actions
DECEMBER 12, 2009
A couple in Maine is launching an essay contest to give a home to an artist. From their website, [link] : We are both artists, (a musician and an illustrator) we got together and found that we had one house too many. Spelling does not count, (we are artists after all) but content does.
New York Music Fans – Text “Celebrate” to 30644 for Celebrate Brooklyn Concert Reminders
Mobile Commons
JULY 26, 2011
Every summer, the Celebrate Brooklyn festival brings dozens of outstanding artists to perform free concerts in Prospect Park. The announcements are broadcast at 4 pm, which leaves plenty of time to grab a blanket, pack a picnic, and get to the park to enjoy music and dance under the stars. What’s better than a free outdoor concert series? A free outdoor concert series that never lets you miss a show!
The Power of Open
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 15, 2008
It’s a cross-platform music player based upon the Mozilla framework. account, is showing me a picture search based on the artist I’m playing, as well as showing me a list of all of the concerts happening in the Bay Area by artists in my library. Songbird screen.
Uncle Seth/Jay Moonah Launches New Podcast on Online Music Marketing
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 4, 2006
Last week he launched a new series of podcasts on Online Music Marketing. I'm starting a brand new podcast called Online Music Marketing, and my intention is to share some of what I've learned about music promotion through the Internet with artists, managers, label & radio folks and others. I'll also be looking for interesting stories from folks who have been using or trying to use new online channels in music promotion. I met Jay Moonah at Boston Podcamp.
Tangents 2-15-2020 Playlist
Robert Weiner
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
and Feist Adieu Tristesse Universal Music Polydor The righteous wrath of an honorable man Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol.
Your Official #18NTC Local's Guide to New Orleans
Everyaction
MARCH 22, 2018
Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Located in the heart of the French Quarter, this acclaimed music venue was founded in 1961 to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional New Orleans Jazz. At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. The Spotted Cat Music Club.
Your Official #NN18 Local's Guide to New Orleans
Everyaction
JULY 12, 2018
Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Located in the heart of the French Quarter, this acclaimed music venue was founded in 1961 to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional New Orleans Jazz. At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. The Spotted Cat Music Club. Live Music.
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FI Space
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
RT @daveiam: RT @dmburrows: Looking for artists to donate their original music (ambient or experimental) for non-profit video project.
The Secret Chord
Gavin's Digital Diner
MAY 3, 2009
Intrigued, I will Google a smattering of half-heard lyrics, seeking to discover a new artist. I grew up with his music. Tags: Music It happens with an eerie regularity. I hear a song, one of uncanny depth and beauty; something that just reaches down and twists at my heartstrings. Instead, I discover a familiar name, Leonard Cohen. It’s a strange consistency — one that has been with me from 15 to 50.
5 Social Media Templates for Nonprofit Fundraising Events
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Check out our list of [ARTISTS/SPEAKERS/ENTERTAINERS] who will make [EVENT NAME] an unforgettable experience. Check out our list of artists who will make Mayfield Music Festival an unforgettable experience. By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect.
Watch Your Content: Protecting Your Website Against Copyright Infringement
Byte Technology
AUGUST 24, 2015
Enacted in 1998, it’s the law of the digital land, protecting all content published online under the same copyright laws enjoyed by musical artists, novelists, videographers etc.
What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts
Museum 2.0
APRIL 2, 2014
It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs.
ICYMI: What Old School Hip Hop Teaches Us About Content Marketing
SocialFish
DECEMBER 12, 2016
DJ Kool Herc creates what we now know as the “break”… This new form of music takes the best part of multiple songs and strings them together in Merry-go-round fashion. Remixing: Steal Like An Artist. RESOURCE: Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon.
Quick Hit: Five Great Links
Museum 2.0
APRIL 23, 2014
Elsewhere in podcast-land, Radiolab did a fascinating piece about cultural appropriation and gate-keeping in hip hop music. Some serious parallels to curating exhibitions and performances, especially with living artists. This week, a kitchen sink of inspiring bits.
Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 27, 2011
Both an installation artist and photographer, Naomi was the founder and director of The Cradle Project , a large scale installation calling attention and raising funds for the 48 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Intangible Rewards of Nonprofit Work
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 25, 2011
Musical Instrument Museum. I grew up in a musical family, was fortunate enough to attend schools with excellent arts programs, majored in music in college, and still perform frequently today. posted by. Maureen Baker , Manager for Individual Giving.
Hot Nonprofit Marketing Jobs This Week – February 16
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Programs at the center will be in collaboration with professional artists and organizations that specialize in a variety of mediums including ceramics, painting, photography, fiber arts, animation, jewelry and the performing arts (drama, dance, music).
The 5 Things You Absolutely Can’t Miss at #bbcon 2014
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 3, 2014
And this year it’s all happening in Nashville, TN—The Music City. This Rodeowave recording artist and CMA/ACM Award Winner has 26 Top 40 Hits, 15 Top 10 Hits, 10 Number 1s, and is a 2-time ASCAP Songwiter of the year.
[SLIDES] What Old School Hip Hop Teaches Us About Content Marketing
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
DJ Kool Herc creates what we now know as the “break”… This new form of music takes the best part of multiple songs and strings them together in Merry-go-round fashion. People love it and the dance parties supported by this new musical form quickly spread throughout the other boroughs of NYC. Remixing: Steal Like An Artist. RESOURCE: Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon. RT@ lize36 The music in this session rocks!
How Useful is the "Audience vs. Expert" Dichotomy?
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 25, 2010
I've been thinking about this as I prep some interactive prototypes for the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum, a Seattle-based museum of pop culture. One prototype is based on the Billboard Top 10 charts for pop music.
Art Brings People Together: Measuring the Power of Social Bridging
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 30, 2013
I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred.
Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
They were there for artist talks. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders. The first thing I noticed about Temple Contemporary were the chairs.
OdysseyWorks: An Empathy-Based Approach to Making Art
Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
As artistic director Abe Burickson described their work to me, I imagined Theseus walking deeper into the labyrinth towards the Minotaur. He spoke of the audience as providing a challenge, a challenge like any other artistic constraint.
Reframing and the human coordination show
ASU Lodestar Center
OCTOBER 16, 2013
As Bolman and Deal say, framing and reframing is about giving people a palette with an array of options in order to be artists in the search for quality, commitment and creativity in organizations. posted by Alexander Laing. Principal Clarinet. Phoenix Symphony.
Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement
Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
I've often been asked about examples of participatory practice in theater, dance, and classical music, and this report is a great starting point. Why is a photography contest an example of "crowd sourcing" wheres a community drawing contest is an example of "audience-as-artist"?
Father's Day Show: My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 19, 2010
Since moving to Santa Fe, he has developed New Mexico Creates , an economic development initiative that creates market links for New Mexico artists and artisans. Music credits: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala , and "Bricks" by Crowsong
[SLIDES] What Old School Hip Hop Teaches Us About Content Marketing
SocialFish
JUNE 10, 2013
Remixing: Steal Like An Artist. RESOURCE: Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon. How this has been used in hip hop: writing lyrics that pulled the listener along from one line to the next, making them want to play the music over and over.
Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race
Museum 2.0
APRIL 26, 2018
Audiences of all backgrounds found ways to connect with museums as it presented exhibitions with the help of foster youth, migrant farmers, roller-derby girls, mushroom hunters, surfers and incarcerated artists, among others. This weekend was thrilling for me.
Wendy Sternberg Leaves Her Medical Career to Heal the World
See What's Out There
JUNE 3, 2009
The GATC’s most distinguished project to date is the Genesis World Music Ensemble, or the Saffron Caravan, which brings together music artists from the Middle East, North Africa and the Americas to revisit, reinvent and link musical traditions. The artists had never been introduced to one another before, and together they performed with a band comprising musicians from nine different nationalities.
Friday Fun Links: Studio One Soul, Mosaics, Samin Nosrat, Instagram, + Store Buyout
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 17, 2011
After the hubs and I heard the Studio One Soul CD playing during breakfast at Pizzaiolo last Saturday, we went right over to Amoeba Music, and got a copy. After going to Amoeba, we visited a few artists' studios as part of the East Bay Open Studios , including the Institute for Mosaic Arts.
Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw
Have Fun - Do Good
MARCH 16, 2011
June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. "It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter.
Blue Bird Cafe
John Haydon
AUGUST 5, 2007
He said I could really learn the music biz there just by talking to people and asking them what they do. I feel like I’ve slowly broken through a limitation in my mind about my music – as if I really do see my work’s quality on the highest level. Spoke to Seiki last night over dinner about success in music. Success in my music “career” is slower than I’d like, but success in my artistic development is way beyond where I’ve dreamed.
[PODCAST] Three Steps to Master Planned Giving | Ft. Tony Martignetti
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 16, 2017
MUSIC: Sleepy Eyed Thoughts by Bernardus. MUSIC: Sleepy Eyed Thoughts by Bernardus. Our featured artist on this episode is Bernardus and their song Sleepy Eyed Thoughts. You can hear more of their music at bernardus music dot com.
What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
literary and artistic works … in the form of text, notation and/or related illustrations, whether published or otherwise made publicly available in any media;”. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!)
10 Summer Fundraisers for 2018
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 29, 2018
Use the power of music to unite your donors by hosting an outdoor benefit concert. This type of fundraiser has the potential to draw a large crowd and raise tons of money through ticket sales, especially if the artist is relatively well-known. Summer is finally here—the days are longer, the sun is brighter and the money-raising possibilities are endless. To ring in the season, here are 10 fun, unique and affordable summer fundraisers that will make everyone excited to give back.
The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Rock and Roll Family Edition
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 5, 2016
When writing The Art of Relevance , I knew I wanted to share a bit of his story and the ways artists negotiate the relevance of their own work. But for the artists and objects involved, and for the people who care for them, these shifts can be dislocating.
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