Artists For Media Diversity

Radio Stations:

New support for noncommercial radio stations through live music performances:

Live Music attracts economic growth and community support: compare communities with a strong local music and cultural scene to those without and you’ll begin to see the power of what live music can do.

A national project is underway to link local stations and venues to create new regional/national music touring highways (network) to help new and established artists reach live audiences while they support your station and community.

We have designed a hub of interaction to share artist-contributed music with local stations for programming collaborations and mutual fundraising, a new model for station development.

This is a collaborative effort between station personnel and recording artists.

There’s no obligation and nothing to pay, our services are free to noncommercial radio.

As we are currently in a developmental grant-writing stage, we ask that stations sign up with A4MD, letting us know that you and your station are interested in our organization once it is in full swing. To help us obtain grant-funding, A4MD needs the support of stations like yours!

Artists:

Let's Support Independent Media!

CDs and Downloads: Help us build a Catalog to support Community Radio.

Have you created professionally produced, glass mastered, shrink-wrapped CDs?

Contribute 10 CDs to A4MD. As they sell, we’ll buy more at wholesale prices.

CD contributions are tax deductible.

Pick an original song from your CD and donate downloads: 100, 1,000 - you choose! Downloads will help fund community radio stations equipment wish lists and provide future music premiums for station pledge drives.

An open letter to US recording artists and supporters of human rights.

a4md-announcement

Help us launch a brand new service for Community Radio Stations:

A4MD’s Live Music Broadcast Archive

Watch “Swimming In Blackwater” and buy the 99 cent download. If you can, make a generous donation during checkout.

Barbara Kooyman and Richard Bowden

A4MD’s Live Music Broadcast Archive empowers local artists to support their local stations in a brand new way. We are raising funds to hire people to operate the service for community radio stations across the nation.

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“This work touches on so many important areas—it will provide exposure for independent music and musicians, a wider variety of music for noncommercial community radio stations to broadcast, potential revenue sources for everyone, and opportunities to build community.

“The National Federation of Community Broadcasters has over 200 noncommercial radio stations among our members, and I would guess that most of them will want to participate in this project. It is very much in sync with the mission of these stations.

“It is my hope that you can launch soon. I have no doubt that once you have started, there will be no stopping. Everything about this is well-thought out and will bring positive results to all participants from every perspective.”

Ginny Z. Berson, Vice President and Director of Federation Services National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)

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Watch “Swimming In Blackwater” and buy the 99 cent download. If you can, make a generous donation during checkout.

Special Thanks to Barbara Kooyman, singer and songwriter; Richard Bowden, fiddle player; Wolfgang Pracht, songwriter; Sparrows Wheel, audio production; Kevin Triplett and Mopac Media, video production; The Texas River School and Captain Bill Oliver, water craft and navigation services; Ben Bright and Seedling Online, web services.

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