Praise for A4MD
"Call it a musical stimulus package. The mutually beneficial relationship between artists and community run radio signals is the crucial key: There is power in such a union." ~ Rush Evans, Goldmine Magazine
"This is one of the most creative ways to build a network of artists and journalists that I have seen. It promises to be a self-supporting and creatively enforcing enterprise. It is one of the paths that the future of musical arts will travel and one that keeps the power and creative control in the hands of the artists." ~ Gerald Torres, Professor of Law, University of Texas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Earth Day Network
"This work touches on so many 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." ~ Ginny Z. Berson, Vice President and Director of Federation Services, National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Truth.
Shared in all it’s sadness and beauty.
The first step is to create powerful support for public media.
Unlike corporate controlled media, the beautiful thing about noncommercial broadcasters is that they, by their very nature, are beholden to their communities.
Voices of the People. Culture for the Common Good.
But like so many, community stations are struggling for survival.
Artists have the power to change all of this.
The time is now.We have the power to create the basis for new, renewable rivers of revenue supporting our public media organizations.
A live music catalog of broadcast performances, recorded on public radio stations, donated by artists, purchased by listeners - this is how we support the voices in every community.
Donate downloads to A4MD from a live performance on a radio station.
Tell us who you are - your artist name and website, your local station.
And if you are willing to consider donating downloads from a live performance, we’ll contact the station and let them know.
Sign up. Stay tuned. And thank you!
Live music concerts unite local and traveling artists with people of consciousness in communities.
One example - Concerts for the Common Good - 50/50 concerts supporting both artists and nonprofit organizations - environmental defense, social justice, voter protection, humane treatment for suffering sentient beings.
We all have a dream. Together, we dance our dreams awake.
We raise our voices through supporting our public media organizations, giving power to truth through broadcasting the voices of the people.
Truth.
Shared in all it’s humanity and beauty and power.
