Objectives
Work out a general agreement for performing musicians.
Improve the member portal.
Contact NYC’s “musicians friendly” venues and discuss a guaranteed performance agreement.
Invite the VIP (1%) musicians to our organization to advocate #UnityInTheMusicCommunity and #MakingMusicIsAProfession.
Help members become familiar with the inner workings of the music business, including the digital / Internet world.
Form alliances with the AFM and other musician support organizations and support them in their endeavors.
Reach out to politicians who care for musicians rights.
Organize an MFM Music Festival for the end of next year (with performances by our members).
Expand MFM’s on-line magazine DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY to promote our members
Membership
MFM needs your participation in order to grow and make a difference. We will provide you with tools, resources, support, and a network of musicians who stand behind one concept: #MakingMusicIsAProfession.
MFM Membership Drive 2021
Let’s advocate together #MakingMusicIsAProfession and #UnityInTheMusicCommunity As we struggle to emerge from the pandemic, we must remember what’s most important in our lives: Music! Musical activities have been drastically curtailed by COVID-19 and its variants; there have been emotional and financial challenges, and many of the resources we traditionally depend on have been severely reduced.…
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Report: MFM ZOOM Webinar #6 with Attorney Barry Heyman, Esq. and Roger Blanc
A Conversation with Attorney Barry Heyman, Esq. and Roger Blanc Discussing Ways A Musician’s Musical Work Product Can Produce Revenue from Home Text by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday, September 30th, 2021, MFM presented its 6th webinar. The guest presenter was attorney Barry Heyman. In light of the general inability of musicians to perform live in person…
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MFM ACTION ALERT!!!!
On June 24th, 2021, the bipartisan American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 4130) was introduced by Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) in Congress. The act was introduced via a livestreamed event that saw the lawmakers joined by an unusual collection of artists that included veteran singers Dionne Warwick and Sam Moore along with…
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