Review: MFM New Member Orientation September 2017
Date: September 25th 2017 Venue: WeWork Wall Street (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle The MFM Orientations are a platform for new members, or for those interested in MFM membership. They are held on the last Monday of each month. However a deviation from this occurred on...
Lakecia Benjamin
Lakecia Benjamin, jazz musician.
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Kay Takeda (Lower Manhattan Culture Council)
Kay Takeda joined LMCC as Director of Grants & Services in March 2005. Prior to LMCC, she worked with Arts International, where she oversaw a roster of national grant programs providing support for visual and performing artists working internationally; and with...
MFM New Member Orientation August 2017 Report
MFM Facing New Challenges Text by Dawoud Kringle In keeping with its forward thinking and progress oriented approach, MFM presented its second monthly orientation meeting. The meeting was held at WeWork on Wall street, NYC, on August 28th, 2017. It was well attended;...
A New Friend: The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)
MFM welcomes The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) - which is a non-profit arts service organization whose mission is to cultivate, support and promote the works of artists and arts organizations in northern Manhattan - as a new MFM "friend." Yesterday I had a...
Review: MFM New Member Orientation #1
(From left: Marc Schmied (MFM member), Eve Harrison (MFM supporter) and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (MFM President) We are the vanguard of the next stage of the history of the music business... Text and photos by Dawoud Kringle Often, a new or potential member of...
Bret Primack's YouTube Interview With MFM's Sohrab
Bret Primack Believes In #MakingMusicIsAProfession Tomorrow Saturday, July 1, at 1pm filmmaker and educator Bret Primack aka the JazzVideoGuy (Tucson, AZ) will discuss with Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi of Musicians for Musicians (MFM) about "Survival for Creative Artists...
Review: MFM Presents “Make Music Your Business” #3 MFM Talk Series W. Mario Guarneri
Date: May 25, 2017 Venue: WeWork Bryant Park (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday May 25th, 2017, the third MFM Talk kicked off. This Talk featured trumpet master, composer, improviser, music educator, music activist, and founder of Jazz in the...