Report: MFM MIXER
Report by Roger Blanc On Monday, December 18, 2023 Musicians For Musicians held its first MIXER (in-person gathering) since the pandemic. Members, Board Members, and friends converged at Big Bar on East 7th Street in Manhattan to share their thoughts on music as well...
Report: MFM ZOOM Roundtable Discussion: The Impact of AI on the Music Industry.
Report by Dawoud Kringle On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, MFM held its most recent Music is Essential Talk. The subject was the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry. This was a first for MFM in that the Talk was in a roundtable discussion/think tank...
Report: 2023 Annual Membership Meeting
Report by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday, December 7th, 2023, MFM held its Annual Membership Meeting via Zoom Conference. Adam Reifsteck hosted. The first order of business was the candidates introducing themselves (and David Belmont shared statements from those who...
Report: MFM ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Composer Christopher North
MFM Presents: "Music Is Essential" ZOOM Talk Event #9 with MFM Member Christopher North Speaking about his Score for Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes with Special Guests Cole Davis, Lawrence Fields and Andy Blanco Report by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday, November 2nd,...
Report: MFM ZOOM Webinar #15 w. Royal Hartigan
Royal Hartigan Speaking About Time Cycles – 11 Pulse Heart Beats Adapted from West African, Afro-Latin, Reggae, Funk, and Bebop/Swing styles. Report by Dawoud Kringle On Friday, September 15th, 2023, MFM presented its 15th Zoom webinar. The guest was...
Report: MFM ZOOM Webinar #14 w. Richard Miller and Stephen Jonson
"Music Is Essential" ZOOM Webinar Speaking about "Bossa and Beyond," the Rhythmic and Harmonic Development of Brazilian Music and Beyond. Report by Dawoud Kringle On Thursday, September 21st, 2023, MFM Presented Music Is Essential ZOOM Webinar #14: Richard Miller and...
MFM on AIR!!!
Great NEWS! MFM was heard! Musicians For Musicians - MFM Hudson Valley Chapter (w. Peter Wetzler, Stephen Johnson and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on AIR with Kingston FM radio host Erica Brown. In this episode Erica had the treat of sitting down with three extraordinary...
SAG-AFTRA Is on Strike!
About the strike: the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike is an ongoing labor dispute between the Hollywood actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike began on July 14, 2023, after the SAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors approved the strike.
MFM Member Keyna Wilkins (Australia) US Mini Tour 2023 “Musician with Attitude”
Keyna Wilkins, MFM's first international member, is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). As an innovative soloist her solo show...