Let’s Welcome The President and the Board Members for the Year 2021

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Dec 13, 2020 | Announcement

President Sohrab Saadat Ladjvardi (musician, composer, leader of the music collective SoSaLa, educator, editor; and music activist.) Board of Directors Billy Harper (Jazz musician, band leader and educator) David Belmont (multi instrumentalist, producer, label owner...

MFM Got A Nu T-Shirt On Sale! A Skull?!

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Aug 31, 2020 | Announcement

GREAT NEWS!!!! MFM Got a New T-shirt for Sale.” A Skull…?! WUNDERBAR! This t-shirt is not just a merch, but also a passive communication tool to reach out to the public and advocate MFM’s mission. It is very provocative and will make people look at...

No PUA Payments Anymore…What’s Going to Happen With Us Working Musicians?

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Aug 2, 2020 | Announcement

“85% of people are more scared of financial ruin than dying of Corona.” – Keith Levenson Text by Dawoud Kringle On July 31st, 2020, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) or the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) $600 weekly payments to individuals...

Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Extension: Call Your Senators!!!

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Jul 26, 2020 | Announcement

Click here to tell the Senate to support critical pieces of the HEROES Act in the next COVID 19 relief bill including: Extending Pandemic Unemployment Compensation which provides an additional $600 per week that unemployed workers have been receiving since the CARES...

MFM PODCAST EPISODE 9: Mark Deutsch discusses the artistic and professional processes and aspects of his pursuit of a unique musical vision

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Jun 12, 2020 | Announcement, MFM Podcast

 In this episode of the MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews California based musician, improviser, composer, and inventor of the Bazantar Mark Deutsch about his personal evolution from contrabass and sitar virtuoso to designing an unprecedented musical...

MFM Endorses Musicians Public Event “For Our Courageous Workers a City-Wide Symphonic Fanfare”

by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi | Apr 27, 2020 | Announcement, Event

MFM endorses this public musicians event on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 7pm. For Our Courageous Workers a City-Wide Symphonic Fanfare was conceived by Frank London, Hajnal Pivnick and Dorian Wallace. Composers Frank London (of The Klezmatics), and Hajnal Pivnick and...