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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #11 with Kevin Keller (Recording Academy)
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #11 with Kevin Keller (Recording Academy) Speaking About Living Wages for Pro Musicians \nDate: August 4th\, 2025\nTime: 5 p.m. to 6:30 pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nHost: Adam Reifsteck \nNon-members register and pay here: https://mfmassociation.thrivecart.com/living-wages/  \nWebinar description \nWhat is a Living Wage? Is it possible for a full-time musician to earn a Living Wage? How long does it take to earn a Living Wage as a professional musician? What strategies are musicians using to make a full-time living from music?  \nAbout Kevin Keller (https://www.kevinkeller.com) \nKevin Keller is a composer and recording artist based in New York City. He has released 15 full-length albums since 1994 in the ambient/neo-classical genre\, and receives daily airplay on Sirius-XM\, as well as regular features on Echoes (PRI) and Hearts of Space (NPR). He is a Voting Member of The Recording Academy (i.e.\, the GRAMMYs)\, and he advocates for both financial transparency and the protection of intellectual property rights for artists.  \nAbout MFM (https://www.MusiciansForMusicians.org)  \nMusicians For Musicians is a collective of freelance music professionals uniting to advocate for FAIR PAY\, respect\, and equitable treatment for all musicians through education\, networking\, and activism in collaboration with other musicians’ rights organizations.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-talk-event-11-with-kevin-keller-recording-academy/
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SUMMARY:MFM Presents "Music Is Essential\," a Zoom Roundtable Discussion Among MFM Members – Musicians with a Deep Connection to African Music – Speaking on the Value of Studying Music in Africa.
DESCRIPTION:MFM Presents “Music Is Essential\,” a Zoom Roundtable Discussion Among MFM Members – Musicians with a Deep Connection to African Music – Speaking on the Value of Studying Music in Africa. \nDate: Monday\, October 7th\, 2024 \nTime: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm. ET\nVenue: ZOOM                         \nTicket: $5 for non-members \nRegister and pay here: t.b.a. \nZoom Host and PR Campaign Manager: Adam Reifsteck \nI don’t want to jive you here tonight. I want you to look at me at something you have never seen before. Because 99% of the information you hear about Africa is WRONG.” Fela Kuti \nEvent Description: \nThis event is produced by MFM President Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi aka SoSaLa and the round table host will be David Gilden. \nThis MFM event is the first time to bring together musicians who have spent a significant amount of time in Africa to further their artistry. The panel will discuss their experiences in Africa and deep immersion in a foreign culture\, experiences that can be realized no other way. \nThe MFM members on the panel will share not only their anecdotes and achievements but talk about the value of learning and experiencing African music at its origin. This is why we should encourage young musicians and academics to travel and gain exposure to African culture\, firsthand\, and develop lifelong friendships and collaborative partnerships. \nThe Speakers are: \nDavid Gilden (David Gilden has been playing the West African kora for four decades since he first heard it at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in 1978.  With ten trips to West Africa (including Gambia\, Mail and Senegal) to study the kora directly with local Mandinka musicians and a deep proficiency in electronic music Gilden is one the few artists to blend traditional world music traditions with modern electronica. \nZOOM Webinar #13: https://youtu.be/qGLCGe9rRq8 \nBanning Eyre (author\, guitarist\, composer\, photographer and radio producer\, and Senior Producer for the Peabody Award-winning public radio series Afropop Worldwide. Eyre has traveled to over 30 African countries to research music\, and especially\, study guitar styles. He performs and records both traditional and original music\, both solo and in collaboration with ensembles\, including Timbila and Voyagers. He has written four books on African music.) \nMFM ZOOM Talk Event #7: https://youtu.be/NmboReIcpUU \nMFM ZOOM Webinar #5: https://youtu.be/JjAOyIIUnII \nMFM ZOOM Webinar #9: https://youtu.be/Rq_tNqf2r8o \nMFM Podcast: https://mfmspeaksout.simplecast.com/episodes/banningeyre-efhQKoA_ \n    \nSylvain Leroux (a saxophonist\, flutist\, band leader: and player of the Fula flute (tambin) who brought traditional West African music to Zankel Hall with his Fula Flute Ensemble and curated the Griot Summit series that featured 25 New York City area griots from five countries. He has played with many Guinean stars\, such as Sekouba Kandia Kouyate\, Mbady Kouyate\, Lama Sidibe\, Missia Saran Diabate; and Abdoulaye Diabate. He invented and patented the “chromatic tambin” that brought the traditional instrument into full chromatic functionality. This led him to initiate L’Ecole Fula Flute\, a music literacy project in Guinea\, an effort that contributed to a revival of the instrument in Guinea. Several excellent young artists have emerged from the program. His 2002 cult record Fula Flute stimulated a worldwide interest in the instrument. \nMFM ZOOM Talk Event #7: https://youtu.be/NmboReIcpUU \nMFM Podcast: https://mfmspeaksout.simplecast.com/episodes/sylvian-leroux-D48wf1Gl \n  \nRoyal Hartigan (percussionist\, pianist\, tap dancer\, educator\, activist\, and author. His connection to Africa began in 1981 and he has been to Ghana over 20 times\, often bringing students to learn firsthand the cultural visions and music/dance expressions of the people. He was a visiting faculty and J. William Fulbright scholar to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumase (Ghana) from 2013-15.\nHe has done 3 films related to West Africa\, written 5 books on aspects of African music\, numerous CDs and videos (at his royalhartigan youtube channel/africa)\, and performed there with jazz ensembles\, including his blood drum spirit quartet\, with master drummers and dancers form the Eve\, Ga\, Asante\, Dagara\, and Dagbamba peoples. \nHe has produced an award-winning film\, We Are One\, directed by Sara Pettinella\, from his blood drum spirit 2015 and 2017 tours of Ghana\, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Its theme is the historical\, musical\, and personal connections between African music and jazz\, and by extension\, the world’s peoples. \nMFM Zoom Webinar #8: https://youtu.be/hyMiF0GMcj0 \nMFM ZOOM Webinar #15: https://youtu.be/PzNUCApgmYQ \nDuke Amayo (Nigerian musician\, singer\, and composer who grew up in Fela’s Lagos neighborhood and former frontman of the Brooklyn Afrobeat band Antibalas for 23 years. He composed and performed on the GRAMMY nominated “Antibalas Fu Chronicles” album for “Best Global Music Album of the Year” 2021.) \nNoel Smith (saxophonist and audio engineer. He spent 1972-1973 working in Lagos\, Nigeria\, assembling and running a multitrack studio owned by Cream drummer Ginger Baker. Smith worked with top musicians\, mostly Fela Kuti and his Africa 70 band; and recorded some iconic songs in that era\, including “Lady” and “Shakara (Oloje).”)
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-presents-music-is-essential-a-zoom-roundtable-discussion-among-mfm-members-musicians-with-a-deep-connection-to-african-music-speaking-on-the-value-of-studying-music-in-afr/
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Bassists Jerome Harris and Ron Wasserman
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: Music Is Essential ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Bassists Jerome Harris and Ron Wasserman Speaking on “Bass: The Joys of The Bottom Line” \nDate: Tuesday\, January 18th\, 2024\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM \nZOOM Host: Adam ReifsteckOOM\nTicket: $5 for non MFM members   \n\nNon-members register and pay here: t.b.a.\n\nWebinar description: \nWhile the attention of many listeners is drawn to melodies\, what happens in the lower registers can be critically important for music to sound enjoyable and fulfilling. Join bass guitarist Jerome Harris and double bassist Ron Wasserman as they bring broad perspective and diverse experience to a discussion of handling music’s foundations artfully. There’s a lot to savor and appreciate down below!  \nAbout Jerome Harris \nJerome Harris’s first major professional performing experience came as bass guitarist with the iconic jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1978.  Harris has performed on six continents\, working with Jack DeJohnette\, David Krakauer\, Bill Frisell\, Paul Motian\, Leni Stern\, Martha Redbone\, Ray Anderson\, Julius Hemphill\, Amina Claudine Myers\, Ned Rothenberg\, Oliver Lake\, and many others in jazz and jazz-adjacent genres. \nJerome Harris appears on over seventy recordings.  He has taught at Hampshire College\, William Paterson University\, Lehman College (City University of New York)\, and the Alternative Guitar Summit Camp. Harris’s published essays include “Considering Jaki Byard” (in Sound American SA22; New York: Anthology of Recorded Music\, Inc.\, 2019)\, and “Jazz on the Global Stage” (in The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective; edited by Ingrid Monson; New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis\, 2000). He studied at Harvard College (A.B. 1973) and New England Conservatory of Music (B.M. with honors\, 1977).  \nAbout Ron Wasserman  \nRon Wasserman\, a fourth-generation musician and lifelong New Yorker\, has an unusually diverse track record of performing\, composing\, commissioning\, and producing music. Since his first professional gig in 1979 at age 18\, Ron has logged well over 6\,000 performances in almost every performing arts genre imaginable\, since 1988 the majority of them as the principal bassist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra. \nRon has premiered and/or commissioned works by a large array of composers\, including Miho Hazama. Rufus Reid\, Courtney Bryan\, Stephanie Ann Boyd\, and himself. In 2017 his New York Jazzharmonic partnered with The Ashley Bouder Project when they started accompanying professional dance concert performances. Together they undertook the process of commissioning composers AND choreographers\, with an emphasis on women. \nHis own jazz and classical music fills now four CDs with several more in the works. One\, with his full 17-piece band was recorded in 2019 with a 2023 release. \nDuring the pandemic\, Ron started filming dance videos\, culminating in his “Curbside Nutcracker\,” which garnered a viral half-million views\, and his fully produced narrative movie filmed at the Bronx Zoo: “Backstage Pass: Carnival of the Animals.” \nAt the New York City Ballet\, Ron has also arranged\, transcribed\, and/or conducted works by Wayne Shorter\, Stravinsky\, Piazzolla\, and Solange Knowles’ \nBackstage Pass: https://youtu.be/Oo8A5UprCI4 \nCurbside Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/pH0JLfSKv04 \nAbout MFM (https://www.MusiciansForMusicians.org)  \nMFM seeks to bring together musicians from all disciplines\, styles\, traditions and localities in the cause of their mutual self-betterment. Whether through education\, networking or political action\, MFM’s ultimate goal is to elevate the work of all musicians to the level of a true profession. \n 
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-talk-event-9-with-bassists-jerome-harris-and-ron-wasserman/
LOCATION:ZOOM
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Bassists Jerome Harris and Ron Wasserman
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: Music Is Essential ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Bassists Jerome Harris and Ron Wasserman Speaking on “Bass: The Joys of The Bottom Line” \nDate: Tuesday\, November 14th\, 2023\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM \nZOOM Host: Adam ReifsteckOOM\nTicket: $5 for non MFM members   \n\nNon-members register and pay here:\n\nWebinar description: \nWhile the attention of many listeners is drawn to melodies\, what happens in the lower registers can be critically important for music to sound enjoyable and fulfilling. Join bass guitarist Jerome Harris and double bassist Ron Wasserman as they bring broad perspective and diverse experience to a discussion of handling music’s foundations artfully. There’s a lot to savor and appreciate down below!  \nAbout Jerome Harris \nJerome Harris’s first major professional performing experience came as bass guitarist with the iconic jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1978.  Harris has performed on six continents\, working with Jack DeJohnette\, David Krakauer\, Bill Frisell\, Paul Motian\, Leni Stern\, Martha Redbone\, Ray Anderson\, Julius Hemphill\, Amina Claudine Myers\, Ned Rothenberg\, Oliver Lake\, and many others in jazz and jazz-adjacent genres. \nJerome Harris appears on over seventy recordings.  He has taught at Hampshire College\, William Paterson University\, Lehman College (City University of New York)\, and the Alternative Guitar Summit Camp. Harris’s published essays include “Considering Jaki Byard” (in Sound American SA22; New York: Anthology of Recorded Music\, Inc.\, 2019)\, and “Jazz on the Global Stage” (in The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective; edited by Ingrid Monson; New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis\, 2000). He studied at Harvard College (A.B. 1973) and New England Conservatory of Music (B.M. with honors\, 1977).  \nAbout Ron Wasserman  \nRon Wasserman\, a fourth-generation musician and lifelong New Yorker\, has an unusually diverse track record of performing\, composing\, commissioning\, and producing music. Since his first professional gig in 1979 at age 18\, Ron has logged well over 6\,000 performances in almost every performing arts genre imaginable\, since 1988 the majority of them as the principal bassist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra. \nRon has premiered and/or commissioned works by a large array of composers\, including Miho Hazama. Rufus Reid\, Courtney Bryan\, Stephanie Ann Boyd\, and himself. In 2017 his New York Jazzharmonic partnered with The Ashley Bouder Project when they started accompanying professional dance concert performances. Together they undertook the process of commissioning composers AND choreographers\, with an emphasis on women. \nHis own jazz and classical music fills now four CDs with several more in the works. One\, with his full 17-piece band was recorded in 2019 with a 2023 release. \nDuring the pandemic\, Ron started filming dance videos\, culminating in his “Curbside Nutcracker\,” which garnered a viral half-million views\, and his fully produced narrative movie filmed at the Bronx Zoo: “Backstage Pass: Carnival of the Animals.” \nAt the New York City Ballet\, Ron has also arranged\, transcribed\, and/or conducted works by Wayne Shorter\, Stravinsky\, Piazzolla\, and Solange Knowles’ \nBackstage Pass: https://youtu.be/Oo8A5UprCI4 \nCurbside Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/pH0JLfSKv04 \nAbout MFM (https://www.MusiciansForMusicians.org)  \nMFM seeks to bring together musicians from all disciplines\, styles\, traditions and localities in the cause of their mutual self-betterment. Whether through education\, networking or political action\, MFM’s ultimate goal is to elevate the work of all musicians to the level of a true profession. \n 
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-talk-event-9-with-jerome-harris-and-ron-wasserman/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:ZOOM Talk Event
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #8 with Film Composer Christopher North and Special Guests
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #9 with Christopher North Speaking about his Score for Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes with Special Guests Cole Davis\, Lawrence Fields and Andy Blanco. \nDate: Thursday\, November 2nd\, 2023\nTime: 6pm to 7:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nHost: Adam Reifsteck \nTicket: $5 for non MFM members. Register and pay here: https://mfmassociation.thrivecart.com/talk-event/  \nWebinar description \nChristopher North shares about composing and producing the score to Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes. Directed by Sam Pollard & Ben Shapiro. Special Guests include Bassist  / Contractor Cole Davis\, Pianist Lawrence Fields\, and Percussionist Andy Blanco. \nExperience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer\, virtuoso percussionist and bandleader Max Roach on PBS American Masters \nWorld Premiered at SXSW 2023\, NYC Premiered at Rooftop Films & Broadcast / Streaming on American Masters PBS Premiere 10/6/2023.  Glowing Reviews In!   \nScore performed by stellar quintet featuring bassist (& former student) Cole Davis\, Aaron M. Johnson on Alto / Tenor Sax\, Anthony Hervey on Trumpet\, Lawrence Fields on Piano\, Michael Ode on Drums\, recorded at The Bunker Studio\, as well as M’Boom inspired Percussion Cues multi-tracked by the Andy Blanco. (Add’l contributions including a “jam in the sand” Cue from Rex Benincasa and Kate Amrine on Trumpet). Assisted by Landon Knoblock\, Mixed by Erdem Helvacioglu. \nAbout  Christopher North  www.christophernorth.com  www.imdb.me/christophernorth \nChristopher North is a composer (Film\, Theater and Dance)\, singer/songwriter (eclectic albums\, songs for children’s TV and for Films)\, multi-instrumentalist (Carnegie Hall\, Newport Folk Festival\, CBGBs\, Grammy award-winning recordings) and conductor (Hollywood Chamber Orchestra\, Symphony Space). A Texan in NYC since 1997\, he’s thriving in Brooklyn\, having released 20 genre crossing albums\, composed scores to over 60 films (inc. distributed\, award-winning and Grammy Nominated) and a growing opus of arts songs\, chamber music and symphonic works. A Sundance Institute Lab Fellow\, collaborating brings out his best\, for which VARIETY says he’s a “notable asset” to work “well served by a fine soundtrack.” Also a sideman\, he has played bass for Quincy Jones\, with The Chicks and Rosanne Cash\, in orchestras and on Broadway. He’s been heard as a singer (in choirs with NY Phil and on Grammy Award Winning Recordings)\, whistler (for Disney) and multi-instrumentalist on countless scores\, albums\, video games and commercials.  A 2019 Composing in the Wilderness Fellow\, he kayaked in Alaska\, inspiring chamber work “Nellie Juan’s Scratchiti” that premiered at Federal Hall\, NYC. His favorite creation is teenager Koi and his hobbies include photography\, painting\, biking and walking in cemeteries. \nMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes is North’s 3rd collaboration with Lifetime Peabody & Multiple Emmy Award Winning\, Multiple Grammy Nominated\, and Oscar Nominated Sam Pollard\, and our 2nd music doc\, following the Grammy Nominated Best Music Film Blues/Civil Rights Doc Two Trains Runnin‘. \nAbout MFM (https://www.MusiciansForMusicians.org)  \nMFM seeks to bring together musicians from all disciplines\, styles\, traditions and localities in the cause of their mutual self-betterment. Whether through education\, networking or political action\, MFM’s ultimate goal is to elevate the work of all musicians to the level of a true profession.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-talk-event-8-with-film-composer-christopher-north/
CATEGORIES:ZOOM Talk Event
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #8 with Arturo O’Farrill and Zack O’Farrill
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #8 with MFM Members Arturo O’Farrill and Zack O’Farrill Speaking on the founding\, current work\, and vision of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance\, Arturo’s activism\, and the intertwined histories of latin music and jazz. \nDate: Friday\, December 16\, 2022\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nTicket: free \nPlease register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdO-trzorHNSF2dK3NhLOBqcTVRYHmvKz \nWebinar description: \nThe discussion will touch on the importance of musician-led organizations and the impact that artists can have on the world around them both by using their platform to call for justice and by creating employment opportunities for other artists. We’ll also discuss the shared history of “latin music” and “jazz\,” exploring the idea that these labels hide the fact that they are both part of the same musical continuum. Finally\, we’ll discuss the weight of legacy on our careers and our practice\, and how the two are not one and the same.  \nAbout Arturo O’Farrill (www.arturoofarrill.com) \nArturo O’Farrill \nARTURO O’FARRILL\, pianist\, composer\, and educator\, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie\, Lester Bowie\, Wynton Marsalis\, and Harry Belafonte. \nIn 2007\, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance\, education\, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Learn more about ALJA here: http://www.afrolatinjazz.org \n  \n \nAbout Zack O’Farrill (www.wackzilliam.com) \nZack O’Farrill is a multi-racial\, multi-cultural\, multi-musical artist who doesn’t believe in the walls that separate us.  Growing up in a musical household\, the son of classical pianist Alison Deane and jazz pianist\, composer\, bandleader Arturo O’Farrill\,  Zack and his brother\, the trumpeter Adam O’Farrill\, grew up playing and listening to a wide world of music.  From the European-concert-music-influenced Afro-Cuban big band jazz of their grandfather\, Chico O’Farrill\, to the tongue-in-cheek free jazz of Carla Bley\, to having a rotation of the Beatles\, Steely Dan\, Earth Wind and Fire\, and Oscar Peterson in the car on summer road trips\, growing up in the hip-hop generation\, and extensive study of music in the new world derived from the African Diaspora\, Zack has never viewed music with any particular regard to genre.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-talk-event-8-with-arturo-ofarrill-and-zack-ofarrill/
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SUMMARY:ZOOM Talk Event #7 w. Banning Eyre and Sylvain Leroux
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #7 with MFM Members Banning Eyre and Sylvain Leroux Speaking on Sylvain’s Music Activism and about His Non-Profit Fula Flute Ecole (School) in Conakry\, Guinea (Africa) \nDate: Friday\, November 18\, 2022\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nTicket: free \nPlease register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucO2trzMqE9xEa3ATnmpqciGYurChJ1yp \nWebinar description \nThe discussion will touch on the opportunities music education projects like this present: supporting the transfer of traditional culture and creating opportunities for musicians in Africa. We’ll also discuss the ethical issues involved. Expect a lively exchange and a brief live performance as well.  \nAbout Banning Eyre \nBanning Eyre is an author\, guitarist\, photographer\, and Senior Producer for the Peabody Award-winning public radio series Afropop Worldwide. His work has taken him to over 25 African countries to research local music. Eyre has produced over 180 Afropop episodes including in-depth coverage of Mali\, Congo\, Egypt\, Ghana\, Lebanon\, Madagascar and Nigeria. He comments on world music for NPR’s All Things Considered. In May\, 2015\, Duke University Press published his fourth book\, Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe\, which won the 2016 Society for Ethnomusicology African Music Section Kwabena Nketia Book Prize. His previous books are Afropop! An Illustrated Guide\, In Griot Time: An American Guitarist in Mali\, and Guitar Atlas Africa\, a book of introductory lessons in African guitar styles. He also co-produced the 2004 film Festival in the Desert: The Tent Sessions\, filmed in location in Essakane\, Mali. He edits and contributes to www.afropop.org\, and hosts www.banningeyre.com\, the home of his independent label Lion Songs Records. \nAbout Sylvain Leroux \nSylvain Leroux is a notable player of the Fula flute who brought traditional West African music to Zankel Hall with his Fula Flute Ensemble and curated the Griot Summit series that featured 25 New York City area griots from five countries. He was noted in performances and recordings with\, among others\, Billy Martin\, Emeline Michel\, Adam Rudolph\, Karl Berger\, and Hassan Hakmoun as well as with many Guinean stars (Sekouba Kandia Kouyate\, Mbady Kouyate\, Lama Sidibe\, Missia Saran Diabate\, Abdoulaye Diabate…). \nMaker and seller of flutes around the world\, he invented and patented the “chromatic tambin” that brought the traditional instrument into full chromatic functionality. This led him to initiate l’Ecole Fula Flute\, a music literacy project in Guinea\, an effort that contributed to a revival of the instrument in Guinea and seveal excellent young artists have emerged from the program. \nHis 2002 cult record Fula Flute stimulated a worldwide interest in the instrument; and his 2012 album Quatuor Creole was hailed by critics as “a perfect contemporary music release.”
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/zoom-talk-event-w-banning-eyre-and-sylvain-leroux/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:ZOOM Talk Event
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Talk Event #6 with MFM Members Adam Reifsteck and Kevin Kuhn
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, October 27\, 2022\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue: ZOOM\nTicket: free\nPlease register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcu-qrjsoGNDygxiCJvh9Fy4woqxwB9Dx \nTalk Description \nAdam Reifsteck and Kevin Kuhn will discuss best practices for setting up a home studio as well as provide recommendations on the essential gear you need to get started on a limited budget.\nThis event is a follow up to Zoom Webinar #10: How to Set Up Your Home Studio held on July 8\, 2022 with Adam Reifsteck and Jeffrey Green.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/zoom-talk-event-w-adam-reifsteck-and-kevin-kuhn/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:ZOOM Talk Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Musicians For Musicians (MFM)":MAILTO:sohrab@MusiciansForMusicians.org
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