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SUMMARY:MFM Presents: “How Musicians Work with Mastering Engineers” – A  Zoom Webinar Featuring Industry Experts Adam Reifsteck and Fred Kevorkian
DESCRIPTION:The event is designed for musicians\, producers\, audio engineers\, and anyone interested in demystifying the mastering process and learning how to maximize their professional relationships in the studio. \nEvent Details:\n\n \n Date: Monday\, May 12\, 2025 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EDT Location: Zoom (registration required) Admission: $5 (free for MFM Members) \nAttendees will learn:  \nWhat mastering is and why it’s essential to the final sound of a record\,  \nHow musicians can effectively prepare their mixes for mastering\, \nBest practices for communication and collaboration during the mastering process\, \nReal-world insights from both independent and major label projects. \nNon-members REGISTER HERE:  https://mfmassociation.thrivecart.com/zoom-webinar-on-mastering/ \nTo obtain free access to this event\, go to https://musiciansformusicians.org/join/ and become an MFM member.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-presents-how-musicians-work-with-mastering-engineers-a-zoom-webinar-featuring-industry-experts-adam-reifsteck-and-fred-kevorkian/
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SUMMARY:MFM-IMA ZOOM Webinar #16 w. Hamid Najafi Speaking on Introducing TuneForte – a New Live Music Streaming Platform.
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, February 15th\, 2024\nTime: 5 pm to 6:30 pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nTicket: $5\nPlease register and pay here:  https://mfmassociation.thrivecart.com/zoom-webinar-16/ \nWebinar description: \nHamid Najafi will introduce his gig platform Tuneforte specifically designed by musicians for musicians which uses AI\, VR\, and other technologies to make streaming a live concert easy\, engaging\, enjoyable\, accessible to all musicians\, and above all\, profitable. He will discuss its features and benefits to the musicians performing\, and the viewers of\, online live concerts. The purpose of the platform is to make watching a live music concert online a viable alternative (but not replacement) to attending concerts in person helping musicians and venues to expand their audience and increase revenue. He would love to hear the attendees’ thoughts on how he can make this a better tool for you as a musician. \nAbout Hamid Najafi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamid-najafi-a0472014/)  \nHamid is an entrepreneur who received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University many years ago. He designed Samsung’s very first cellphone and started a few companies specializing in wireless and GPS over the years in Silicon Valley. \nHe also trained as a classical singer\, and he enjoys performing and recording occasionally. Tuneforte was born out of the desire to help musicians during the pandemic\, and it became a passion for Hamid and his team to make something that can help the spread of music around the globe better and benefit musicians. \nHamid the singer: https://youtu.be/Nhs-sjkJxeM?si=KI1lQtY-I714zkWj  \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. \nAbout IMA (https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org) \nThe IMA is a solidarity organization formed to promote the free interchange of ideas and information among the professional jazz musicians of the San Francisco Bay Area\, to aid in their ability to collectively advocate for new standards of compensation\, benefits\, and working conditions. By bringing together professional independent musicians\, we will create a focused message and plan of action to change the status quo of music performance in the Bay Area. Through solidarity of purpose\, we plan to create a grassroots alliance through which advocacy and change can and will occur.e
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-ima-zoom-webinar-16-w-hamid-najafi-speaking-on-introducing-tuneforte-a-new-live-music-streaming-platform/
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SUMMARY:MFM Presents “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Webinar #14: Richard Miller and Stephen Johnson Speaking on ‘Bossa and Beyond\,’ The Rhythmic and Harmonic Development of Brazilian Music\, Bossa Nova\, and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join Richard and Stephen for another dynamic tour of the Brazilian / American musicology and evolution; how ‘Jazz’ found ‘Samba’ and how the two became the wonderful exotic lovers that inspired the world in the Sixties and beyond. Richard’s study of Brazilian music will provide the insights to the foundation structures leading into Stephen’s applied song writing and furthering the push into post Bossa Nova exploration.    \nFree for members. \nNon-members register and pay $5.00 here: https://musiciansformusicians.org/webinar
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-presents-music-is-essential-zoom-webinar-14-richard-miller-and-stephen-johnson-speaking-on-bossa-and-beyond-the-rhythmic-and-harmonic-development-of-brazilia/
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Webinar #13 w. Kora Musician David Gilden and Special Guest Sherif Sissoko
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Webinar #13 with Kora Musician David Gilden and Special Guest Sherif Sissoko – A Musical Introduction to the Mandinka Kora  \nDate: Tuesday\, March 21\, 2023\nTime: 5pm to 6:30pm (ET)\nVenue:  ZOOM\nTicket: $5 for non MFM members \n\nNon-members register and pay here: https://musiciansformusicians.org/product/zoom-webinar-13/\nMFM members register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpfu6urj0tGNGU5RBKGD59mTSC3hjhqmz4\n\nWebinar description \nIn this presentation David Gilden will go into detail about the Mandinka Kora from a musician’s perspective (performing pieces of Kora music) and share his experiences traveling in West Africa to study the Kora. His guest Sherif Sissoko a skilled Kora player  will also play some music and provide additional background on the history and origin of the Kora. \nAbout David Gilden (https://www.facebook.com/koraDave and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjQJ1nn63Oc&t=2s) \nDavid discovered the Kora back in 1978 at a concert with Malian kora player Batourou Sekou Kouyaté at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. It was this performance that inspired David to play and research the kora. \nIn 1989 David traveled to The Gambia to study the Kora with his first teachers Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo Konte. Later in1995 David traveled to Bamako to visit Kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate and Batourou Sekou Kouyaté.OM \nDuring this trip to Bamako\, David met Sherif who is the younger brother of acclaimed kora musician Ballake Sissoko. Today Sherif lives in Hartford Connecticut where he continues to play the Kora.
URL:https://musiciansformusicians.org/event/mfm-zoom-webinar-13-w-kora-musician-david-gilden-and-special-guest-sherif-sissoko/
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SUMMARY:MFM ZOOM Webinar #12 with Ron Wasserman
DESCRIPTION:Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Webinar #12 with MFM Member Ron Wasserman Speaking on: Transcribing Recorded Music for Live Performance with Dance \nDate: Tuesday\, November 29\, 2022\nTime: 4pm to 5:30pm (ET)\nVenue: ZOOM\nTicket: free\nPlease register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkf-iopzwpGNErm21uOd-b-qZvgWdKWpXC \nWebinar description \nRon will talk about and demonstrate the very specialized skill that is transcribing recorded music into notation to be used for dance performances. Music that was composed and recorded by ear\, or course must be “reverse engineered” so it can be presented in traditional notation to players for live performances. Ron will discuss his unique process that utilizes a highly developed contrapuntal ear\, several software tools\, and usually a lot of trial and error. Furthermore\, an added layer of complexity are considerations towards the needs of choreographers and dancers\, and in being a bridge between them and the composer and conductor. Ron will use examples from several successful projects he has done with the music of Duke Ellington\, Max Richter\, Wayne Shorter\, Solange Knowles and others. \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: bit.ly/bronxzoomovie \nCurbside Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/pH0JLfSKv04 \n  \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-webinar-12-with-ron-wasserman/
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