Amplify Music

Amplify Music: Resilience and Community Ecosystems

April 17, 23, and 24, 2020 | Virtual Gathering/Conference

How can we learn from other local communities creating Resilience in the music social/structural disruption/reconstruction under COVID-19?

Mission: A gathering of lived experiences and workable ideas

We brought together diverse music leaders and creators online to learn and share from local community response, emergent solutions, and heroic efforts to support local artists, venues, creative communities, and support networks in the surge/challenges of the COVID-19.

  • Unique practices that may transfer to other areas
  • Ways to learn between great ecosystems and communities of communities
  • New combinations of business and community models – bridges beyond streaming
  • “After” – rebuilding trust, conflicts for space/time/funds, challenges of funding in a community rebuilding mode

The Gathering was April 17, 23, and 24, 2020 – followed by a second year in 2021

Come join us at AmplifyMusic.org

Creative Innovators Episodes

New Markets, Bold Choices with Miki Agrawal,

New Markets, Bold Choices with Miki Agrawal,

Some guests have a LOT of gumption and energy to create new. Miki is releasing her first album now. But over time, she has launched new companies and created new spaces. Some of the road has been bumpy and some has developed whole new categories that help people's...

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Seek Out Creative Opportunities with Mark Harper

Seek Out Creative Opportunities with Mark Harper

"I had no idea what I was doing." Mark Harper shares his story of going from ROTC to Combat Camera (leading teams of combat photographers) to Technicolor to high-end headphones to joining a startup military channel. He talked about each time where he sought out...

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Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson

Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson

We are in post-production on new episodes, so our host, Gigi Johnson, shared a story about "Postcards" and Postcard Moments that has come up in prior episodes and in many recent conversations. She shares how a single postcard created a pivot that changed her direction...

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Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez

Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez

Bruno shares his saga from playing the drums and enjoying international music, mixing songs and culture from Tunisia, France, and LA. Those facets led to studying at UCLA Ethnomusicology, becoming a DJ at KCRW, and building a record label in his living room. He shared...

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Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey

Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey

[Enjoy our podcast this week that we share with our sister Maremel Network podcast, Innovating Music, that has just launched its fifth year.] Dick Huey claims that his career jumps have been "educated luck." "Because they they are luck. And I'm, I'm I don't ever...

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Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz

Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz

Questions: How do we design for extreme conditions and resource challenges? Is that for Mars or Earth?Guest: Alfredo Muñoz, Architect; Founder; Onteco; Founder, ABIBOO Studio; Chair for Memberships of the Technical Committee of Space Architecture at the American...

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Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs

Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs

Question: How can you build a rich creative life based on referrals and going out on a limb? Guest: Darryl Hurs, Owner/CEO, Indie Week; Managing Director, Downtown Canada; Director, Market Development, Canada, CD Baby; Educator, Harris InstituteIn this episode, Darryl...

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