WHO WE ARE:
The Rochester Music Coalition is an organization set up to create a thriving, profitable music community in Rochester NY. The RMC is made up of musicians, club owners, radio stations, press, record stores, recording studios, promoters, and all others who support the art of music in our area. The coalition will work to build a Rochester music scene that our community and the nation can enjoy.
MISSION STATEMENT:
It is the policy of the Rochester Music Coalition to support and promote
the art of music and the musicians who create it regardless of genre.
We will support and promote musical events, activities and institutions
in a way that establishes our city as a “world class” musical center.
We will strive to make Rochester a city where musicians can live and work
in an environment that recognizes the valuable contribution they make to
the community’s life, vitality and growth. We will form musician, government
and business partnerships and use our resources to create economic development
and community pride.
GOALS:
To provide a supportive, creative and healthy environment where
musicians can live and work, making a decent living from their art.
To create a unified atmosphere between musicians and all others involved
with the art of music.
Eventually to be a one-stop resource of information for everything
musical in our community.
Sponsor fund rasing events - using the funds raised to increase exposure
for musicians in the press and on ALL radio/TV stations operating in the
Monroe County area in order to evolve and elevate the live music experience.
Promote giving local artists airplay throughout the WHOLE 24 hour broadcast
day not only at some extremely late time slot when only a very small part
of the population is even awake. Use existing cable access and mainstream
TV stations to create local music video programs and an outlet for
broadcasting live performances – our own Rochester version of MTV/VH1.
Establish a liaison position at each radio/TV station that works with the
RMC and the bands to get proper bios, demo CD’s, videos etc to submit for
airplay consideration.
Concerts/Festivals/Musical Events – encourage promoters to be
more open to having local artists that play ORIGINAL music at city/county-funded
events and to open for national acts that come through Rochester. Create
a series of festivals or weekly concerts featuring local music of all genres
and bring these events to ALL areas of the city not just certain sectors.
Work to develop new and/or expand musical resources and venues throughout
our city, including our diverse residential neighborhoods. Establish
a “Floating Festival Tent” using different parks throughout Monroe County
and vacant areas throughout the city for new musical events. Create
cross cultural music events at local clubs (Example: The RMC presents the
Upstate Music Series”) that would feature artists performing several different
types of music at each event, showcasing the diverse talent we have and
promote unification of the music community. Encourage citizens to actively
support and participate in musical activities in a way that encourages
more interaction which will build and strengthen our community.
Encourage musicians, musical institutions and businesses of all types
to be partners with each other in the development, enhancement and promotion
of our city becoming the musical center for our region. Utilize our musical
heritage and current assets as an economic development tool to create growth
opportunities and to foster a sense of community spirit and pride.
Establish our city as a place for the music industry to look for artists
that should be recognized and promoted on a national level, working with
the tourism board to bring this type of recognition to our city. Create
city or corporate sponsored free artist showcases for record labels and
other music related businesses to come and see the talent we have (Convention
Center as a possible site) on a regular basis. This will eventually bring
new business and citizens to the area. Further develop, and protect our
city’s musical resources as unique assets that contribute to our city’s vitality
and “sense of place” not only within our region but the country as a whole.
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