Date: Sunday, March 7
Time: 5pm to 6pm EST
Venue: ZOOM
Ticket: free
Joint event by MFM and Manhattan Producers Alliance
Please RVSP here.
(Photo by Dawoud Kringle)
In this episode of MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (a.k.a. SoSaLa). Ladjevardi is a saxophonist, composer, improviser, producer, entrepreneur, activist, and the founder and president of Musicians For Musicians (MFM). He has lived in and performed in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and the United States as well as releasing several independently produced albums. The topics discussed focused on MFM, the ideas and philosophies behind it, its founding and history, Ladjevardi’s music and how it interrelates to the message of MFM, and the future of MFM and its place in the music community.
Date: Friday, January 29, 2021
Time: 7pm to 7:40pm
Venue: ZOOM
Ticket: free
Please RVSP to Michael Walsh: michael@thesmoothspot.com
Webinar Description
Musicians For Musicians (MFM) is a non-profit Musicians Rights organization established in 2015 by professional musician Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi. MFM seeks to elevate the work of all musicians to the level of a true profession, one recognized and appropriately rewarded by society; it’s a 501(c)(6) non-tax-deductible association with the right to lobby, and exists alongside (but separate from) the musicians union.
MFM’s first fundraiser, running from October 20 through November 20, 2020 reaches out to all musicians and music lovers for financial support in helping to realize MFM’s mission.
Please contribute here.
“To me, there isn’t a middle zone between creative paths of improvisation and traditional paths… Musicians deserve to be compensated and deserve a decent environment to play their music.” – Sal Cataldi
In this episode of the MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews Sal Cataldi. Sal is a guitarist, composer, improviser, producer, a contributor to nysmusic.com, MFM member, and founder of Cataldi Public Relations Inc,”
In this episode, Sal discusses his Spaghetti Eastern Music project, His recent release One Act Sonix with the Vapor Vespers project, his other music projects such as the Hari Karaoke Trio of Doom & Frank’s museum, the nature of 21st century music performance, his experience as a music journalist with nysmusic.com, how he founded Cataldi Public Relations, the Hudson Valley Music scene and musician’s community and how the recent COVID-19 pandemic affected it, and his involvement with MFM.
