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EUTERPE
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Concerned about low audience turnout at CU shows?
Come to the next Euterpe meeting to brainstorm solutions to this
problem. Help us:
1. Isolate and defining the factors involved,
2. Strategize how to improve the situation, and
3. Determine how to implement a plan of action.
Please join us at 5:30pm on Tuesday, April 5 at the Illinois
Disciples Foundation, Bondurant Room, 610 E. Springfield, Champaign.
All ages are welcome. Be willing to act on your ideas!
Peace,
The Euterpe Founders:
Rachael Dietkus
Debra Domal
Nan Holda
Jenny Southlynn
Holly Rushakoff
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Hey Everyone,
First, we'd like to thank everybody who came out to Euterpe's
inaugural meeting. It was a great turnout of diverse folks with tons
of passion, insight and experience, and we were really overwhelmed
with the level of enthusiasm for this music network.
The next Eurtepe Music Network discussion forum is this Tuesday,
March 1, 5:30pm @ Crane Alley (back in the mezzanine), 115 W. Main
St, Urbana. All ages are welcome. This is an important meeting
because we're going to discuss and prioritize the issues we'd like to
address this year. We're hoping the group will be able to put many of
the ideas into action.
At the bottom of this page is a list of topics we've culled from
local music supporters over the last year. Look it over and be ready
to talk about:
1. Are there other topics you like to add to the list?
2. What's the best way to tackle each issue (ie. through a discussion
forum, workshop/rountable, long-term campaign, fundraising, focus
group, etc.)?
3. What are the top three issues you'd like to see addressed?
4. What can we realistically accomplish in the next year?
5. Would you be interested in working on a committee for any of
issues?
If you have feedback on the topic list but can't make the meeting,
send us your ideas via email.
Peace,
The Euterpe Founders:
Rachael Dietkus
Debra Domal
Nan Holda
Jenny Southlynn
Holly Rushakoff
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#Upcoming Events#
- Saturday, March 12—Benefit Concert, 7pm @ Boneyard Pottery,
Champaign (all ages). Featuring: Jason Finkleman's Nu Orbit Ensemble,
Lantera and The Chemicals
- Tuesday, April 5—Euterpe April Meeting, 5:30pm @ IDF, Bondurant
Room
- Upcoming meetings will be held @ 5:30pm on the first Tuesday of each
month, location TBD.
#About Euterpe#
The Euterpe Music Network seeks to create a positive force that will
energize, inspire and protect the local music scene, musicians,
professionals and supporters. Euterpe exists to strengthen the scene
by organizing open dialogue, educational workshops and annual music
conferences. With your participation, our combined energies can
advance the network and foster brainstorming, information sharing and
a broader support for live music in the community.
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#Euterpe Target Topics#
A. How to bring together the current resources in this town?
1. Helping connect all the CU music organizations to improve
communication and effectiveness.
2. Creating an information clearinghouse (annual resources
guide, website).
3. Helping people tap into resources already in place.
B. Bridging the gap between CU and Campustown
1. Increase student turnout at shows.
2. Support each others events.
C. Education on:
1. Promoting yourself.
2. Getting a demo made.
3. DIY production.
4. Booking/touring.
5. Selecting and working with record labels, producers,
publicists, etc.
D. Venue-related issues
1. Is there enough demand for non-smoking shows?
2. Is there enough demand for earlier start times for some
genres?
3. All ages shows and venues.
4. Is there a need for more campus venues
E. Professional treatment of musicians and music professionals
1. Fair pay for bands and sound engineers.
2. Are free shows bad for bands?
3. Fair treatment of bands by promoters.
F. Making the CU music scene more inclusive/diverse in terms of
gender, age, race and musical genre
G. Increasing audience turnout
1. Promoting shows.
2. Making sure a concert is an "event."
3. Encouraging wider age-ranges to attend shows.
H. The need for bands to support each other
1. Seeing and staying for each others shows.
2. Operating under the philosophy of what's good for the scene
rather than what's good for my and / community vs.
competitiveness.
3. Creating regular opportunities for bands to talk and work
together.
I. Breaking into and dealing with cliques in the CU music scene
J. How to keep musicians here in CU (and not lose them to cities like
Chicago)?
K. How to bring back all of the burn-out/disillusioned/retired
musicians?
1. Changing roles in the life cycle of a musician.
2. Older musicians and music professionals as mentors for
younger ones.
L. Forming collectives (e.g. sound engineers)
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