Future of Music Coalition

There’s nothing more fun than a community of friends and fans coming together to celebrate the songs of a local boy done good while raising money for a great cause.

We at FMC were honored to be the beneficiaries of a sold-out rock show last Thursday May 9 at Deep South The Bar in Raleigh, North Carolina. The concert celebrated the release of Losering: The Songs of Ryan Adams by journalist and critic David Menconi. This award-winning book blends biography and criticism to tell the story of Adams’ musical journey through alt-country and beyond, and is rooted in the rich and fertile Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill music scene where Adams got started.

That community was out in full-force on Thursday as fourteen different acts covered their favorite songs from all eras of Adams’ long career.  You can check out David’s play-by-play recap of the event at the book’s website. 

It’s incredibly gratifying and humbling when artists and fans find creative ways to support our work and build a vibrant and equitable future for musicians. Our deepest thanks to all the performers, fans, and especially to author David Menconi and Dave Rose and John Booker of Deep South.

(photo of Jack The Radio by Martha Burns)

Among certain observers, it has become fashionable to contrast the “old model” and the “new model” of the music industry. This conjures up images of a dystopian analog past where the business was run by a bunch of cigar-smoking execs & predatory middlemen out to screw artists, and a utopian digital future where a leveled playing field will allow for artists and fans to join together in group sing-alongs while music flows like water. read more