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 raising 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. 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 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.
Music
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.
Movies
August Rush, School Of Rock, Tommy, Spinal Tap
Television
American Idol, Don't Forget The Lyrics, Next Great American Band
Books
Musician autobiographies
Heroes
People who are true to themselves, and pursue their dreams in spite of overwhelming odds that they may actually accomplish them.
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.
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.
Who I'd like to meet: Calling all musicians of all genres. Check out the Rochester Music Coalition. Membership is FREE.
NOTE: All artists/bands MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE RMC MUSICIAN’S DIRECTORY and at least one member must live within the Rochester or Monroe County area of NY State, to become a PERFORMING member and participate in any of our shows or projects. People from all over the country will be directed to that part of the website so they can book you for musical events that they may be planning. Once you are registered you can post your shows on our music calendar to let the community know where and when you are performing and post FREE ads in the classified section of our website.
If you would like to be considered for participation in one of our shows or projects in the future the RMC needs you to send THREE packages containing a high quality CD – original music only with a bio/picture, press kit and COMPLETE contact info for you/band in a small envelope to:
Rochester Music Coalition
PO Box 26378
Rochester NY 14626
We are always looking for new original music from our members so please make sure we always have copies of the most up to date projects that you are working on. During the year we have benefit shows and other various projects that promote our artists and our organization. We cannot include you in these opportunities if we do not know who you are or what you sound like. So please take a few minutes and send us some materials. We look forward to getting to know you better in the future.
Thanks for visiting the RMC website here on MySpace - Be well!
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Hello RMC. I just wanted to let you know that I have released a new album. It is entitled ABC. It is 8 tracks of Rock, Nu-Jazz, Experimental, and Meditative music. Individual tracks and/or the complete album can be downloaded from my myspace page as well as from my website, JeremyLaursen.com.
Raise your glass... Here's to living life to the fullest, avoiding 9-5'ers and playing music until 5 in the morning, doing what you want to do with your life, instead of what you think you should do in order to make a paycheck... to having no regrets, washing down a cold beer from time to time and spending time basking in the sun. To taking a few waves on your longboard... and all the while, having music in the forefront of your passion - if you are one of these people, then you've found the right band!
Please check out our upcoming shows and join us for a fantastic night of original funky music!
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