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B-SIDE SESSION: Festivals (WATCH THE LIVE STREAM)
​B-SIDE SESSION: Booking WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Diversifying Your Music Career WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Your Music Business WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Social Media WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Copyright & Publishing WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Promotion WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Festivals WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Tik Tok 101 WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Building A Team WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Creating A Brand WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Understanding Contracts WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Planning A Tour WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Capturing Royalties WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Covers & Collabs WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Maximizing Studio Time WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Booking Contracts WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Creating Your EPK WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Radio WATCH
B-SIDE SESSION: Press & Media WATCH | PDF HANDOUT
EVENTS FOR 2024
1/9/24 - B-SIDE SESSION: Start Your LLC
2/7/24 - Industry Lunch, Grand Rapids
3/6/24 - Industry Lunch, Grand Rapids
3/11/24 - B-SIDE SESSION: Building an Authentic Brand
4/12/24 - Industry Lunch, Kalamazoo
4/27/24 - Music Econ Summit, Grand Rapids
5/17/24 - Industry Lunch, Grand Rapids
5/18/24 - Local Spins Fest, Grand Rapids
9/15/24 - Michigan Women Around Music Mixer, Detroit
9/28/24 - Sounds of the Zoo, Kalamazoo
11/8/24 - GIG Conference, Jackson
11/9/24 - GIG Conference, Jackson
11/9/24 - B-SIDE SESSION: Start Your LLC
11/9/24 - B-SIDE SESSION: Booking
11/9/24 - B-SIDE SESSION: Grants
11/10/24 - GIG Conference, Jackson
11/23/24 - Sounds Like Michigan Fundraiser
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PAST EVENTS​
2023
1/13/23 - Music Community Mixer - Grand Rapids
1/23/23 - B-SIDE SESSION: Radio WATCH
2/27/23 - B-SIDE SESSION: Press & Media WATCH
3/30/23 - Music Community Mixer - Livonia
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2022
1/24/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Planning A Tour WATCH
2/17/22 - Industry Lunch, Grand Rapids
2/21/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Capturing Royalties WATCH
3/14/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Covers & Collabs WATCH
3/16/22 - Industry Lunch, Grand Rapids
3/29/22 - Music That Raised Us: Celebrating Black Female Artists Through the Ages, Grand Rapids
4/25/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Maximizing Studio Time WATCH
9/26/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Start Your LLC (in person at Sounds of the Zoo, Kalamazoo, MI)
10/24/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Booking Contracts WATCH
11/15/22 - Music Community Mixer - Grand Rapids
11/21/22 - B-SIDE SESSION: Creating Your EPK WATCH
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2021
1/4/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Social Media WATCH
2/8/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Copyright & Publishing WATCH
3/8/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Promotion WATCH
3/24-28/21 - Spread the Music: Virtual Festival WATCH
4/12/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Festivals WATCH
9/20/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Tik Tok 101 WATCH
9/21/21 - MMA Happy Hour at The Stray
10/18/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Building A Team WATCH
11/15/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Creating A Brand WATCH
12/13/21 - B-SIDE SESSION: Understanding Contracts WATCH
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2020
1/12/20 - Songwriting Workshop: The Crane Wives at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
1/14/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Time Management at LaLuna Recording in Kalamazoo, MI
1/28/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Time Management at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
2/17/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Touring at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
3/15/20 - Yoga for the Musician at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
3/30/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Booking at Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, MI - POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
3/26-29/20 - Spread the Music: Virtual Festival (WATCH THE LIVE STREAM)
9/28/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Booking WATCH
10/17/20 - Fall Concert Series: Patty PerShayla, Emilee Petersmark, Sandra Effert, and Kate Pillsbury
10/19/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Diversifying Your Music Career WATCH
11/14/20 - Fall Concert Series: Audra Kubat & Seth Bernard
11/16/20 - B-SIDE SESSION: Your Music Business WATCH
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2019
7/16/19 - Music Industry Roundtable at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
9/25/19 - B-SIDE SESSION: Money Management for the Musician at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
10/22/19 - B-SIDE SESSION: Diversifying Your Music Career at Third Coast Recording Co. in Grand Haven, MI
12/17/19 - B-SIDE SESSION: Festivals at The Listening Room in Grand Rapids, MI (WATCH THE LIVE STREAM)
Spread the Music Festival was a virtual music festival held March 26-29th, 2020 on the Michigan Music Alliance Facebook page to raise awareness and funds for the Michigan Artist Relief Fund. We had over 40 artists volunteer to play in the 4 day event, which raised over $11,500.