In light of a recent post on giving away ideas, this one is by far the most interesting concept God has given me to date. The music industry is all about money, right? Of course. This doesn't get difficult until someone genuinely wants to share Christ with the world, and could care less about the business side of the deal.
During the course of the last couple years, I've been moved by so many musicians. The gift they have is KNOWN by the people surrounding them. I believe its time for the world to see them. However, I want nothing to do with the current music industry. So, I set up this thing called the KNOWN tour - a collection of musicians, songwriters and technologists all on the same page - we love music, deplore the industry. Concerts are in open forums (parks and the like) media is produced live with mobile technology and each person is sponsored by a business, all kinds - local, regional or national. For instance: artists able to travel nationally will have a national business. The business brands along side us, and the musician is to hired on as a staff member, building the company internal "brand ambassador team". Everyone gets paid, benefits, and all the perks of working with a company - only doing what they love and what will bring the company recognition. It's absolutely brilliant. God is so smart.
Purpose Media International (PMI) is the non-profit doing all of the pairing up (musicians with the businesses). Also they're creating all the partnerships with local coffee shops, parks, colleges and outside ARCA & NASACAR for the national tours. PMI is also partnering with several distribution channels (web, radio, TV, print) that will serve the live-streaming & post produced content and live-music tapings to the world - eliminating the need for a "label" - sorry guys.
So, if you're a musician business or entrepreneur with a heart for music, just not the industry - join webpress media's cause and help spread the message.
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