{"id":431485,"date":"2022-02-15T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.wpengine.com\/?p=431485"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T14:55:50","slug":"different-cities-different-voices-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/nmbx\/different-cities-different-voices-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Cities Different Voices &#8211; Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Different Cities Different Voices is a series from NewMusicBox that explores music communities across the US through the voices of local creators and innovators. Discover what is unique about each city\u2019s new music scene through a set of personal essays written by people living and creating there, and hear music from local artists selected by each essayist. The series is meant to spark conversation and appreciation for those working to support new music in the US, so please continue the conversation online about who else should be spotlighted in each city and tag @NewMusicBox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Introduction by Ami Dang<br \/>\n(New Music USA&#8217;s Director of Development)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431489\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431489\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ami Dang outside playing a sitar in front of several trees.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1698\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-2048x1358.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ami_DangPhoto_by_Missy_Malouff-915x607.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ami Dang (photo by Missy Malouff)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I think about music in Baltimore, the words that come to mind are energy, vitality, and transcendence. Baltimore is a place where truly original ideas flourish. No artist in Baltimore lives here because they\u2019re making a lot of money or getting a lot of commissions or opportunities. These music creators live here because they\u2019re inspired every day. This place is fertile ground for truly original artmaking.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore has a rich tradition of experimental techniques and cross-disciplinary, experiential arts that can\u2019t be confined to one artistic medium, genre or style. Classical music joins forces with experimental film and puppetry. Dancers meander through multimedia installations featuring improvised sound art.<\/p>\n<p>As Infinity Knives and Amy Reid both mention here, music concerts are typically curated in a way that brings together a plurality of voices. It\u2019s more often that experimental hip hop, punk music, and avant rock would share a bill in one evening with a drag queen emcee-ing the show than a program featuring one type of music. Neither medium nor genre matter; innovation and experimentalism are paramount\u2014rather than notoriety and prestige.<\/p>\n<p>I would be remiss, however, if I didn\u2019t share the reality of the silos that do, in fact, exist in the music community. Baltimore is a majority Black city, and the arts circles that I move in are mostly white. We have so many talented Black and queer musicians and artists\u2014pay close attention to Jamal Moore\u2019s account of the Black avant garde arts scene in our city\u2014but many of them continue to struggle with a lack of support and resources. Over the past few years, the arts community has become slightly more integrated, and more queer and Black (and other BIPOC) artists have received support from local funding opportunities and various resources. However, there is still a divide that persists. As Director of Development with New Music USA, I am particularly passionate about building a more equitable future for new music\u2014a future where artists from all backgrounds are supported so that their work can reach audiences far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>It is often the artists from privileged backgrounds whose work is recognized outside of Baltimore and who are supported on a national or international level. While creativity is abundant among diverse artists of many backgrounds, we lack the music industry infrastructure, i.e. record labels, publishers, management, booking agencies, arts attorneys, publicists, marketing services, and more, that support many artists (of all backgrounds) in larger metro areas. It is simply easier for music industry professionals to witness the work of, connect with, and ultimately, support artists in larger cities due to proximity.<\/p>\n<p>But ultimately, this dearth of opportunities to commodify creative product is exactly the reason that the work created here is authentic. As Allison Clendaniel touches on in her narrative below, creative work in Baltimore It hasn\u2019t been created isn\u2019t produced to please anyone or fit into a certain style, medium, or genre dictated by funding interests. While we reward innovative and artistically brilliant work, we cannot ignore that the funding and systemic privilege that bolster it almost always comes first. In turn, these accolades yield further recognition\u2014and displace others who were already at a disadvantage. The arts are not exempt from systemic oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Here in the US, very little unrestricted support exists for individual artists, especially compared to Europe, where artists receive government funding, healthcare, and free or subsidized opportunities to further their education. Baltimore is one of the few cities left in the United States where space is truly affordable. The abundance of empty, dilapidated warehouse and residential space that results from industry that folded decades ago provides ample opportunities for creative play, performances, happenings, space to turn dreams into reality and collaborate in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, while Baltimore continues to be a more affordable place to live relative to most cities in the US, DIY venues have folded left and right. In the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California in 2016, Baltimore\u2019s warehouses began to shut down due to safety concerns, and the pandemic has further squashed opportunities and resources to revitalize non-traditional spaces as sites for creative activity. Bonnie Lander, Stephen Santillan, and others further elaborate on the changing landscape of live\/work arts spaces in Baltimore in this essay.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I have hope. Artists in Baltimore (or the ones who stay in Baltimore, anyway!) are resilient and approach their work in unique ways. Crisis breeds innovation! All of the artists mentioned in this article are masters of their crafts but with the Baltimore spirit\u2014their artistry is often experimental, innovative, inspiring and doesn\u2019t sound like anyone else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"owl-carousel owl-theme\">\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Over the past decade and a half with urban renewal and gentrification, Baltimore remains with a large African American populace that encompasses a wealth of African American music and arts in all formats from Black Avant Garde to mainstream.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-SQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Jamal Moore\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Jamal Moore<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>There\u2019s not much money to be made in Baltimore, so there\u2019s not as much influence of money on Baltimore art. That means the arts here rely on human-powered resources like time, dedication, and sheer force of will, not dollars.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AllisonMClendanielSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Allison M. Clendaniel\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Allison M. Clendaniel<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Though this is true for many cities, Baltimore has a way of calling people back to make their work here, with tree-lined neighborhoods that are racially and economically diverse.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_DowningSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Downing\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Liz Downing<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I especially love that there\u2019s a large (and organically grown) black and queer artist base.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Infinity Knives\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Tariq Ravelomanana (a.k.a. Infinity Knives)<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>A whole generation of arts spaces are beginning to fall to the prospect of development, and our once un-gentrifiable city is changing. As access to housing and facilities becomes restricted to those who have, Baltimore\u2019s arts community is feeling the squeeze.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLanderSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnie Lander\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Bonnie Lander<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>It has been a supreme privilege to be a part of such a smart, elevated, eccentric community.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndtSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"John Berndt\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">John Berndt<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Baltimore's openness to new experiences, exciting performers, and the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaborations are still inspiring to me today as they were when I first arrived.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_BeckerSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Baltimore isn\u2019t a big city you move to in order to \u201cmake it\u201d, so there is a feeling of trust behind what people are doing here.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillanSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Santillan\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Stephen Santillan<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"pullquotes-wrapper pullquote-slide item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pullquote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I think something that really separates Baltimore from other cities is our rawness. That goes for both performers and people who attend events.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attribution-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidSQUARE-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Reid\" class=\"attribution-headshot\" \/><h5 class=\"attribution-text\">Amy Reid<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(\".owl-carousel\").owlCarousel({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\titems:1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin:10,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tautoHeight:true\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore&#039;s harbor with several ships docked and skyscrapers in the distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-431525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/irina-sitnikova-vKvH2fUM65k-unsplash-915x610.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Jamal Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431490\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431490\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jamal Moore in traditional African attire playing a hard drum as his saxophone sits on a stand nearby.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jamal-Moore-photo-by-Larry-Jackson-915x514.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamal Moore (photo by Larry Jackson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Baltimore is the native soil where I was born and raised, and I returned in 2013 after living in Boston and L.A. for over a duration of 11 years. Affectionally called \u201cCharm City\u201d and colloquially \u201cBmore\u201d; Baltimore is a very eccentric city filled with phenomenal creative arts that are often shadowed in the negative light due to its misfortune of urban plight. It is through my music that I have created a path of success and chose to return to Bmore to give back to the community and teach the youth of what I have obtained. On a constant basis I instruct that music can be an option and tool used to negate the systemic path of the prison to pipeline infrastructure. To always challenge oneself and not be afraid to think outside the box and feel you must stay within mainstream aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>The new music scene In Baltimore is unique compared to other cities I have traveled and toured in across the U.S. No matter which background or subgroup of artistry one is involved with, there is always cross pollination of the scenes with every artist working in all formats. Over the past decade and a half with urban renewal and gentrification, Baltimore remains with a large African American populace that encompasses a wealth of African American music and arts in all formats from Black Avant Garde to mainstream. You can always attend on any given Sunday with ideal weather, the historical Park Vibe drum and music circle in Druid Hill Park which has ran for over 50 years as a central hub for Black Arts. It is here where you get a chance to experience the sounds of exploration with artists experimenting with handmade instruments repurposed from found materials to poets, MCs and vocalists improvising over traditional rhythms from the African continent and diaspora along with hybrid rhythms or song. Often, those who are transient to Baltimore via academia isolated in school hubs may discover or learn of this community. It is here where you get a chance to explore, experiment and learn improvisation in the Black Avant Garde tradition opposite the idiosyncrasies of academia.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the pandemic a few artist communities have collapsed completely while some remain ongoing in smaller spaces. The Park Vibe music circle still operates with musicians adhering to CDC guidelines. Baltimore historically always had a sensibility of Kujichagulia (Self Determination) and Ujima (collective work and responsibility) not solely restricted to the African American community but similarly across other ethnicities in the city. The pandemic may have stopped major events such as \u201cArtscape\u201d or \u201cAfram\u201d which are two major festivals highlighting art across all disciplines, but it did not stop true artists from their daily grind. It pulled everyone together closer, creating and hosting their own events in smaller gatherings especially during the warmer months.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic, I personally have maintained balance and harmony. At the beginning of the pandemic, I lost a tour, contracts in education, and quite a few gigs. With all this happening at once I remained at peace and never stopped creating. Many colleagues who solely relied on live performances begin to break down mentally. It is with the pandemic that I realized from introspective meditation, to reverse the energy and take this time to go within and create more than ever, utilizing this time at full capacity. There was the notion of the world coming to a halt, yet the planet never stopped rotating and mother nature kept on with her daily routine.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a background of learning to use limited resources, making do with what you have and expand in all directions, it was easy to embrace technology with online performances. In fact, I had already done this eleven years prior when it was less common and frowned upon by colleagues that regarded it as folly. Little did they know this would be one key component of surviving as an artist later down the road.<\/p>\n<p>While humanity is almost at a two-year mark of the pandemic, the direction where we are truly heading is still uncertain. One can speculate it may or may not return to what was once before. Music is a universal language and healing force of humanity and I believe, as in the beginning of the epic of creation of human existence, we will always continue to create new music and beyond in this continuum.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an album I recorded with Nik Francis as The Mojuba Duo:<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1193050395\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/topology.bandcamp.com\/album\/hardship-the-land-and-the-shining-sun\">Hardship, The Land, And The Shining Sun by Mojuba Duo<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a local artist I recommend:<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1191811514\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/kemeticlullaby.bandcamp.com\/album\/shu-movement-1\">SHU MOVEMENT 1 by Kemetic Lullaby<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Allison M. Clendaniel<\/strong> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431491\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431491\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AllisonMClendanielphotobySam-Torres.jpg\" alt=\"Allison M Clendaniel outside wearing sunglasses\" width=\"624\" height=\"417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AllisonMClendanielphotobySam-Torres.jpg 624w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AllisonMClendanielphotobySam-Torres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AllisonMClendanielphotobySam-Torres-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allison M Clendaniel (photo by Sam Torres)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I first came to Baltimore for my fancy Classical Music Degree<em>,<\/em> I was adamant about leaving it one day to find some better-funded, more legit place. Hah! The best-laid plans and all that\u2026 I\u2019m happy to report that I\u2019ve lived, worked, and thrived in Baltimore for 14 years and counting.<\/p>\n<p>During my third year of conservatory, I realized the cut-throat academic culture was an inauthentic and uninspiring environment for me to exist within. With that awareness, I sought out the large community of art-making people living and making work in Baltimore. I was struck by the unjuried art happening within warehouse spaces around town, and when I finished my schooling, I dove in head-first. I began acting and creating theatrical sound design with a collective of DIY theatre makers, I joined a group of singers who specialized in renaissance music, started singing in a bunch of different bands, and became a session musician for rappers, rock musicians, jazzers, and the like! I feel so lucky to live in a place where anything that might pique my interest is within my reach and where I am met with open arms.The people in Baltimore are committed to serving and uplifting their communities, giving time and creative energy to create the future they want to see.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore is also a place to practice patience and compassion daily. Baltimore arts are to the left of capital &#8212; which is itself both bad and good. There\u2019s not much money to be made in Baltimore, so there\u2019s not as much influence of money on Baltimore art. That means the arts here rely on human-powered resources like time, dedication, and sheer force of will, not dollars. Ultimately, Baltimore creates a culture of experimentation, mutual respect, and a deeper understanding of work and the work of the folks who are deeply invested in the community. This is what drives my work as artistic director of <a href=\"http:\/\/mindonfire.org\">Mind On Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mind on Fire is a notated music project I started with my co-directors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasoncharney.com\/\">Jason Charney<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdsjymusic.com\/\">James Young<\/a> in 2016. In the simplest terms, it\u2019s a group of like-minded artists who want to facilitate high-quality music-making for our community. Our goal is to present all art with equal gravity and importance regardless of performance practice or history; to unify the appreciators of the Baltimore arts scene; and create a comfortable and welcoming environment for people to have new experiences. We strive for artistic excellence and be active and thoughtful members of our community, using our skills as presenters and performers to be a creative resource for the city at large.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been lucky to collaborate with many notable artists around town, not only musicians but also performance, visual, and theater artists: Wume, Infinity Knives, Ada Pinkston, Soul Cannon, and Elizabeth Downing, just to name a few. We performed amazing work from a variety of composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Jamal Moore, Alexander Schubert, Alex Temple, and so many more. We\u2019ve been featured in the BSO New Music Festival, with Dan Deacon on stage and in film, and been lucky to work directly with The Pratt Library System, one of Baltimore\u2019s greatest resources.<\/p>\n<p>The past two pandemic-laden years have been everything all at once! I feel that I lost everything; and gained even more. It\u2019s tough, y\u2019know, presence is required for ephemeral art to exist. Accepting that art-making was being forced unceremoniously into a different experience entirely broke my brain for a bit. I cocooned for the better part of a year and a half, save the occasional Mind On Fire virtual event. Now, I\u2019m beginning to emerge again. I feel like an optimized version of my former self. I have a greater understanding of how to love and be endlessly curious about my own thoughts, my own work, my own boundaries, and my own abundance!<\/p>\n<p>Mind on Fire also had a helpful slow-down. Pre-pandemic, we were doing 15-20 shows a season, and frankly, I was exhausted by it and wanted to quit. We\u2019ve been able to curate such incredible video work that likely wouldn\u2019t have been captured in such a permanent way on one of our live shows during the shutdown. I feel emboldened by everyone\u2019s spirit and desire for connectedness.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to choose a single piece that best represents my work here in Baltimore. This collaboration between Mind On Fire and Infinity Knives is one of the most ambitious events we\u2019ve put together. This piece was recorded during that marvelous period when covid numbers had subsided a bit, and holy moly! It was glorious to be in the room with everyone for a moment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_B-xG0Z9Jc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small>Tariq Ravelomanana: In the Mouth of Sadness<\/small><\/p>\n<p>There are so many people here who inspire me. I\u2019m wary of naming only one person because I feel like part of a large interconnected web of magical-human creators here. The person who has been most consistently present and inspiring during my time here is my collaborator, mentor, and friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/lizdowningart.com\/\">Liz Downing<\/a>.\u00a0Liz is the most magical, patient, and sparkling soul I\u2019ve ever met. She\u2019s particularly good at painting, singing, laughing, improvising, and listening. Anything Liz touches shimmers and is full of thoughtfulness. Her latest collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/greghatem.bandcamp.com\/community\">Greg Hatem<\/a> (another true Baltimore hero) is a beautiful celebration of her work. These songs are all at least 20 years in the making. You can check it out here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 560px; height: 435px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/VideoEmbed?track=3782634102&#038;bgcol=ffffff&#038;linkcol=0687f5\" mozallowfullscreen=\"1\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"1\" allowfullscreen=\"1\" seamless><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reach out to Mind On Fire if you\u2019re ever in town. There is always something good happening!<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Liz Downing<\/strong> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431492\" style=\"width: 1643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431492\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Downing in front of one of her paintings.\" width=\"1633\" height=\"1124\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing.jpg 1633w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Liz_Downing-915x630.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1633px) 100vw, 1633px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liz Downing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I came to Baltimore in 1983 from a small town in Alabama to study painting with Grace Hartigan at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The Institute Graduate Program offered teaching positions for new graduates, so I stayed. During this time I began to develop relationships with people from other art disciplines. Working with a filmmaker, set designer, operatically trained singer and choreographer, we created musical art performance plays in the trio Lambs Eat Ivy, touring with sets strapped atop a Subaru. Always, I was happy to return to Baltimore, where there were loft spaces with room to create and a fertile inspiring community.<\/p>\n<p>The music scene in Baltimore is metamorphic, changed and influenced by the confluence of artists moving through. Graduates from the music, visual arts, and theater departments stay around taking advantage of this creative energy, expanding their vision through collaboration.\u00a0Baltimore is, during non pandemic times, a destination for touring groups with a large variety of venues.\u00a0These touring groups make relationships with local musicians and all the circles become wider.\u00a0Though this is true for many cities, Baltimore has a way of calling people back to make their work here, with tree-lined neighborhoods that are racially and economically diverse.<\/p>\n<p>Being a musician and painter, I was able to survive during the early days of the pandemic by delving into my painting practice.\u00a0Having a porch and yard, I was able to make music with neighbors. Bringing her fiddle over, neighbor Susan Alcorn, usually a pedal steel guitarist, would improv with me as I bowed my banjo and sang, for hours, even into bitter temperatures. Vocalist Allison Clendaniel and I would create sound pieces on the porch and throughout the neighborhood. Early in 2021, I began a project with arranger and instrumentalist Greg Hatem in which the core work was done, each of us in isolation, creating tracks and sending the files back and forth. The resulting album is called, <a href=\"https:\/\/curvingtooth.bandcamp.com\/releases\"><em>Curving Tooth<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Local Festivals offered online shows such as Shakemore Rock Festival, High Zero Experimental Music Festival, Mind On Fire, Black Cherry Theater Puppet Slams. These requests for entries gave me reason to film musical porch performances with comrades of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/molesuitchoir.bandcamp.com\/album\/doomsday-lamphttps:\/molesuitchoir.bandcamp.com\/album\/doomsday-lamp\">Molesuit Choir<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0and to develop new skills. To create work entirely in isolation, I set up a camera on a tripod in my studio and created puppets, which I made by cutting out painted characters. I had the puppets interact with each other, casting shadows on their painted backdrops, moving the puppets and singing to the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Though artists, musicians, writers are likely to thrive during a pandemic, the lack of a physical audience was difficult.\u00a0The need to be in the physical presence and share reactions to work is a vital part of creation.\u00a0This underscores the beauty of Baltimore&#8217;s live venues, Normal&#8217;s Books and Records, The Current Gallery, The Crown and so many more, which feed the community with friendships, inspiration and reason to continue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4239070569\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=748855288\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostofspatula.com\/album\/ghost-of-spatula\">Ghost of Spatula by Greg Hatem<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3603416517\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/molesuitchoir.bandcamp.com\/album\/doomsday-lamp\">Doomsday Lamp by Mole Suit Choir<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A tree-lined street in Baltimore.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-431527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tia-cunningham-q47nzTpRDWk-unsplash-915x610.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Infinity Knives (Tariq Ravelomanana)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431493\" style=\"width: 1809px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431493\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts.jpg\" alt=\"Tariq Ravelomanana (a.k.a. Infinity Knives) outside sitting on the branch of a tree.\" width=\"1799\" height=\"1199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts.jpg 1799w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/InfinityKnivesphoto-by-Amanda-Lee-Letts-915x610.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1799px) 100vw, 1799px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infinity Knives (photo by Amanda Lee Letts)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I actually didn\u2019t choose Baltimore. My mom and grandmother were more or less living here because it was a relatively affordable city. We were pretty poor.\u00a0I moved in with them in 2005-06. I was living in Johannesburg beforehand. I\u2019ve made the city a headquarters of some sort. I leave often and come back every few years.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved the mixed bills we\u2019ve had. In a single night, you\u2019d have a metal band opening followed by a folk band and eventually closing off with a neo-soul artist. I know this, because I was in the folk band! I especially love that there\u2019s a large (and organically grown) black and queer artist base. The young and emerging artists are accepting of diversity and they don\u2019t treat it as an oddity.\u00a0This was not always the case a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>It took a really long time to establish myself here. Unreasonably long, considering the fact that my music hasn\u2019t changed in the past ten years. There was a monopoly on the \u201cscene\u201d by mostly affluent white art people. Their music was awful.\u00a0I was never made to feel welcome or appreciated. No one wants to admit it now, but people were openly racist too. I was eventually taken in by the emerging black queer dance scene where I was finally heard out.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the pandemic; it hasn\u2019t been too different for me from other working artists around the states. Fickle tour dates and delays on vinyl releases\u2026the works. Personally, the stimulus checks and a five hundred dollar grant upgraded my equipment just enough to dip my toes into soundtrack and sound design, which is what I mainly do for money. That\u2019s another \u201cscene\u201d that is oversaturated with the no-sauce and no-seasoning crowd. I\u2019m a more than able composer, but it seems as though, like everything in the arts, is solely reserved for the connected and wealthy. Not sure if \u201covercomed\u201d is the word I\u2019d like to use, but rather improvising, or even better; ghetto rigging. A concept I&#8217;m very familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>Songs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Black Power Paradox by Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3002278796\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=260698799\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/infinityknives666.bandcamp.com\/album\/rhino-xxl\">Rhino XXL by Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ride by Jupiter Rex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=4005688751\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/jupiterrex.bandcamp.com\/track\/the-ride\">The Ride by Jupiter Rex<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Bonnie Lander<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431494\" style=\"width: 1450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431494\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnie Lander singing\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BonnieLander-915x686.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnie Lander<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The boomerang effect has been explained to me many times. Someone leaves Baltimore for greener pastures, only to return years later with a renewed appreciation for the arts community and the opportunities it provides. I understand it because it happened to me. I returned to Baltimore in 2017 after a 9-year hiatus to explore all the facets of my artistic endeavors: classical soprano, new music performer, experimental musician and improviser, composer, concert curator and educator. Due to a mix of affordable living and a thriving, close knit, DIY artist community, Baltimore is the perfect place for a self-motivated artist who wants to create, collaborate, and belong.<\/p>\n<p>In the four years since I have returned to Baltimore I have been inspired by my friends and colleagues who care deeply about their art and work as hard as they play. The local culture is brewed in experimental art and music, which means that local shows can be as wild as they are bad, and sometimes, completely mind blowing. When our city is thriving (read, not in a pandemic), there are shows every night of the week in galleries, bars, houses and warehouses across the city, often multiple per night.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to Baltimore, I have been able to upkeep an active freelance career in new opera and composition on the East Coast, even in a global pandemic. I have performed and collaborated with countless local artists. I volunteer with experimental music collective <a href=\"http:\/\/highzerofoundation.org\/\">High Zero Foundation<\/a>, host social justice events and concerts at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2640space.net\/\">2640 Space<\/a>, and work as Assistant to the Community Chorus of Peabody. I\u2019ve performed with local new music presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindonfire.org\/\">Mind on Fire<\/a> and perform as a regular chorister\/soloist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmanueldowntown.org\/the-emmanuel-choir\">Emmanuel Episcopalian<\/a> in downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Living on the east coast corridor, I have also been able to travel to New York where I\u2019ve performed and recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forcedexposure.com\/Catalog\/ashley-robert-el-aficionado-2021-cd\/LCD.5004CD.html\"><em>eL\/Aficionado<\/em><\/a> by Robert Ashley, founded absurdist vocal trio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfpinto.com\/lovelovelove\/\"><em>Love Love Love<\/em><\/a> with Paul Pinto and Kayleigh Butcher, and premiered new chamber operas with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhymeswithopera.org\/\">Rhymes With Opera<\/a>. Additionally, in Baltimore I\u2019ve performed with <a href=\"https:\/\/dandeacon.com\/\">Dan Deacon<\/a> at the BSO, and was featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/matmos.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-consuming-flame-open-exercises-in-group-form\"><em>The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form<\/em> by Matmos<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/horselords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-common-task\">Horse Lords record <em>The Common Task<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am grateful to live in a city where I can afford stable housing, work with dedicated artists, and have access to physical space for projects, collaborations, and concerts. But in the past few years I have seen my city suffer some unfortunate changes that many artistic communities are struggling with right now: our art spaces are closing. Most recently the live\/work warehouse space that I called home since my relocation is up for sale. The H&amp;H building in downtown has provided live\/work space for artists for the past 20+ years. Huge shows, concerts, dance parties, theater, visual art, performance art, and more have happened at this space. Eclectic groups of musicians, actors, theater troupes, painters, sculptors, videographers, photographers, illustrators, composers, dancers, and puppeteers have all called the H&amp;H home. It\u2019s looming closure is deeply grieved by our community.<\/p>\n<p>The H&#038;H is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/baltimore-artist-community-fears-being-priced-out\/2021\/06\/28\/33a0978e-d859-11eb-bb9e-70fda8c37057_story.html\">not alone<\/a> in its closing, a whole generation of arts spaces are beginning to fall to the prospect of development, and our once un-gentrifiable city is changing. As access to housing and facilities becomes restricted to those who have, Baltimore\u2019s arts community is feeling the squeeze. It\u2019s up to our local governments to ensure these spaces do not disappear and up to us to loudly vocalize our support for the local, underground arts scenes that bind our cities together.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clip I made for the Red Room in Your Room improvised music series during lockdown:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukURpxACoe0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of my favorite Baltimore bands, Wume:\u00a0<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3667764556\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/wume.bandcamp.com\/album\/towards-the-shadow\">Towards the Shadow by wume<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And a bonus artist, Abdu Ali: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/abduali.\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/abduali.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>John Berndt<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431495\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431495\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndt.jpg\" alt=\"John Berndt\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndt.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndt-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JohnBerndt-915x686.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Berndt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My avocation as an experimental musician in Baltimore began when I was about 11 years old and was part of a larger sensibility which I could not have described at the time; a deep, eccentric interest in phenomenology of experience, a perverse (or at least highly skeptical) approach to structure, and a willingness to embrace contradictions and paradoxes as source material. How I got there is a long story beyond this short essay. The emotional center of the activity was a desire to exit the prosaic world\u2014a dangerous motivation, and one not tied to a particular methodology or ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore was and continues to be an exciting place to develop those interests. In the &#8217;80s, as a teenager I fell into a rich avant-garde scene which was equal parts influenced by happenings\/Fluxus, language writing, experimental music, and utopian political currents. As an experimental composer\/performer I became one of its youngest members. Frequent collaborations with unusual figures like ultra-nonconformist tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, instrument inventor Neil Feather, and L.A.F.M.S. transplant Peter \u201cPan\u201d Zahorecz in the Baltimore of the &#8217;80s and &#8217;90s led to a scene that drew international figures to the city for collaboration. This was the richest and most sophisticated universe of inspired weirdos I could have asked for\u2014though not an entirely cushy, or comfortable scene. The story of that amazing time remains to be written.<\/p>\n<p>In the &#8217;90s I became the saxophone student \/ protegee of Jack Wright, a crucial force in North American free improvisation, and toured extensively with him, providing a new focus in instantaneous music making and virtuosic technical considerations, which layered on to the rest of what Baltimore had given me. In turn, the networks derived from that touring formed the basis for a larger free improvisation engagement, leading to hundreds of collaborations through the &#8217;90s and &#8217;00s, and the formation of my record label, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recorded.com\">www.recorded.com<\/a> (now on its 25<sup>th<\/sup> release). It was also this time that I became a philosophy student and music producer for Henry Flynt, the unusual American philosopher, founder of Concept Art, and inventor of Electronic Hillbilly Music. Both those relationships had a huge impact on the development of my sensibility.<\/p>\n<p>It was during this time that I convinced my business partners in Normal&#8217;s Books and Records to let me use the storage room as a space for experimental gigs on a regular basis, which I ran by myself for the first year and was the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redroom.org\">www.redroom.org<\/a>, a storied experimental music space that since 1996 has presented over a thousand concerts of experimental music, along with language, philosophy, performance and film. The collective that I formed to run that space went on to realize the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highzero.org\">www.highzero.org<\/a> festival, an international festival since 1999 that is both one of the most inspired institutions of free improvisation but also a crossing-ground of all the varied subcultures of experimental music. The clashing range of sensibilities, in combination with exaltation and sophistication are all hallmarks of the Baltimore scene; one with a shocking large and consistent audience for experimental culture.<\/p>\n<p>Though still connected with all those activities, in the last decade, I moved on in my own work to develop the concept of \u201cRelabi\u201d\u2014a cultural form based around \u201calways slipping the pulse,\u201d attempting something in relation to tempo that the Escher Woodcuts are in relation to depth and space. Again, paradoxes as experience-generators. The idea of confusing the issue of \u201cis there a tempo or not\u201d has become an obsession for me and a new form of dissonance. Expect an LP, <em>Baltimore Relabi Style<\/em>, in the coming years, full of special guest and odd gambits.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore, \u201cthe ambiguity city,\u201d turns out to be one of the best places to care about this sort of ineffable stuff, and it has been a supreme privilege to be a part of such a smart, elevated, eccentric community. It has been exactly what I, as an individual, needed and also a major love of my life.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Electronic Music:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/810695677&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/recordedllc\" title=\"John Berndt projects  \/ Recorded, llc.\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">John Berndt projects  \/ Recorded, llc.<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/recordedllc\/crystal-submarine-for-twig-harper\" title=\"Crystal Submarine (For Twig Harper)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Submarine (For Twig Harper)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>A Relabi Example:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306216105&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/recordedllc\" title=\"John Berndt projects  \/ Recorded, llc.\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">John Berndt projects  \/ Recorded, llc.<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/recordedllc\/forking-final-edit\" title=\"Forking\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Forking<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Recommended artist:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2036723464\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/johnhoegberg.bandcamp.com\/album\/destroyer-of-music\">Destroyer of Music by John Hoegberg<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431496\" style=\"width: 2435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431496\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker.jpg\" alt=\"Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107 wearing sunglasses standing outside a store front display featuring gold-laminated masks.\" width=\"2425\" height=\"1726\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker.jpg 2425w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-2048x1458.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ljiljana_Becker-915x651.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2425px) 100vw, 2425px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I came to Baltimore area by a chance, via Germany, Israel, and Canada. After I completed\u00a0my studies in Neues Musiktheater with Mauricio Kagel in Cologne,\u00a0I was practically stuck in Germany without being able to return home since the war in former Yugoslavia was still going on.\u00a0The new music scene in Cologne was fantastically exciting, with pieces programmed at all concerts no matter how small or big the venue or who the performers or the audiences were, but the negative public opinion regarding the war in my home country was so intense that it was just impossible for me to continue living there. I got an opportunity to go to Israel, and very soon found out that although there was a great appreciation for traditional classical music, there were not many opportunities in contemporary music performance for someone who just recently landed there.\u00a0I then applied for a six-month residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, and it was in their library where I came across the Towson University&#8217;s graduate program in interdisciplinary theatre which accepted the students from various artistic backgrounds and gave them practical training in self-produced theatrical performances. And so I went to Towson in 1999, where I also took composition classes (mainly in electronic sound) from Dr. William Kleinsasser.<\/p>\n<p>While still at TU, I was invited to join the Baltimore Composers Forum. The primary focus of the organization was to program the new music concerts featuring local composers who wrote in a variety of styles with strong classical or jazz backgrounds. There was no real connection among the members other than showing up for the concerts when their music was performed. In 2008, my colleague Keith Kramer and I took over the leadership and slightly restructured how the organization was to be run, which has remained up until the present: from the all-membership meetings where concert ideas are freely exchanged, to scheduling events in spaces other than traditional concert venues, to reaching out to other local artists and collaborating with them &#8211; the most successful dance event <em>Sound in Motion<\/em> was held last year for the 6th\u00a0time. Our main focus is to reach diverse audiences and present a variety of local ensembles through our compositions, but the most significant change for us was that we gave the performers the freedom to choose which works will be performed at any event, rather than it being decided by the Board.<\/p>\n<p>When the pandemic started, Baltimore Composers Forum was a little bit stuck in a limbo; as current president, I kept postponing our vocal concert for 3, then 6 months, then cancelling it altogether and switching it into a virtual event. We all had a steep learning curve in how things in this new-normal performance reality are supposed to function: from utilizing our website as a virtual stage; to dealing with the logistics of putting together a virtual vs in-person concert; to finding the musicians and videographers who felt safe enough to rehearse and film the music; to finding venues that would be open to the idea of someone filming in their otherwise shut-down spaces; to figuring out how royalties work for virtual performances, etc. Some of the online concerts, like <em>Sound in Motion VI<\/em>, were very successful, and because with each online event we were able to reach much wider audiences, even internationally, it was decided that when we get back to live concerts we should still keep one portion of our concerts virtual. As for me personally, I was juggling homeschooling my two young daughters, taking care of everyday chores, running Baltimore Composers Forum, and finding a time to compose. As many of our current members, I have moved away from Baltimore, and now am a part of our greater Maryland base that is continuing to be active in the Charm City&#8217;s new music scene. Baltimore&#8217;s openness to new experiences, exciting performers, and the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaborations are still inspiring to me today as they were when I first arrived.<\/p>\n<p>I have started at the beginning of a lockdown a series of very short virtual compositions (1-2 minutes) inspired by and featuring very mundane every-day objects as a sound inspiration such as an electric toothbrush, children&#8217;s talking books, and a musical jewelry box.<\/p>\n<p>The first one, titled <em>B(rushed) Moment<\/em>\u00a0can be watched here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2iPK56-N3A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>White Noise\u00a0<\/em>for prerecorded text in 8 languages, musique concr\u00e8te and sound effects (text by Juanita Rockwell in collaboration with Anna Maria Delinasiou) can be heard here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/668806634&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jiljanaovanovi\" title=\"Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Ljiljana Becker\/Jovanovi\u0107<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jiljanaovanovi\/white-noise-erratic-blockerratische-blocke-82019-2256\" title=\"White Noise\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">White Noise<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I recommend my fellow Baltimore Composers Forum Keith Kramer&#8217;s <em>Amalgam<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNgUeqVHog0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Stephen Santillan<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431497\" style=\"width: 2487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431497\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Santillan\" width=\"2477\" height=\"2023\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan.jpg 2477w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-1536x1254.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-2048x1673.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StephenSantillan-915x747.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2477px) 100vw, 2477px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Santillan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I grew up in Baltimore after my family moved here from the Philippines in 1982. I fell in love with art and music in my teens and have since met like-minded people here who have become longtime friends and collaborators. They are a big reason why I continue to call Baltimore home. For the past 25 years, I have been writing and performing music in both collaborative and solo settings, some of which have allowed me to tour throughout the United States and Europe. Outside of purely musical works, I have written music for theater and dance productions, art installations, and have also been a member of DIY theater ensembles as well. With the help of grants, a longtime collaborator and I were able to hire Peabody Conservatory students to play some of our compositions and I\u2019ve also had ensemble performances made up of just friends.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important things about Baltimore for me is that the music scene feels like an actual community. Baltimore isn\u2019t a big city you move to in order to \u201cmake it\u201d, so there is a feeling of trust behind what people are doing here. There are a lot of people here making art and music with a pure kind of motivation. That same genuine impulse is apparent in the effort to put on events and performances, too. When Baltimore artists do become well known, they remain very much in the fiber of the community, instead of being treated differently. I think one of the reasons the community is so healthy is because of its strong vibrant DIY spirit. There are a lot of highly motivated people and many dedicated\u00a0independent warehouse spaces. The importance of these cannot be overstated. I\u2019ve been lucky to witness a wide variety of performances at these events, from English improv group AMM, to the late Baltimore Club DJ, K-Swift, to DIY ensemble performances of music by Louis Andriessen and Terry Riley, to the Sun Ra Arkestra performing at an independently funded festival, just to name a few. Outside of the DIY scene, establishments like the Peabody Conservatory, MICA, the Maryland Film Festival, as well as other smaller galleries and venues also host their own program of events, adding to the mix, and helping to create a flourishing community. The diversity and supportive nature of this community has kept me inspired and motivated to keep creating and experimenting.<\/p>\n<p>The live music scene shutting down, has personally been one of the more challenging parts of the pandemic. When watching live performances was part of my routine, it added inspiration and a balance. As far as my creative practices, some personal projects were put on hold, but also some new avenues of exploration opened up. My work has always had a live element in mind, but during the lockdown I shifted my focus to experimenting with the film music medium, which also helped me build up a portfolio. I did work on some collaborative projects but found it hard to be productive when working through emails and file sharing. Fortunately my wife, Wheatie Mattiasich, is one of my collaborators, and we were able to record an album in our home studio. This work will be released on vinyl in 2023. As of late, I\u2019ve shifted my focus back to writing live music, with the optimistic hope that shows and concerts will become increasingly safer and more abundant. I\u2019m very much looking forward to being an audience member again, and to also be part of this city\u2019s very communal musical dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4069466580\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1352302306\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/stephensantillan.bandcamp.com\/album\/ghost-life-relay\">Ghost Life \/ Relay by Stephen Santillan<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3953429529\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=530285134\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/stephensantillan.bandcamp.com\/album\/sunset-at-owls-head\">Sunset At Owl&#39;s Head by Stephen Santillan<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And this is the selection I am making of another artist:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1618905758\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2263899845\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/zomes.bandcamp.com\/album\/earth-grid\">Earth Grid by ZOMES<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Amy Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_431498\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-431498\" src=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Reid performing on a Moog synthesizer on a table with a Mac laptop and a bunch of plants.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-2048x1299.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AmyReidPhotoByKataFrederick-915x581.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-431498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Reid (photo by Kata Frederick)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have lived in Baltimore my whole life, it\u2019s what I call home. My practice is rooted in building community and connecting with people through music. Because of that, and being close with my family (chosen and biological), I am deep-seated here. I moved from Baltimore County to Baltimore City when I went to college at MICA and fell in love with the warehouse\/nightclub music scene in 2006 and never left. It was my first time going to legendary spaces like the Paradox, experiencing Baltimore club music in person and that was really life changing. There were also underground spaces hosting bills with Beach House, Rye Rye, Future Islands, Naeem, Dan Deacon, DDM, TT the Artist and other legends in the making. During this time I became really close friends with another Baltimore musician, Abdu Ali who started throwing these amazing parties called Kahlon which hosted Princess Nokia, Juliana Huxtable, and Jungle Pussy, to name a few. These experiences fueled my passion for collaborative music making and curatorial work.<\/p>\n<p>I think something that really separates Baltimore from other cities is our rawness. That goes for both performers and people who attend events. We\u2019re not afraid to go all out, get weird, be flamboyant, and move our bodies. In my band Chiffon, we make dance music and it always took me out of my element to go to a city where it was difficult to get people moving or to be vocally receptive. Another thing I love about this city is how we have such a range of genres here, some really niche ones, and how they are all frequently represented on one bill. It\u2019s not out of the ordinary to attend a show with a noise\/electronic musician, dj playing dance music, rapper, indie band, or a combination of all of these. I think it\u2019s also important to note that our city forces us artists to be resilient and resourceful. We don\u2019t have a large variety of venues and we definitely have a lack of queer centered spaces. Despite all of that, I have seen the LGBTQ music scene explode which has been really exciting for me as a queer identifying musician. TT the Artist\u2019s film <em>Dark City Beneath the Beat<\/em> does a really great job capturing the high energy, soul, and spirit of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic has obviously been difficult for everyone. For me, making music is how I connect with people so it has been challenging both mentally and financially. It has been two years of trial, error, and sometimes succeeding in finding ways to share space with people through music as safely as possible. In addition to being a musician, I am also an events curator. Baltimore based musician, Pangelica, and myself makeup GRL PWR&#8211;a platform dedicated to cultivating community and elevating the visibility of women, trans, queer, and non-binary artists. Every year around Halloween, we organize a grandiose drag show, SWEAT and the pandemic challenged us to find a creative way to still make this happen. We wound up renting out a space, gathering a film crew, and putting on an outdoor show with djs, local drag performers but no live audience. Airing the first virtual rendition of SWEAT was successful in gathering our community together in a celebratory digital space. Musically speaking, the virtual world opened up new possibilities for collaboration. As part of a residency at the Merriweather District in September 2020, I assembled a sample pack for a project titled Future Canopies. The pack included field recordings, improvisations and through a digital open call, I invited artists to re-interpret the samples by creating new compositions. I wound up receiving tracks from Brazil, California, New York, and beyond. 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