‘Earshot’, is a monthly series where contributor Selwa Abd points towards grant opportunities for musicians/artists, provides insight into the process of seeking opportunities and more.
Pick Up The Flow is an online resource and community, based in NYC, created and operated by musician and designer Selwa Abd aka Bergsonist. In a new monthly series called ‘Earshot’, we invite Selwa to point towards grant opportunities for musicians/artists, provide insight into the process of seeking opportunities, plus profiling members from the PUTF community with the intent of educating you on how to find financial/communal support for your sound and music projects.
For this month’s installment, Selwa shares segments from a conversation with Nina’s founders (Mike Pollard, Jack Callahan and Eric Farber). They talk about how Nina started, the music industry, the Nina protocol, blockchain & more.
Nina is a new infrastructure to buy, sell and stream music online. Nina is designed to solve inequity and opportunism in the music industry by providing a new model that doesn't syphon revenue from artists.
Intro Music: Greg Zifcak - Tuned And Clocked
Nina Marketplace
What other links or resources would you recommend us to check out?
Resources are divided by sections. See timestamps below
1) What is Nina? (00:00 - 00:49)
2) Context (current model broken) (00:49 - 01:46)
3) Smart Contract. Why Solana? ( 01:46 - 03:32)
4) Blockchain (03:32 - 05:41)
- If you really want to get dirty on the concepts around consensus, decentralization, and incentive structures:
- from an arts+music perspective:
- from a technical perspective
5) Goal (05:41 - 10:02) + 6) Future of Blockchain (10:02 - 11:41)
7) Steps to sign up to Nina? (11:41 - 13:36)
Extra:
Earshot ==== Grant Opportunities
Artist Fellowship 2022 MUSIC/SOUND | NYSCA/NYFA
Deadline: January 26th, 2022
Grant: $7k
Location: United States
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.
Music/Sound
The Music/ Sound category accepts submissions from composers working in any and all styles of music including vocal and instrumental artists, soundscapes, and experimental forms.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship | MIT Center for Arts, Science & Technology
Deadline: February 1st, 2022
Grant: $71,443k
Location: Cambridge, MA
This two-year fellowship is offered by MIT Center for Arts, Science & Technology. The fellow will be hosted by MIT’s academic unit in the visual arts, the Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) program and will be eligible to teach through this program. The fellow will teach at least one course but no more than three during the appointment. Scholars from any relevant field will be considered, but a demonstrated interest in transdisciplinary research and artistic practice is required. Those whose work engages the role of the arts, critical design, humanities, or media studies in major initiatives at MIT around artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, computing, materials science, and nanotechnology are encouraged to apply. The position offers opportunities for publishing, curating, and producing exhibitions, performances, or conferences.
Apply https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=21971&localeCode=en-us
Fellowships | MacDowell
Deadline: February 10th, 2022
Location: New Hampshire, US
Fee: $30
Macdowell is currently accepting applications for the fall/winter 2022-23 residency season (September 2022 - February 2023).
Macdowell’s mission is to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. Macdowell accepts applications from Us based & international artists working the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre and visual arts. Need-based travel grants and stipends are available to open the residency experience to the broadest possible community of artists. Artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, are eligible to apply.
Call For Musicians / Virtual Residency 22 | OneBeat
Deadline: February 11th,2022
Grant: $1.5k
Location: Worldwide (see eligible countries)
OneBeat is accepting applications for OneBeat Virtual 2022, which will digitally convene approximately 35 musicians from up to 50 eligible countries and territories. This fully virtual residency program will take place from July 11 - September 6, 2022. During this 8-week period, OneBeat Fellows will investigate new forms of virtual collaboration, and work together to write, produce, and perform new musical works. The fellowship involves 28 working days over 8-weeks to allow for both online connection and asynchronous offline project development time. Selected Fellows will attend virtual masterclasses and open-studios, participate in online workshops, and produce a final concert streamed to a global audience.
OneBeat Virtual offers a unique opportunity for Fellows to incubate ideas for new forms of virtual collaboration engaging communities around the world, supported by mentorship and collaborative exchange. Past participants have developed projects that foster diversity and inclusion, develop new technologies, broaden access to education, encourage economic empowerment, engage with issues like climate change, and build community resilience.
Musicians, sound artists, and sonic explorers, ages 19-35, from eligible countries are invited to apply.
Eligible Countries: Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants | NYFA
Deadline: February 7th, 2022
Grant: $5K
Location: United States
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need, practicing visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
To be eligible to apply, you must:
• Be an artist working in visual arts, film/video/digital/electronic arts, or choreography
• Be 21 years or older on the cycle’s deadline
• Reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory
• Have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or lower for an individual, or $150,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns
• Your medical emergency and treatment must occur in the U.S. (including D.C., Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories)
• Demonstrate current and ongoing activity in your artistic discipline
• Not be enrolled in any degree-seeking program
Home Energy Assistance Program | ACCESS NYC
Deadline: March 15th, 2022
Location: New York City
Home Energy Assistance Program helps eligible households meet the cost of heating their homes. The benefit can pay for fuel, your utility source, heating equipment replacement and repairs. The benefit is paid either directly to the heating vendor or utility company.
Emergency benefits are available if your heat has been turned off, if you’re out of fuel, if your heat is in danger of being turned off, or you have less than a quarter tank of fuel.
You may still be able to receive benefits even if your heat is included in your rent.
The application requires proof of address and income, your heating or utility bills (if you pay utilities), and a valid social security number for all household members, at a minimum.
