{"id":807488,"date":"2020-05-15T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383371"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:30:00","slug":"summit-musicians-relief-fund-to-host-paid-recorded-concerts-for-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-musicians-relief-fund-to-host-paid-recorded-concerts-for-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Musicians Relief Fund to host paid, recorded concerts for musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leon Joseph Littlebird of the Summit Musicians Relief Fund is producing and directing paid concerts for musicians in need. Visit TheSMRF.org<\/a> for more information.<\/strong>
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The Summit Musicians Relief Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to providing local musicians with financial support for medical issues, is expanding its mission. The organization is placing out a call for artists affected by the coronavirus pandemic to be paid to perform in a concert series.<\/p>\n

If selected, the musicians will perform a one-hour set of original music at the Arnie J. Green Stage of the Goat Tavern in Keystone. While not livestreamed, the concert will be recorded, produced and directed by Dewey Paul Moffitt and Leon Joseph Littlebird.<\/p>\n

The musicians then can use the recorded video for their own needs \u2014 such as selling it to fans \u2014 and Summit Musicians Relief Fund eventually will have a benefit concert made up of highlights from the videos. The nonprofit had its April benefit concert canceled due to the shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a well-paid gig, and you get a great video out of it, so you can then make more money,\u201d said Littlebird, who is on the board of the nonprofit. \u201cThe musicians are going to be so happy with what they come out with, and it\u2019s just a wonderful thing to be able to help the community in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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