Favorite Things
Services, Causes and Books I Love!
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In the music business for over twenty-five years, Cliff Goldmacher is a songwriter, music producer and educator. Check out Cliff's blog for tons of golden nuggets on how to go from songwriter to educated songwriter.
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Hear Me Roar Studio Kimberly Shires Producer & Founder
Kimberly Shires and her team are on a mission to help women find their sound, without all the tech-splaining and gear shaming that often comes with studio work.
Let Hear Me Roar Studio help bring your music to life!
www.tonypolecastro.com & www.youtube.com/TheAcousticChallenge
Tony's Acoustic Challenge is like a real life bluegrass acoustic guitar game for fingerpickers and flatpickers to gain skills, repertoire, and confidence to play for others.
Causes
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FREER Records (est. Die Jim Crow Records) is the first record label in the United States for prison-impacted musicians. Their mission is to dismantle stereotypes around race and prison in America by amplifying the voices of their artists. Please visit https://www.freerrecords.com/ to learn more about their life-affirming work.
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CreatiVets' mission is to empower wounded veterans to heal through the arts and music. Creative art forms like those offered by the CreatiVets’ programs have shown tremendous effectiveness in reducing PTS symptoms, reducing the severity of depression that often accompanies PTS, and improving the quality of life for veterans and their family members. Please visit https://creativets.org/ to learn how you can support them.
Good Songwriting Reads
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