Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
Tender Ness Album Recording Project --- This project involves the recording, mixing, mastering and digital distribution of my second album.
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Paula Gudmundson: Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, flutist; Walt Raschick: music director at KUWS; Judy Budreau: writer and editor; Jeffrey Kalstrom: sculptor and printmaker, Professor of Fine Art at University of Minnesota-Duluth.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My goal is to professionally record and produce my second album, whose release is planned for May of 2018, under my stage name Tender Ness. Costs include: paying the musicians, the recording engineer, mixing and mastering services, and digitally distributing the music online. All processes involved in this project will take place in Duluth. As I continue to perform and build a presence in various performing communities, professionally produced albums are essential for music industry figures to assess the quality and professionalism of my work. These figures may represent performance venues, record labels, print media, music management companies, radio stations and online media platforms. Of all of these, professional management is my main goal. This project is conveniently Duluth-based and completable in a timely fashion. The actual recording, mixing and mastering process will take three months, and all of the artists and professionals involved are already on board and live in Duluth. Recording is set to begin January 2018 and the final production is to finish March 2018. I am at a pivotal stage in my career as a recording artist. With a new, professionally produced album under my belt and having secured management, I will be able to secure bookings on a broad level, to actively publicize, and ultimately to have the financial organization to go on tours, both domestically and internationally. However, the management companies must first be intrigued by my artistic output, which is why getting the funding for this recording project will give me the boost and the extra incentive to put out an artistically intriguing, quality record. Other goals are to make quality recording output on an annual basis, to continue deepening my creative working relationship with my fellow musicians, and to engage in unique and fulfilling local performances. My goal is to secure management by 2020.
Four recorded songs (mixed and mastered, which were intended in the proposal); -Two additional recorded songs (mixed and mastered, which were unintended).
Other, local or private