 Since March 2020, Bandcamp, the music selling platform for musicians and record labels, has graciously waived their revenue share from the sales of music to help support artists on their platform. According to Bandcamp, over the course of those 26 days, fans have paid artists and labels more than $91 million USD. If you’re among the nearly 1.5 million fans who have participated, thank you. If you want to double your impact, we've listed the artists and labels that are supporting Sweet Relief Musicians Fund with their proceeds of Bandcamp sales! We're so grateful to those that make our work possible. Even though the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be closer and closer, we're still a long ways away from seeing the music industry get back to what it was. You can check if it's Bandcamp Friday at isitbandcampfriday.com   Phil Alvin is best known as the singer of the legendary American Music band, The Blasters. He is also a musician, musicologist, mathematician, and a gift to music lovers everywhere.
Right now Phil is in the hospital and he needs our help. He has had several medical emergencies and hospital stays over the last six years or so. It’s been a very trying time. The goal is to get him well enough to leave the hospital, get into physical rehab and back home. Please help us spread the word by sharing this post. You can also learn more, and donate, by clicking the button below  We want to give a shout out to our friends and #SweetSupporters Gruv Gear! Because of their product donations, which we sell through our store, we were able to raise over $3,000 for musicians and music industry workers in need!
 Make your tax-deductible donation to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund before the year ends and help musicians and music industry workers of all kinds that are dealing with physical and mental illness, disease, and age-related issues.
Your support, big or small, can make a significant impact in someone's life. The grants we give pay for things like medical bills, rent, food, and other vital living expenses. #MUSICHEALS  LIVE Friday 12/30 @ 4 PM PST— Kick-off your NYE with a bottle of JaM Cellars wine and tune in to #JaMHappyHour benefiting Sweet Relief, featuring singer-songwriter Halle Kearns and hosted by iHeartRadio's Jana Sutter! Tune in for an hour of sips, smiles, and cheers on Facebook Live or YouTube. JaM Cellars will be donating $1, up to $2,500, for every like, comment, and share made during the show! After raising over $50,000 in the last two years, JaM Cellars has committed another minimum $25,000 through 2023 and YOU can help! Every month, we’ll be sipping delish wines and JaMming for a good cause with an extra special guest artist. Check out JaMCellars.com/Music for upcoming shows and join us for cheers & applause!
 As the holidays rapidly approach, make gifting and giving one in the same! There are dozens of ways to support Sweet Relief Musicians Fund this giving season, check out some of the best ways below!
 Our Annual Holiday Auction is NOW LIVE!! This year features guitars signed by musicians you love, rare items, unforgettable experiences, and so much more! All proceeds benefit Sweet Relief's Mental Health Fund, providing music industry professionals with therapy and other mental health services.
Check it out and see items from #SweetSupporters such as Slash, Duran Duran, Joan Baez, Alice Cooper, Tenacious D, Peter Frampton and MORE! There’s something for everyone on your shopping list (including yourself)!  We're grateful for the continued support of Soundwaves Art! They team up with different musicians to make amazing pieces of art from the soundwaves of the artists songs.
This week, they launched incredible prints and signed originals from #SweetSupporters Phoenix and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard! Check those out below: PHOENIX | KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Soundwaves Art Foundation is the creation of British-born, US-based artist Tim Wakefield. Tim creates unique artwork through a multimedia art process he has created to customize the recorded sound waves of iconic songs. All our art is sold to raise funds for charities and social justice causes supported by the music industry. Check out some of the latest artists to donate their time and music to supporting Sweet Relief!  Frequently shop on Amazon? There's a simple way to get your purchases to support Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, at no extra cost to you! Click below to make Sweet Relief your charity of choice in the Amazon Shopping app or browser!
 This holiday season Unrated Wines is partnering with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to help provide financial assistance to musicians and music industry workers in need. So grateful for their support!
Keep an eye out on our social media for more announcements!  Get in the Halloween spirit with Sweet Relief Pumpkin stencils! Free to download below.
Snap a pic and post on your socials using the hashtags #SweetSupporter and #MusicHeals, and be sure to tag us!  Becoming a monthly #SweetSupporter is the easiest way to increase the impact you make in people lives! When you make a donation to any one of our funds, you have the option of choosing to make "monthly donations." Once selected, you can decide how much you'd like to donate! We understand that times can change quickly so you're able to cancel your monthly giving anytime. The option to start again is always there!
 We're grateful for the continued support of Soundwaves Art! They team up with different musicians to make amazing pieces of art from the soundwaves of the artists songs.
Soundwaves Art Foundation is the creation of British-born, US-based artist Tim Wakefield. Tim creates unique artwork through a multimedia art process he has created to customize the recorded sound waves of iconic songs. All our art is sold to raise funds for charities and social justice causes supported by the music industry. Check out some of the latest artists to donate their time and music to supporting Sweet Relief!  Join us this 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟎𝟖/𝟐𝟔 for JaM Cellar's LIVE #JaMHappyHour with country rocker Jace Everett, benefiting Sweet Relief Musicians Fund!
Pour yourself a glass of #ButterCab and get ready for an hour of sips, smiles, and cheers- all while doing some good. For every like, comment and share made during the show, JaM Cellars will donate $1, up to $2,500, to Sweet Relief. Cheers and applause! More about this incredible event: WHAT: #JaMHappyHour benefiting Sweet Relief is a virtual wine and music party. Featuring a band or artist supporting or benefiting from Sweet Relief, we’ll host you with our four delicious wines Butter Chardonnay, JaM Cab, Toast Sparkling and Sugar Sweet White. Tune in for cheers and applause and JaM Cellars will donate $1 for every click, like and share made during the show, up to $2500 per show. WHEN: Final Friday of every month in 2022. Check out the FB Live schedule here. WHERE: Facebook Live @JaMCellars and on our Youtube channel too. WHY?: When John and Michele the ”J” and the “M” in JaM launched JaM Cellars they wanted to make accessible, easy-to-love wines for everyone. Sharing a bottle of wine connects people and so does music. Music has been a big part of our DNA from the beginning—at BottleRock Napa Valley music festival presented by JaM Cellars, JaMSessions in our downtown Napa wine & music studio, and on our virtual JaMHappyHours. COVID-19 has decimated the live music industry and we wanted to find a way to help.  One lucky #SweetSupporter will be picked to WIN a Gruv Gear Guitar Gig Bag filled with $500 of summer ready music swag! Prize includes (1) Gruv Gear GIGBLADE Slim (Electric Guitar Gig Bag), (1) Sliiv Tech iPad Mini Case, (1) Pair of "Music Heals" Women's slide sandals, (1) "Music Heals" tote, (1) Pair of Z Supply "Lovesick" Sunglasses and (1) Mini Fender Stratocaster Guitar (Scale Length 22.75", Fingerboard Radius, 9.5")
ONE additional entry for every $1 dollar spent shopping on the Sweet Relief Merch Store from 8/1/22 thru 8/19/22. Additional (1) Entry for each Tweet/Share within giveaway duration [8/1/22 - 8/19/22] ONE winner will be drawn by August 22nd, 2022 and notified by provided email address at event submission.  Donate to Win a Transcendental Experience at Desert Daze '22! You can win 2 Weekend VIP Plus Passes Experience, a personal golf cart tour with a festival producer, fully-furnished Stout Tent onsite accommodations, and more.
Your donations will support Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and NOISE for NOW! Donate To Win by clicking below!  Wanna rock out at Aftershock Festival '22 with VIP passes? We’ve got your chance to win a trip, plus pick up signed merch & memorabilia from many of the performing artists for supporting Sweet Relief Musicians Fund on Propeller, in partnership with Jack Daniel's. Click below to enter or learn more!
 Save the Date for The Magic Flute's 2nd Annual Restring-A-Thon, a fundraiser for SRMF!
Saturday, Aug 13, 11am–2pm Get an expert restring from techs Christian Dean, Avery Okamura, and Noah Chhan for a $10 donation (includes FREE strings provided by D'Addario, over $45 value). Acoustics and electrics are welcome. FREE string supplies are limited, so get there early! More Details: Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/2ilqYG46j Website: https://mailchi.mp/themagicflute/yyojexd5az Eva UNder Fire and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund team up for new merch supporting Mental Health Fund7/12/2022
 NEW MERCH ALERT! We’re so excited to announce this collab with Eva Under Fire! Together we’ve created this LIMITED EDITION T-shirt to help raise funds for our Mental Health Fund, which helps pay for therapy and other mental health services for musicians and music industry workers. Get yours below!
 Thank you to Andy Olyphant, David Levine, and all the DCC participants this year for their amazing contribution to support women’s health in the music industry! Special thanks to the Natalie Cole Foundation and Howard Grossman for making this a record-setting year.
 #SweetSupporter Stephen L. was the lucky winner of our Justin Hayward auction that included a signed guitar and a meet & greet at a show! We asked Stephen about his experience: “I think it is so wonderful that Justin Is participating in giving back to the musical community by graciously lending his time and name to raise funds for Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. It was such a memorable experience for me to get to meet him backstage and, as a musician myself, to be able to support musicians facing financial hardships.” So thankful for the support we receive from musicians and music lovers!
See our currently live auctions below and be our next lucky winner! Fundraising Campaign Features Prize Items from, Mandy Moore, Bob Weir, Dave Matthews, Sturgill Simpson and More  Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and Backline have teamed up to provide no-cost therapy to music industry professionals in need. The organizations, which provide financial and mental health support to the music industry, respectively, are joining forces to fill a critical gap in accessing services.
Backline, the music industry’s mental health and wellness resource, offers a Case Management service that assesses and refers music industry professionals to care providers, organizations, and financial services to support their overall health and wellbeing. Case Managers provide a mental health plan that specifically matches a client's needs, resources, and location. Clients who are not able to afford the mental health care recommended to them, can now apply for a grant via Sweet Relief’s Music’s Mental Health Fund. This grant is intended to cover unmet costs for a specified number of sessions with a dedicated clinician. To formally launch the fund, Sweet Relief and Backline are running a campaign on social impact platform, Propeller, which hopes to raise $100,000 towards Music’s Mental Health Fund in order to provide mental health resources to approximately 250 music industry professionals and family members in need.  Music Marvel is the newest and most relevant platform for singer/songwriters in today’s digital music era.
This platform is in search of a true, undiscovered “Marvel”, a gifted singer/songwriter who possesses the gift of a songwriter and vocalist with legendary potential. Thanks to innovative platforms like Music Marvel Competition, talented singer/songwriters can find success from anywhere in the world. Today, the traditional way of advancing a career in music has changed, and Music Marvel Competition is paving the way for the future of music and the entertainment industry. Our Goal and Mission: To help channel the advancement of all the “emerging marvels” of this new generation and provide them with a trusted gateway into the music industry. Learn more at MUSICMARVELCOMPETITION.COM. FANS: Download the Music Marvel app on IOS or ANDROID and vote for your favorite artist to decide who wins! From May 13th through the 15th, Music Marvel Competition Season 2 Finale will be available for streaming twice each day at 12 PM EDT and 8 PM EDT here on Flymachine. See various Flymachine livestream showtimes at FLY.LIVE/MUSICMARVEL. Music Marvel is proud to support Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Sweet Relief is here to provide immediate assistance for musicians and music industry workers affected by the Coronavirus. Funds raised will go towards medical expenses, lodging, clothing, food, and other vital living expenses to those impacted due to sickness or loss of work.  Three Sticks Together, our virtual music concert series from out of the pandemic to help musicians, will be in-person for the first time! Destination Durell will benefit Sweet Relief, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to career musicians and music industry workers struggling to make ends meet. After the rousing success of the Three Sticks Together virtual concert series, we look forward to continuing our support of Sweet Relief, and to date, we’ve raised over $17,000. We hope to raise $20,000 at Destination Durell this year, with a commitment to match up to $10,000. Donate here or text DURELL to 53-555.
 Each year the Desert Charity Cup chooses a beneficiary group which resonates with our founders and participants. In partnership with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, we distribute funds to music industry professionals in need of emergency financial assistance.
The 2022 beneficiaries will be women who are facing breast cancer or other medical issues. |
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