In these days of COVID-19, most of us are feeling a desire to help others. Whether by wearing a mask, calling a local senior, or keeping our family well (and ourselves) with good hygiene and healthy meals - we feel better when we help. Somehow.
From the British Red Cross. campaignlive.com
Writers and other artists are particularly hard hit these days. Most don’t qualify for government assistance. Many have no income right now at all.
Enter the Dramatists Guild Fund. In good times, they help writers bring their stories to life on stage. Now, they are providing emergency financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness.
And enter INSIDER TRACKS.
INSIDER TRACKS offer an easy and fun way for you to help writers and for writers to help writers - many of whom don’t have the financial resources for charitable giving.
INSIDER TRACKS are songs you wouldn’t normally have access to. They’re not on albums or iTunes. Maybe they’re “demos” - written during development of a musical, or for a cabaret show, or preparatory to an album. Either way, they are fantastic songs. That you now get to hear (you Insider, you). And, you get to meet talented writers you might not otherwise know. Another benefit: you’re helping their careers.
Most importantly, all proceeds go to the DGF emergency grants (minus processing fees).
Adam Gwon, man about town
Our first Insider Track is from Adam Gwon, “an emerging master of musical theatre” (Metroland). He is an incredible writer and a warm and generous human being. When Hope Sings founder Beth Blatt asked if she could offer a song they’d whipped off years ago, his immediate response was, “Share away!”
Download the single for $1.00 or make a larger donation here.
Stay tuned for more Insider Tracks!