Hello! Half Access is participating in Project For Awesome 2018. Project For Awesome is a campaign by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and is a time when online creators and their communities work together to spread awareness about their favorite charities and raise money for them. From Dec. 7 – Dec. 9 you can vote for Half Access to win part of the money raised. This would give us a huge boost moving forward in 2019 in terms of awareness and funding.
Check out our video submission below. Vote for Half Access and learn more at projectforawesome.com! As always you can donate directly to Half Access here. Let’s make live music accessible.
PREMIERE: Luciano Ferrara & The Ensuing Disaster share “Lavender & Honey”
Though you may connect Half Access to Luciano Ferrara & The Ensuing Disaster through the interview we did with them or through their participation in Access Live, today we’re excited to be premiering “Lavender & Honey,” the second single from their new EP. Accompanying the new song is a music video by Timeline Visuals. Their new EP, The Hidebehind, is out next Friday, November 15, was produced by A Will Away/Steadfast Studios.
Playing Music with Disabilities
The Half Access mission is to make live music more accessible, and in most of our recent work we’ve focused on the experience of disabled fans attending shows. There’s another huge part of venue accessibility, which is making sure that disabled musicians can access venues. But, before playing shows comes learning an instrument, which can often look different for disabled musicians. I got the chance to interview a few disabled musicians to share their experiences with adapting how they learn and play their instruments in a way that works with their disabilities.
Access Interview – Josh Rosenberg on Festival Accessibility
Josh Rosenberg, 24, graduated from UMass Lowell in spring 2017 with a bachelor’s of music in music business. This year marks the first year he has been able to work only in the festival and live music industry, specializing in accessibility, without any side jobs. He’s worked at about 20 different festivals, some just once and some each year over the past four years.
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