Kansas City Artists Hope To Build Local Music Infrastructure

Fun fact . . .

TKC was going to be a local music blog but we were distracted by the siren song of local politics. 

Also . . .

Our friend Kemet is one of the best people working in KC proper and his idea deserves consideration for a lot of reasons but mostly because so many taxpayers might feel better about cash given to fund local performances rather than so much tax cash dedicated to funding low-level activists.

Here's the word . . .   

"Kemet Coleman, a local musician, urbanist and co-owner of Vine Street Brewing Co., thinks Kansas City is in need of a rebrand. “The brand right now is City of Fountains, and it needs to be City of Music,” Coleman says . . . 

"Coleman, along with other local musicians, are advocating for more support from city government to make sure KC isn’t overshadowed by New Orleans. In an open letter published on Vine Street Brewing Co.’s website in January, Coleman had three calls to action: establish a Kansas City Office of Music; invest in infrastructure, meaning supporting public school music education, preserving the Jazz District, and creating artist grant programs and tax incentives for music businesses; and develop a music strategy. Initiatives would include partnerships with other cities, a music licensing program, an annual city-wide music week and positioning the Jazz District as an entertainment and tourism destination."
 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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