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SUMMARY:From Competition to Solidarity: How Can We Support Each Other in Getting Gigs and More?
DESCRIPTION:Being an independent musician today means navigating many roles at once: writing\, producing\, releasing\, booking\, promoting — often under increasing financial pressure and within a system shaped by competition and scarcity. Rising costs\, limited resources\, and unstable conditions make it harder to sustain artistic work in the long term. \nThis evening invites a shift in perspective:\nWhat if we moved beyond competition and started thinking in terms of solidarity?\nWhat would it mean to support each other\, for example in getting gigs\, and also across all aspects of being musicians? \nTogether with Jamila Al-Yousef (Jamila & The Other Heroes) and Melissa Perales\, we open a space to exchange experiences\, share strategies\, and imagine new ways of working together — from songwriting and production to touring\, promotion\, and community building. \nHow can we share knowledge\, resources\, and networks?\nHow can we build sustainable communities of care and mutual support within and beyond the music scene? \nThe evening is designed as a mixed format: starting with a panel conversation\, followed by facilitated small group sessions to allow for deeper exchange and co-creation\, and closing with time for networking\, music\, and drinks. \nSpeakers \nJamila Al-Yousef is a Berlin based cultural studies scholar\, musician\, theater maker\, festival curator\, and anti discrimination consultant. With her internationally touring band Jamila & The Other Heroes she blends psychedelic desert rock with a message of collective liberation. Born in East Berlin on the day the Wall fell and shaped by her Palestinian heritage\, her music channels revolutionary energy and diasporic stories into songs of liberation\, empowerment\, and healing. Singing in Arabic and English\, she creates concerts that are wild\, tender\, and deeply political rituals of unity and defiance. Jamila combines her artistic practice with social justice work\, focusing on power sharing\, anti racism\, empowerment\, and awareness. As a trainer and consultant of cultural organizations\, clubs and festivals\, she works with a power critical and trauma informed approach and centers the perspectives of those affected. \nJamila Al-Yousef has brought the idea for this topic and format to Music Pool\, and also curates and hosts the evening together with us. \n  \nDJ  \nCalamidades Lola is a record hunter\, DJ selector\, and radio host from the Colombian Caribbean\, currently based in Berlin\, Germany. Much of the sound she shares\, whether on the dance floor\, in listening sessions\, or on radio shows\, is deeply influenced by her musical roots and migratory experience. She has performed at clubs\, festivals\, and art spaces across Europe. Calamidades Lola is resident at Refuge Worldwide\, where she hosts a radio show called Ama de Caza\, sharing her most recent finds on wax and inviting DJs\, musicians\, and researchers of African diaspora sounds.
URL:https://www.musicpoolberlin.net/en/event/getting-gigs-how-can-we-support-each-other/
LOCATION:Riverside Studios\, Pfuelstr. 5\, Berlin\, 10997\, Germany
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