Technology/Equipment Grant
Technology/Equipment Grant
Funds to purchase professional performance gear (electric amplifier and electric guitar).
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, Cultural Programming Coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor UMD Music, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Schubert: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center.
Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Jon Brophy: lighting and costume designer; Ryuta Nakajima: professor of fine art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, visual artist; Amy Varsek: Education Director at Duluth Art Institute, visual artist.
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The goal for this proposal is to obtain professional gear (22-Watt Fender Duluxe Reverb Reissue tube amplifier paired with a Fender 60's Jazzmaster Lacquer electric guitar) for recording and performing. The gear that I currently have was not and is not at a high quality level suitable for both studio work and larger performances. When I'd attempt to incorporate electric guitar into my recordings or songs, it felt quite insufficient and unprofessional using mediocre gear. With a high caliber amp and electric guitar, I can feel confident in the quality of work I'm sharing. As it is a goal of mine to produce and perform new material for a new record, I will need high quality and professional gear to take my art to a higher level of professionalism. In order to meet my goals at both a polished and effective level, it will require equipment that promises a professional presentation and sound that is unique to my craft. I will know that this equipment has impacted my previously stated goals if I am able to work with sound engineers and professionals who support the quality of the gear. If the amplifier and guitar together can be used for larger rooms and stages at a professional projection and performance level, then I will have a set up that I am able to feel confident in and proud about while performing. This will propel me to continue performing and creating new work. Furthermore, as an artist, having professional and quality gear shows my commitment to my craft in the field. I believe that professionals in the field (booking, sound engineering, promotion, radio, fellow artists) find more value in an artist's work if that artist demonstrates proper attention to dynamics, detail, tone, and quality. After all, this form of art is about using sound to reach others. I believe that, after the quality of the song itself, the quality of the gear is what makes this effective and powerful.
Purchase of a high level performance amplifier and electric guitar for recording and performance purposes -be able to have professional gear as my work expands and to feel comfortable using it to play to both small rooms and large open audiences -be able to have professional gear to use during both demo and professional recording sessions that sounds clear and crisp.
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