Music Export Memphis became more than just an idea on paper in 2016 at AmericanaFest, an annual gathering of musicians, industry and media in roots and Americana music. On Sept.…
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2018-2019 When I first came back to Memphis after living in D.C. and then NYC, I was making music but I felt like a loner. I wanted women in my…
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2018-2019 I’m lucky to have a lot of firsts in my Music Export Memphis story – starting with one of my earliest tours in 2018, when I received one of…
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2023 By the time we put on our first show as Mak Ro in 2023, we’d been in the studio making music for four years. It was time to figure…
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2020 The start of our Music Export Memphis story is kind of funny – the first grant we got was in 2020, it was for an east coast tour we…
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2017 Marcella’s Music Export Memphis story goes all the way back, almost to the very beginning: she showcased with MEM at our second-ever event, a day party at SXSW in…
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Memphis Charts a Bold Future for Its Music Industry with Landmark Strategy City Unveils First-Ever Comprehensive Music Strategy and Economic Impact Study, Highlighting a $721.6M Industry and Path for Growth…
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"I don't know Memphis music without Alicja Trout." MEM Executive Director Elizabeth Cawein shared this in the first few minutes of this episode of Export 101, before getting a crash…
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ARTSmemphis and Music Export Memphis Announce Artist Emergency Fund to Support Local Artists During Unexpected Catastrophe MEMPHIS—ARTSmemphis, the Mid-South’s primary arts funder, and Music Export Memphis, a nonprofit export office…
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Blvck Hippie have been touring relentlessly forever – or at least it feels that way sometimes. In this episode of Export 101, we get into the specifics on how the…
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Our conversation with Talibah Safiya for Export 101 is one you don’t want to miss – Talibah has built her own unique path when it comes to developing audiences outside…
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The very first guest EVER on our Export 101 podcast was singer, songwriter and pianist extraordinaire Louise Page. She dug in on her process for booking a tour (get your…
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Settle into the fall season with some new Memphis music. Alexis Jade Alexis Jade’s modern country music was born from childhood memories with her grandmother, sitting on her porch and…
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Check out this new series of videos on each of MEM's programs, which originally premiered at Tambourine Bash 2022. Explore the impact of our Merch Fund, Ambassador grants, Export Bank…
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We’re thrilled that our second annual compensation report, released in the summer of 2022, inspired the Downtown Memphis Commission to adopt MEM’s suggested minimum per-musician pay of $250 beginning in…
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Download a PDF version of this report here. This spring Music Export Memphis surveyed more than 40 musicians who have been working in the live music ecosystem in Memphis for…
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A core value of Music Export Memphis is centering the needs of artists in our work – and a reality of being a 501c3 nonprofit is that artists who serve…
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HOLD ON WE'RE COMING is a concert series for COVID relief coming to you live this summer and fall from venues & music spaces around Memphis! GET TICKETS NOW for…
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This week, we began paying out grants to 121 musicians who applied through our unified submission process in partnership with ArtsMemphis. We're thrilled to announce the applications will remain open…
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While our COVID-19 relief fund is still growing (want to donate? click here), we want to share other places Memphis artists can apply for aid. Listed below are several organizations…
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