A Music Gym is membership-based
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
or
cooperative community
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratical ...
where
musicians
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
(and other
artists
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the ...
) share common resources in a shared facility. Such resources are related to
music
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...
production, music
rehearsal
A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of practising, to ensure t ...
, movie production, art galleries, and tools useful for
networking with other creative artists. Typically members of the community share the cost of property through some sort of fee, or make some exchange of services
live performance, goods (
music equipment) or labor to be members of the community.
The Music Gym concept and name were first coined and made popular in 2000 in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
by Ryan McVinney, where he and business partner Robert Edward along with a group of musicians and artists converted an old circuit-board factory in a rundown area of
Allston
Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood within the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston. It comprises the land covered by the zip code 02134. For the most part ...
into a shared musical facility for a relatively large group of local musicians and artists
McVinney and others have helped spread the concept from Boston to
Austin, Texas, Austin,
Texas
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,
[State of Texas: "Texas Rehearsal Studios Directory", ''Texas Music Office'', January, 2009. Austin, TX] New York City
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,
Canada
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,
England
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,
Lima
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Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
,
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
,
Los Angeles
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and other various locations across the world. Some Music Gym's operate as for-profit businesses, while some operate as private, non-incorporated clubs run by smaller groups of musicians.
References
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External links
* http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/03/05/a_clause_to_celebrate/
* The Boston Globe, March 5, 2004 - Printed Newspaper
* The Austin Chronicle, FEBRUARY 20, 2009: MUSIC - Printed Newspaper
* http://issuu.com/raremagazine/docs/march2009music
* Rare Magazine, March 2009 - Printed Magazine
* http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A744247
* http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/directory/studios/rehearsalstudios/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090718050457/http://sxsw.com/files/u33/09SXSW_MUSIC_venues.pdf
* http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/potm/2007-01-08/
* http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/03/sxsw-wednesday.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090606085800/http://www.ryan-nicole.com/news-articles/3-20-2009-SXSW-Fashion-Show.php
* https://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/03/sxsw-dont-miss/
* http://sxsw2009.sched.org/venue/The+Music+Gym/815+E+6th+St,+Austin+TX
* http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:759081
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-xoKcvNM98
* http://eastaustinite.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/discussions-the-music-gym/
* http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/26902317/Celebrations-at-the-Music-Gym
* http://events.austin360.com/austin-tx/venues/show/649453-music-gym-and-lounge
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