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October, 2006
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September, 2006
MTD Donates
Five Basses to the Tipitina's Foundation to aid the Katrina
Musicians' Relief Effort
In 2005,
Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans. New Orleans is
a Music City, and many of the city's musicians found their
instruments destroyed by the storm, of didn't find them at all. Of
course these instruments are the means of income to these artist.
Aiding the relief effort, MTD donated five basses to players who lost
their instruments to the storm.
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Charles Moore |
Robert Harvey |
Paul Batiste |
The Tipitina's
Foundation has worked diligently to uplift the music community of New
Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, the Foundation
responded by rebuilding New Orleans' music culture. Initially, the
Foundation addressed the immediate needs of our exiled musicians and
allowed them to carry on with their lives. Now the foundation is
using the legendary music club, Tipitina's Uptown, as the center of
its relief efforts by hosting a newly-opened Music Co-op Office that
allows musicians to conduct their business activities during the
daytime, free legal and accounting seminars, free music lessons for
music students, regular Master Seminars, and help with housing
information. An important aspect of the rebuilding process has
involved finding replacement instruments for both professionals and
music students alike. So far the foundation has given away over
$500,000 of new instruments. Through these efforts, the Tipitina's
Foundation is saving the musical traditions of New Orleans.*
Please visit
the Tipitina's
Foundation Website
*Source
- Tipitina's Foundation Mission Statment |
