— George Bernard Shaw
We’re back in Florida after our 10 day journey through Cleveland, and we’re already pining for the Forest City. It was an amazing time full of really great sit downs with some of the Cleve’s finest nonprofit directors, music businesses, and rock n’ roll elite. The overall reception that we received was truly stunning; so warm, welcoming, and supportive!
We are intensely proud to call ourselves Clevelanders, and cannot wait to set up shop in the Rock n’ Roll Capital of the World! 18 days and counting. Time just isn’t moving quick enough.
Thanks to Amy @ Art House Inc., Santina @ Progressive Arts Alliance, Bob @ The Cleveland Foundation, Shelly @ The School of Rock, Jim, Michael, & Robert @ JumpStart Inc., and Chris “Doc Rock” Axelrod for their friendship, support, and continued enthusiasm for the future of our favorite city.
We firmly believe that the above-linked site is one of the finest and friendly independent music sites on the World Wide Web. Indie on the Move is owned and operated by a group of amazing international, independent touring musicians and boasts an impressive array of FREE touring resources! We could talk for hours about their awesomeness, but we think you should just see it for yourself!
Tell Dave we said hello!
So, we’ve spent the entire beginning to 2010 working tirelessly on the IMU Business Plan. It is an in-depth, heavily researched analysis of who we are, what we plan to accomplish in the next three years, and how we plan on accomplishing them. We are excited to announce that as of 3:00pm EST on February 23rd, that plan is now complete!
We would like to thank Michael Koch, Steve Burhoe, Brandy Price, Andrew Raut, Matthew Warner, Angela Jarden, and a slew of other amazing individuals who helped us compile, create, edit, revise, transform, and ultimately finish this 30+ page manifesto for the future of our organization. Without them we would never have created such a thorough and exciting road map for the future! We love them and you should too!
Stay tuned for big announcements in March! We’re going to take a couple days to decompress and get our affairs in order. Our friends and family haven’t heard from us in a while :)
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