I have been keeping a faint pulse on a great new initiative in town presented by songwriter Hailey Magee called EBASS…E-base, E-bass (like the fish?) had me intrigued, but nonetheless (and its bass like the instrument for the record), the community of up and coming songwriters around town she has fostered in an extremely short amount of time has been truly impressive. Hosting a slew of events to get people together, swap CDs, gigs, songs and even giving a few artists live performances during the events has proven to be very fruitful not just for Hailey, but the entire population of songwriters around Boston.
I have been keeping tabs and in touch with her and trying to figure out a way to help, offering free portrait sessions and potential video work pro-bono for folks in the future. One idea we came up with together is highlighting one songwriter a month on Red Line Roots with a few different features on said artist throughout the course of each month of the year…they may vary in what they encompass but the idea and purposewill remain constant: shedding a little light on an artist and their songs from this community that is building up around EBASS and events like the Lizard Lounge Open Mic around town.
August will be our first edition of this, so stay tuned! And check in with EBASS and all the ongoings at the links below:
https://www.facebook.com/EBASSMusicGroup?fref=ts