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Sonic Guild was started in 2014 by Matt Ott and Colin Kendrick. The two had previously founded the Austin Music Foundation in 2002, a nonprofit that provides education and professional development for artists.
Sonic Guild is membership-based. Anyone can become a member by paying $750 a year. Each year, the members nominate 20 Austin bands to receive grants, and Sonic Guild throws events where members can see these bands play. Then at the end of the year, the nonprofit throws a big show, where it gives away the grants. In the past, it was called the Black Fret Ball.
You don't have to be a member to contribute. People can make smaller, one-time donations to Sonic Guild.The nonprofit now has chapters in Seattle and Colorado, and will soon open a chapter in the Ozarks. Ott and Kendrick hope to someday have the organization in 50 cities. “Those are the essential workers in our community,” Mahone said. “We see you, we value you. You don't have to explain yourself. You don't have to feel ashamed.”
“A couple of hundred friends came out,” he said. “We raised $3,000 and that was the beginning of DAWA.”
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