The Recording Academy and charity basis MusiCares have pledged $1 million to help artists and music trade professionals impacted by the ongoing wildfires tearing by way of the Los Angeles space and displacing residents within the tens of 1000’s. The organizations have joined forces to type the Los Angeles Hearth Aid Effort, which can also be accepting donations to distribute along with their assured $1 million. Music trade employees affected by the Los Angeles County fires can apply for reduction here.
“All the Grammy household is shocked and deeply saddened by the state of affairs that’s unfolding in Los Angeles,” Recording Academy and MusiCares CEO Harvey Mason Jr. mentioned in a press launch. “The music neighborhood is being so severely impacted however we’ll come collectively as an trade to help each other. Our organizations exist to serve music folks as a result of music is a robust pressure for good on the earth, and we hope the broader trade will now rally to this trigger.”
Laura Segura, the chief director of MusiCares, added: “We anticipate the catastrophe reduction efforts in Los Angeles to be extraordinary, if even simply on the premise of what number of music folks have misplaced their houses within the final day. MusiCares is at all times dedicated to making sure that music professionals are supported in instances of disaster, and we ask for the bigger neighborhood to donate for these in want at this dire time. MusiCares can assist with quick time period emergent wants for these at the moment displaced, after which longer-term companies as we get a deal with on the complete extent of how music individuals are impacted.”
Numerous musicians have been displaced because of the blazes, many shedding their houses and all the pieces inside. GoFundMe pages have been launched to help Diiv’s Zachary Cole Smith, indie rapper Fat Tony, Ought and Cola musician Tim Darcy, and lots of extra.
Speedy Ortiz and Sad13’s Sadie Dupuis posted a hyperlink to a spreadsheet of “music trade people who’ve misplaced their houses to the fires.” The spreadsheet contains hyperlinks to the Smith, Fats Tony, and Darcy fundraisers, amongst others.
Many different artists have shared hyperlinks to sources together with LAFD Foundation, California Community Foundation, and Mutual AID LA Network, and the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Within the press launch, the Recording Academy and MusiCares additionally pointed to extra sources for Los Angeles residents, together with the town’s 211LA website, the place you could find details about evacuations, highway closures, emergency sources, and free shelter by way of Airbnb. The Pink Cross can also be working emergency shelters all through the higher Los Angeles space. You could find a shelter here.
Moreover, Uber is giving out a $40 credit score for these ordered to evacuate their houses. The voucher shall be legitimate for for journeys to an lively shelter utilizing the code WILDFIRE25.
Lyft is offering $25 vouchers, legitimate for 2 journeys, to 500 prospects from now (January 10) till midnight on January 15. You should use the code CAFIRERELIEF25 to entry the promotion.
You could find pressing evacuation updates on the Los Angeles County emergency page.
