The American Music Legacy Project is a multimedia project encompassing live and recorded performances, behind the scenes interviews, candid photos documenting America’s iconic troubadours, and their circle of colorful compadres from the road. This project will capture the musicology and ethos behind decades of songwriting, recording, and touring while exploring the facets of multi-genre performances featuring a cast of life long collaborators
As time goes by, we want to commemorate dozens of iconic music artists whose legacy demands to be preserved, capturing their contributions and the oral history within the lexicon of American music.
Beyond the importance of preservation, the loss of other music giants has shed light on the fierce reality that many talented musicians have left us longing for a robust digital legacy. We believe as a whole, people are more in tune with the importance of projects such as this, and contributors may have time and resources to invest in this collective effort.
-Multi city mini tour
-Media: Produce a sizzle reel, full length documentary and/or season with episodes, television, and Netflix and Nugs.net or similar live recorded streaming service. Participation in Film Fests. Content to include archival footage, interviews, and performances.
-Grants – Apply for Smithsonian Folkways Program
-Coffee Table Photo Book Sales
-Charitable or scholarship Component
Sharing the stage with friends from a lifetime of performances. in Dillon, CO during a 2-day concert curated by Peter Rowan.
Peter Rowan is one of America’s iconic troubadours. The tales from the many years of touring told by his circle of colorful compadres make for an riveting and enlightening oral history. The intent is to capture the musicology and ethos behind more than five decades of songwriting, recording, and touring while exploring the facets of multi-genre performances featuring a cast of life long collaborators curated by Peter Rowan himself.
– Artistic Director of the American Legacy Project – the first year Peter Rowan is the featured artist. In subsequent years Peter Rowan selects the annual honoree.
-Biographical Interview for use in documentary project
-Interview about other musicians
-Live streaming Facebook
-Participation in all star jam finale
-Rights to use photos and archival video footage
Dillon Amphitheater – Dillon CO Concerts:
2021 and 2022 projected net potential $440 K on sell-out:
2021: 2-day concert – $184 K
2022: 2-day concert- $255 K
See the attached detailed budget.
- Performance Ticket Sales
- Online Streaming (Nugs.net)
- Merchandise
- Crowd Funding
Media: Netflix Full Length Documentary and/or Season with episodes, and Nugs.net or similar live recorded streaming service.
-Grants – Apply for Smithsonian Folkways Program
-Coffee Table Photo Book Sales
(ACTUAL HONOREE ARTIST TBD BY PETER ROWAN)
Del McCoury , this text is to be developed based on the selected honoree. The tales from the many years of touring told by his circle of colorful compadres make for an riveting and enlightening oral history. The intent is to capture the musicology and ethos behind more than six decades of songwriting, recording, and touring while exploring the facets of multi-genre performances featuring a cast of life long collaborators curated by Del McCoury himself.
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
-2022 Honoree and Concert Participation Curator, Del McCoury
-Biographical Interview for use in documentary project
-Interview about other musicians
-Live streaming Facebook
-Participation in all star jam finale
-Rights to use photos and archival video footage
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
Dillon Amphitheater – Dillon CO
– 2022 $20 K Flat Guarantee to Del McCoury for (2) day performances, totaling $40 K
-100% of net Artist specific merchandise sales only
FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
-Media: Netflix Full Length Documentary and/or Season with episodes, and Nugs.net or similar live recorded streaming service.
-Grants – Apply for Smithsonian Folkways Program
– Participation in Coffee Table Photo Book
-Charitable component