MUSICIANS MAKING
A DIFFERENCE (MMAD)
launch new podcast
‘MUSIC SAVED ME’
Featuring Paul Dempsey, Illy,
Conrad Sewell, GRAACE and more…
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MUSICIANS MAKING A DIFFERENCE DAY:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
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Today, Australian youth focused charity Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) release powerful new podcast series Music Saved Me featuring musicians Paul Dempsey, Illy, GRAACE and more – episodes 1 to 4 are out now. New episodes will be released each Wednesday for the next month, with the final two episodes released on Musicians Making A Difference Day (MMAD Day) – Friday December 4.
“I was looking at the crowd like if I could have told my 14-year-old self this was going
to happen, I could have stopped being depressed a long time ago.”
– singer/songwriter GRAACE
“Some of my best music comes from me sitting down with a pad
and a pen, it sounds cliché, but it really is a form of therapy.”
– Conrad Sewell, Sony Foundation Ambassador
In this series of down to earth interviews hosted by passionate music personality Danny Clayton, well-known and emerging artists engage in raw, relatable and compelling conversations about how music has helped them survive. Music Saved Me explores how music has supported artists through dark times and helped create a brighter future than past.
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GRAACE opens up about loss during Music Saved Me
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Music Saved Me debuts with four episodes – Conrad Sewell, GRAACE, Mitch Tambo and inspirational MMAD graduate, Paz. Each episode touches on different topics: Conrad Sewell opens up about his struggles with addiction and how music has helped him deal with them; GRAACE reveals for the first time how grief and loss has affected her life and how she uses music to help her; Mitch Tambo talks culture, language and the importance of preservation in music, before MMAD’s own Paz dives into her struggles with overcoming homelessness and how a creative focus helped her.
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Danny Clayton interviews MMAD graduate Paz
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2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for the music industry and MMAD regrouped to shine a light on the healing power of music and the impact it makes within our community. The podcast created in lockdown features upcoming episodes with influential Australian artists Paul Dempsey, Eves Karydas, Illy, Mike Waters and L-Fresh the Lion. The series also features candid conversations with more MMAD graduates (D-Minor, Lilith, Jaz and Brayden) who have successfully completed mentoring programs with the charity and speak to how music helped inspire them to face personal struggles and find their way forward.
On creating the Music Saved Me podcast, Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) Co-Founder Dominic Brook said: “It’s been a really difficult year for so many people, and we need these open and honest conversations more than ever. We were blown away by how much each artist brought to their chat with Danny and opening up about such personal stories. It really is a special insight into these artists and how or why their art is shaped and created. We hope this podcast can inspire people out there who might be going through a tough time right now and help them realise they are not alone.”
Major podcast supporter, Jennifer Leslie, Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Chair adds: “Our relationship with Musicians Making a Difference has positively impacted the lives of young people facing disadvantage and marginalisation for nearly a decade. We are proud to continue our support with this brilliant and deeply authentic new series and encourage people to listen and share it as a tool to reach and impact young people in need.
Music Saved Me uses the power of storytelling and digital channels to reach people who may feel alone in overcoming their personal struggles. The project brings together relatable role models with MMAD’s positive messages to empower young people to make a change for good in their lives.”
The Music Saved Me podcast follows the charity’s 2018 Rhyme & Reason podcast, which shot to the #1 music podcast position in its first week on iTunes and was featured in ‘Best New Australian Music Podcasts’. Artists included, Dustin Tebbutt, E^ST, Bliss & Eso and Alli Simpson discussing issues on addiction, mental health, the pitfalls of social media and more.
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MMAD – ‘Music Saved Me’
debut episodes out now
New episodes will be released each Wednesday for the next month, with the final two episodes released on Musicians Making A Difference Day (MMAD Day), Friday December 4.
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In addition to the ongoing support of Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, MMAD acknowledges the support from the music industry for this important project, especially partners Sony Foundation for delivering artists including foundation ambassador Conrad Sewell, GRAACE, Illy, Mitch Tambo and Mike Waters; MMAD Day co-creators Universal Music Australia for introducing Eves Karydas and Paul Dempsey, and Verizon Media for opening their production studio for special recordings with inspirational MMAD graduates.
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About MMAD DAY
Each year, Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) unites with Universal Music Australia and the Australian music industry to celebrate the power of music by sharing inspirational stories and highlighting the power of music via a campaign powered by ten young MMAD ‘RISE UP’ program participants.
Follow MMAD on social media for all the latest updates
Official Handle (all socials): @mmadaustralia | www.mmad.org.au
MMAD Day hashtags: #MMADDay #MusicSavedMe
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About MMAD
Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) is an Australian charity that uses the power of music, dance and mentoring to create long term social and community change, reaching over 20,000 at risk young Australians every year across 15 communities, and a further 1.5 million people through online initiatives like MMAD Day.
MMAD provides creative support to children and young people who may be vulnerable, marginalised or at-risk of serious harm, through challenges such as homelessness, mental illness, inequality, exclusion from school, family breakdown, drug and alcohol dependency and poverty. The organisation empowers graduates to rise up, break the cycle and create social change.
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About NEWCASTLE PERMANENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation distributes approximately $1.5 million in grants each year to facilitate charitable and community projects to help rewrite the future of those in need. Now, and for generations to come. The projects supported address disadvantage, marginalisation and isolation in local communities throughout the Hunter, Central West, Central Coast, New England, Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers regions of NSW. Since its establishment in 2003, the Charitable Foundation has granted $22 million to 496 community initiatives.
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Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
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