Rain City Relief’s vinyl compilation & artist fund provides COVID-19 financial assistance to emerging Seattle artists
Rain City Relief is raising awareness and funds to support Seattle artists who have been impacted by the shutdown of live music venues during Covid-19 . Their goal? $25,000.
Rain City Relief, a benefit collab between Seattle business The Reef and nonprofit, The Seattle World Tour Foundation, has launched a new vinyl compilation record featuring 10 of Seattle’s breakout artists today including Chong the Nomad, Parisalexa, The Black Tones, Smokey Brights, Shaina Shepherd, Perry Porter, Ariana DeBoo, High Pulp, Beverly Crusher, and All Star Opera. The goal is to provide direct financial support to these artists who continue to experience hardship as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on.
This project has two main components – a vinyl compilation record as well as ten live performance sessions, filmed one year to the day concert venues were forced to shut down, to be released via YouTube and social media.
“In talking to a lot of other artists, there’s this realization that we are experiencing a crisis. We are in need of relief.” says Sam "Oz" Osborn of All Star Opera.
Watch the video performances here or at RainCityRelief.com
“The Covid-19 pandemic has hit artists particularly hard,” said Seth McDonald, Co-Founder of The Seattle World Tour Foundation. “Not only did the complete shut-down of live music venues cut off a means to make a living, but for all of the artists we are supporting with this project, it also halted the trajectory of their careers to some extent.”
McDonald said the artists selected to be part of Rain City Relief are all on the verge of breaking out to a national audience. Performance videos are being released every 14 days starting in October. The vinyl record will ship starting in January 2022 but preorders are now active.
Show your support by ordering the record at RainCityRelief.com
Seventy-five percent of album sales directly support the musicians on the record. Twenty-five percent will directly support local non-profit – Seattle World Tour’s Artist Relief Fund, a permanent fund established by Seattle World Tour Foundation. Seattle-based musicians are invited to apply for funds starting January 2022.
“It’s awesome, it's going to be something that is going to be benefitting artists, especially in these hard times where the music scene has taken a really hard hit.” says Max Stiles of Beverly Crusher.
The campaign is trying to reach a big goal, $25,000. The albums are available for purchase and will ship mid to late January 2022. You can support the campaign by ordering now at RainCityRelief.com.