Monthly Archives: December, 2011

DEC 1, 2011 - JTMP joins musicians Bono and Alicia Keyes in support of World AIDS Day and the "beginning of the end of AIDS". Bono appeared on The Daily Show last night promoting his One & (Reds) campaign and announcing that today will be the "beginning of the end of AIDS", a disease that has affected millions of people worldwide. There will be many events today, and JTMP supporters can watch the event LIVE on the One campaign's website by clicking here. They want to call attention to the great work that has been done to fight AIDS in the last 10 years, and urge everyone to keep the fight up. Bono, Alicia Keyes and President Clinton along with others will all be raising awareness on this issue today.

Watch Bono and Alicia talk about World AIDS Day on GMA this morning, sport a red ribbon, and join us in the quest to rid the world of AIDS. Follow the action on Twitter at @ONECampaign, and follow JTMP at @JTMPorg.

DEC 1, 2011 - A website has been created for activist musicians can show their support for the Occupy Movement, and to also be a gathering place for them to coordinate and organize themselves for Occupy related events and is a place where Occupy related sounds and music are posted. Check out the website for links to great songs and sounds from Occupy activist musicians and artists. JTMP plans to collaborate and work with Occupy Musicians so check back to both sites regularly. 

On the website it says, "We, the undersigned musicians and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world.", and is already a huge list of musicians. They use the term "musician" broadly, and encourage musicians, sound engineers, sound artists, producers, DJs, producers, instrumentalists, composers, lyricists, etc. to all send them an email with your name, instruments, musical affiliations, and location to Occupy Musicians at Gmail.com.

Check out their website here.

DEC 1, 2011 - D-Pan, an organization that is dedicated to professional development and access to the entertainment, visual and media arts fields for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, have released a video of children signing to the White Stripes "We're Going To Be Friends" song. On their website they say, "We believe that our current initiatives – as well as those we will be launching in the near future – will be beneficial to the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing communities alike." Watch the video below, and check out their website here.