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With support from LA2050 Grants Challenge, Dublab will continue the second year of it's apprenticeship program, providing paid multi-year opportunities for youth (ages 18-25) to gain professional skills in radio creation, administration, and broadcast and to work closely with Dublab staff and DJs. The program will be geared towards youth from historically marginalized backgrounds-BIPOC, queer, trans, low income, system-impacted, disabled, and privileging those living within a 5 mile radius of Dublab's new University Park location.

With support from LA2050 Grants Challenge, Dublab will develop and launch an apprenticeship program, providing paid multi-year opportunities for youth (ages 18-25) to gain professional skills in radio creation, administration, and broadcast and to work closely with Dublab staff and DJs. The program will be geared towards youth from historically marginalized backgrounds–BIPOC, queer, trans, low income, system-impacted, diabled, etc…–and privledging those living within a 5 mile radius of Dublab’s new University Park location.

The Media & Arts Creative Center of Echo Park will be a site for nonprofit organizations whose missions focus on public arts, media and arts education. The building will be purchased by The Neighborhood Investment Company (Nico), a Public Benefit Corporation that localizes wealth creation to combat gentrification and build long-term financial stake in their community. Initial tenants will be Dublab radio and ArtworxLA. This center will offer young students and artists the opportunity to learn, produce and present work in all forms.

DUBLAB's FM Initiative can help make Los Angeles the best place to connect by providing an extremely accessible platform for musicians, DJs, and artists to reach LA residents with freeform broadcasts.

DUBLAB proposes to relocate our studio to a storefront location along a busy thoroughfare, and reimagine our radio station’s role in engaging with the public. By making our studio visible and our broadcast audible from the sidewalk, as well as providing seating and free wifi, we hope to give a community members a unique space to meet, connect and engage with the arts.

SOUND SHARE LA:
Sound Share LA will serve as a rich resource exploring the past, present and future of creative music in Los Angeles. A dynamic website will provide the primary portal through which the public experiences the project. This online activity will be enriched by monthly community broadcast events in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. Sound Share LA’s mission is to cultivate appreciation and involvement in the diverse forms of progressive music created in Los Angeles.

WEBSITE:
The Sound Share LA website will be a free, comprehensive resource available to all. Multimedia offerings will include live radio programs, artist interviews, performance archives, themed DJ mixes, original films and articles. Highlights will be drawn from dublab.com’s vast, existing archive of radio programs and films focused on LA music exploration. This robust collection of sights and sounds will be constantly expanded with new content from a broad range of contributors. All archives will be tagged with: year, genre, and location details to help define it within the sonic landscape. In addition, we will present content posts as geo-tagged pins on an interactive Los Angeles map, which can be used for educational and cultural projects. The Sound Share LA site aims to create an evolving document of Los Angeles music that will serve residents and visitors now and into the future.

Click here for a mock-up of the website: soundsharela.com

COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTS:
In addition to the website, Sound Share LA will host monthly community radio events. These site specific, live broadcasts will occur in locations of historical, musical significance throughout Los Angeles. They will be free, full day happenings, open to attendees of all ages. We will bring together some of the most influential music minds in Los Angeles to share stories and live performances associated with the host neighborhood’s musical past, present and future. The radio programs will feature interviews, performances and DJ sets streamed live from the remote sites via the Sound Share LA website. Historical album art, video content and photographs will be displayed for the public to examine hands-on. These programs will immediately be made available as archives on the Sound Share LA website. These community radio events will enhance the project’s online offerings and provide a recurrent forum for direct public involvement. Residents will come together to discover the cultural contributions their neighborhoods have had on Los Angeles.

IMPACT:
Through our actions we hope to spark inspiration within the Los Angeles community and beyond. Sound Share LA will serve as a living document of vibrant creativity from our inspiring city, telling the story of LA's diverse sonic heritage and providing a platform for the tales yet untold.