LA, we love you.

As a west-coast based business our hearts, prayers, and healing energy go out to our incredible clients and music community impacted by the recent LA fires across the region.

Hey UNE INSIDERS, Jazz here! We’ve been a bit quiet over the past week, using our platforms to amplify resources and focus on how we can best support our clients, friends, and community who have been impacted by the recent LA fires that have already and continue to impact the LA region. We recognize that the start to 2025 has been rocky, filled with anxiety, overwhelm, a sense of uncertainty for many. There’s a lot going on around the world and here close to home that we’re witnessing every single day. As an impact-drive Founder, I understand and believe that community is everything. My intention (along with our team) is to continue to use our growing platforms to inspire, empower, support, and uplift each other, especially in times of need.

In today’s newsletter we’re amplifying a variety of resources compiled from different music industry organizations to provide mutual aid resources for LA-based artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. The long-term impact from this event is still unknown, but in the weeks and months to come, we’ll continue to amplify available resources, events, and initiatives we see.

🧡 Guitar Center: The Guitar Center Foundation is working to provided musicians who have lost their homes and personal belongings with free music equipment, gear, and instruments. Learn more and apply HERE.

🧡 Recording Academy/Musiccares: Musiccares, in partnership with The Recording Academy is offering eligible music industry professionals short and long-term disaster relief with monetary stipends. Learn more about eligibility requirements and apply HERE.

🧡 Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: Sweet Relief Musicians Fund has created a fundraiser to provided impacted artists and musicians with monetary funds to go to the loss of music equipment, medical bills, and other vital living expenses. You can apply and/or donate to support directly HERE.

🧡 We Are Moving the Needle: We Are Moving the Needle is has set up mirco grants to support impacted musicians, producers, engineers, and creatives to provide access to free studio time, equipment purchases, and other forms of direct aid. For donations, you can make a direct contribution to the fund HERE.

🧡 ASCAP: For music professionals represented by ASCAP, their team recently announced a one million dollar fund to support impacted artists, musicians, and creatives impacted by the LA fires. Learn more and apply HERE.

🧡 Backline: Mental Health matters. Mental Health provider Backline team is providing and amplify therapy and wellness resources tailored to your needs. To connect with a case manager and gain access to long-term 1:1 support, learn more and submit an application HERE.

Behind the scenes, we’re working on more aligned ways to best support our clients and local community through free or discounted agency services in 2025 — more details coming soon. If you have been directly affected or know of an incredible artist, musician, creative, or brand who would benefit from marketing services this year drop us a quick note on Instagram to connect!

xx, Jazz and the UNE Dream Team