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Greetings old friends, new friends, and strangers!
First, a quick note: For those of you following along, work on Ball of Wax Volume 69 continues at the pace demanded by thoughtful collaboration and uncontrollable life events. Thanks to all who submitted for your patience!
In the meantime, it is time to send out the call for Volume 70!
Continuing Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly’s commitment to greater collaboration and inclusivity, and supported by a 4Culture Arts Projects grant, Ball of Wax is accepting submissions for Volume 70, a compilation of music by trans/non-binary musicians in Washington State, curated by Mia Rose Malone.
Mia writes, “I want this compilation to represent and celebrate the diversity and radical creativity that is wholly unique to trans/non-binary artists. It took me some time to adjust to everything that is being a trans woman and to feel stable and safe enough after transitioning to figure out where my life goes from here, and I’ve reached a point of clarity now that makes it clear to me that I want to spend my life doing whatever I can to lift up and increase trans visibility, because the more visible we are, and the more people see that we’re also just fucking human beings doing regular fucking human being shit, the safer we’ll all be.”
All profits from this project will go to Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit organization that helps at-risk LGTBQI+ people get to safety worldwide.
Deadline: Sunday, October 1
General submission guidelines: here
Please let us know when you send your music if you would like to perform at the Ball of Wax 70 release celebration, somewhere in King County this coming fall or winter.
- There are no stylistic, genre, instrumental, or other restrictions on music to be submitted, just that it be made by trans and/or non-binary-identifying artists residing in Washington State.
- If it’s a group project, not all members need to be trans/non-binary, but that identity should feel appropriate to you as a group.
- Brand new, unreleased work is great, but recently released music is fine too.
All artists included will be paid. (We need to do some number-crunching to figure out the exact amount, but it will be somewhere in the $50-$100 range.)
Please, please, please spread the word to artists you think we should hear from.
We look forward to hearing what you send.