“Stellar Sound Community”
An online community providing support, education, connection and other opportunities to musicians globally.
“Stellar Sound Community” is a Discord online community dedicated to all musicians regardless of their level and needs. In this community there will be different channels to access useful information. #musicworkshop #sellinginstruments, #buyinginstruments, #paidopportunities, #collabs, #shareyourmusic, #covid, #onlineconcerts are just a few channels where musicians will be able to network with others in the industry.
We as content creators will organize panels, educational workshops and conferences where members can learn, connect, share their stories and discuss problems and potential solutions in the sector.
There are multiple problems that Stellar Sound Community will tackle.
Problem: Covid related problems - Most urgent is the Covid19 restrictions that left full time musicians without their main income - touring.
Solution: We will create paid online concerts in a form of “online basking” (basking - performing on streets). We will use our Stellar Sound Community Discord channel to gather and invite musicians and music enthusiasts to help by attending those concerts.
Problem: Less economic opportunities - Away from the Covid problems, being a full time musician is a challenging path. Many musicians have to give up on many things in their life to build their career. Searching for new economic opportunities is a job itself that can be very tiring and leave less space for creativity.
Solution: We will create a special Discord channel for sharing economic opportunities and contests in the music field. We want to help musicians have access to the latest funds and sources of income.
Problem: There are so many resources and courses in the music industry that it’s very often not clear on which one to take and what learners actually need.
Solution: We want to share educational resources, freebies and plugins together with explanations and discussions about certain topics. We want to use this channel to learn and help others find what they are looking for.
“Stellar Sound Community” serves all people that are building their career in the music industry. This community will provide a platform to consult on missing things in their career and help them overcome today's problems. For the beginners there will be access to educational content. To those searching for economic opportunities, they will be able to find and save time they usually invest in the search. They will be able to find easier collaborators and services from other musicians.
We already have a podcast called “Stellar Sound Podcast” where we are interviewing uprising musicians. After the first season, we have recognized the pattern of problems our guests have faced.
There are many online sources and it’s publicly well known that the life of artists is pretty rough, but also very attractive.
We’ve researched our ‘competition’ and found out that there are not many controlled and verified online communities where others could find useful and practical information.
- Improving learning opportunities and outcomes for learners across their lifetimes, from early childhood on (Learning)
- Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea
The team has researched and analyzed that a solution could be created in a well marketed Discord community. Discord is the latest trend in creating online communities. We’ve created our “Stellar Sound Community” Discord account with customizations and channels we plan to use for our activities.
We have brainstormed and planned to start this project for the last 6 months.
- A new use of an existing technology (e.g. application to a new problem or in a new location)
We are using the latest trend in creating communities. Discord channels in the last few years became a modern way of communicating and gathering similar-minded people.
Even-tho we are not creating a new technology ourselves, we will shift and strengthen the connection of the musicians today and modernize it.
- Audiovisual Media
- Crowd Sourced Service / Social Networks
- Other
There are no community members so far. We plan to attain around 500 members in the first stage.
In the next year we want to gain 400-500 active members of the Discord community. By active we mean actively participating, posting and discussing on the dedicated channels we have created.
We will organize once-a-month concerts and share once a week new learning resources.
We will try to engage 2-3 times a week in discussions.
Number of members, interactions, comments, feedback from the members, number of streams
We have currently no funding for this program, and the financial status of musicians has worsened through the pandemic. We are not very clear on how to create awareness campaigns and how to lure musicians online to our Discord channel. It might be an obstacle how to reach and convince them.
We already have a well established and organized team with coordinators. Based in 2 countries, we plan to expand further. Some of our volunteer members are experienced and passionate musicians that know the industry well. Brainstorming discussions led us to this solution. We did proper research and recognized a demand. Discord is the latest trend we are following and will attract young and tech-savvy targets.
Stellar Sound Foundation - Stellar Sound Community is the activity of the Stellar Sound Foundation
Social Center “Krov” - Space for the monthly volunteer’s meetups in Belgrade for the Serbian team
Brain Factory - Free team building and coaching service
- Yes
Our program is sustainable since the main activity is recycling instruments and providing them to people with the need and interest. We would use this funds to outreach more young female beneficiaries.
- Yes
This solution aims to improve the quality of life of people including women and girls, and tackles unmet social, economical and educational needs.