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A Prideful Noise: celebrating LGBTQ+ musicians across genres, eras, and identities

A special Pride Month collaboration with Max Freedman and Mark Edward Randall

Jun 11 • The Music Directory, Shanté, Lavender Sound (Max Freedman), and Mark Edward Randall

Directory

Featuring the ones who teach us how to understand the theory and language of music

Mar 30, 2025 • The Music Directory

Featuring the ones who dig in the crates and share their prized possessions

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Podcasters & Radio Hosts

Featuring those who discuss their love of music on the airwaves

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Historians, Scholars, & Researchers

Featuring the ones who study sound on an academic level

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Featuring the ones who methodically draft out the sounds that we all want to hear

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Featuring the ones who are behind the scenes making their sonic dreams come true

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Reviewers & Critics

Featuring the ones who engage with the art of music from an analytical perspective

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Playlist Curators

Featuring the ones who share their eclectic music tastes with the world

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

DJs & Selectors

Featuring the ones who read the room and live mix to make us move

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Featuring the ones whose instruments speak volumes (and yes, the voice is an instrument!)

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

Writers & Journalists

Featuring the ones whose pens wax musically

Dec 2, 2024 • The Music Directory

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A place for musicians, music writers, avid listeners, and everyone in between to find each other & discover new sounds in community.

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