Resources Available For The Music community

The wildfires around Los Angeles County have become one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the city, burning more than 35,000 acres in and around the city, destroying over 10,000 homes and buildings and forcing nearly 200,000 people and counting to evacuate.

Some in Los Angeles’s music community who live in the Palisades or Altadena have begun to share stories about the devastation of losing their homes, while others are still awaiting information to learn if their houses have survived. Aside from the resources available to everyone in the area, those in the music industry have some music-specific resources potentially available for them as well, which we’ve compiled below.

Most prominently there’s MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s non-profit established to assist the music community in times of crisis. The organization has already told those in the music industry in need of relief to reach out. Late Thursday, MusiCares launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort, pledging $1 million. Those seeking relief can email musicaresrelief@musicares.com.

“We expect the disaster relief efforts in Los Angeles to be extraordinary, if even just on the basis of how many music people have lost their homes in the last day,” Laura Segura, executive director of MusiCares, said in a statement. “MusiCares is always committed to ensuring that music professionals are supported in times of crisis, and we ask for the larger community to donate for those in need at this dire time. MusiCares can help with short term emergent needs for those currently displaced, and then longer-term services as we get a handle on the full extent of how music people are impacted.” 

There’s also the Entertainment Community Fund, which also helps provide resources and relief to those in the entertainment business in times of emergency. “If you’re a part of the entertainment industry and have been impacted by the California Fires, the Fund is here to help through support, connection to resources and emergency financial assistance,” the organization said on Thursday.

The Sweet Relief Music Fund also confirmed this week that it’s accepting applications and taking donations over the wildfires. That fund is intended to help pay for destroyed music equipment, as well as any potential medical bills related to the fires.

Aside from the official funds, Some in the community have taken matters into their own hands as well, with a quickly-growing spreadsheet now circulating to share GoFundMe links and other immediate needs for those in the music business who’ve lost their homes. That spreadsheet also includes other links to relief resources.

Artists have also joined in the effort to help those affected. On Thursday, Snoop Dogg tweeted a link for “official clothing to those affected by fires” with an address for Snoop Dogg’s Clothing in Inglewood. Those in need can visit the rapper’s store all day Friday.

This story will be updated as more music relief efforts are made available.

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