The Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) and Northshore Regional Endowment for the Arts (NREA) hosted the roundtable discussion “Meet the Music” on Feb. 23 for local artists to meet and learn new ways to promote their bands. Many of the musicians who attended are slated to perform at the 11th annual Strawberry Jam ‘N Toast to the Arts Music Festival on March 16-18.
Dr. Ted Hudspeth, Sr., who initiated Strawberry Jam in 2001, attended “Meet the Music” and spoke from experience about the purpose of the jam and the importance of advertising and promoting the bands.
“The purpose of the Strawberry Jam is to help promote the musicians and artists from this area, and the proceeds from the event go towards all of the schools in the area with music and arts education programs,” said Hudspeth. “We help fund those programs at the schools with the money that we make from the Jam. It’s also a venue where local musicians and artists can be seen and heard by folks from this region.”
Hudspeth owns Dr. Ted’s Musician Center, a disc jockey service in Hammond. His involvement in NREA also stems out to their annual film festival and an arts gala.
Members of the bands