Out of these meetings, and with a growing clinical team, we built a platform that brings together the network of individual practitioners and organizations that can facilitate a safer and more supported music industry. This turned into a mental health task force for the music industry that still meets to this day.
Backline meaning music series#
After a series of tragic losses in the music industry (Neal Casal, Jeff Austin, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, Butch Trucks), some important friends (Hilary Gleason, Tory Pittarelli, Stephen Grybowski) and I started hosting Zoom conversations with other industry professionals to find out why music industry professionals are so limited in receiving care. I’ve experienced firsthand the challenges that the industry demands and how it’s affected so many people ( 73%, according to a recent study). Kendall Corso: I dreamed of working in the music industry since I was a little girl and I spent the last 7+ years doing so. Wanderlust : What was your impetus for launching Backline? To learn more about the nuances of a musician’s livelihood and how a mindfulness practice can help, we sat down with Kendall Corso, Backline’s Co-founder and COO. I want to support them in every way I can so the show always goes on.”
These amazing musicians and the incredible teams that support them in every aspect of the work have had the rug pulled out from under them in a massive way. I have loved music and in particular live music since childhood but I’ve never appreciated it more than this year, it has single-handedly brought me through this pandemic intact. We’re utterly stoked to be announcing the first installment of this custom content with Backline Yoga with Gina Caputo, a woman who has rocked many a Wanderlust stage with a soul-stirring soundtrack, and who has shared stages with the likes of Michael Franti at Red Rocks. It’s for that r eason that we’re so excited to partner with Backline to bring the benefits of yoga and meditation to musicians and their support crew.” “Most of our team has been involved in the music industry at some point, and as fellow members of the events business, we know that COVID is more than an economic crisis: it has also triggered a mental health crisis for artists, staff and crew in the live music business. “Wanderlust has been exploring the intersection of yoga and music since our inception in 2009,” expressed Wanderlust CEO, Sean Hoess.
Backline meaning music tv#
Wanderlust is providing free access to Wanderlust TV for the Backline community, and developing custom content featuring top teachers whose passion and experience overlaps with the music industry.
This is why Wanderlust is humbled to be partnering with Backline-a national non-profit serving the professionals in music industry with access to one-on-one therapy and support groups-to abet their mission to provide mental health & wellness support and resources during this difficult time. With touring impossible, that took away the access to a paycheck, to community, and a means of expression: a perfect storm for an industry-wide mental health crisis. Enter COVID-19, which grounded the live events business completley in 2020 (including Wanderlust’s own worldwide events). The reality is often worlds apart from the cliche: gruelling travel, extensive loneliness, economic uncertainty, and the scrutiny of living in the public eye can make for an enormously difficult path for a working musician. The thrill, danger and notoriety of life as a rock star is ingrained in our culture: an archetype of a demigod sustained by sex, drugs and rock n’ roll.
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