Mission 

We are stewards working to strengthen and energize the Greater Pittsburgh music ecosystem.We support artists, industry professionals, and music-related businesses by providing access to resources, tools, and opportunities. Our goal is to unlock the full potential of Pittsburgh’s music community through collaboration, advocacy, and strategies that support the growth of the local creative economy.

Core Values

Support for the Arts:

Recognizing music as a vital art form and a key driver of the creative economy, encompassing both recording and live performance, and deserving of investment, protection, and respect.

Collaboration Over Competition

We believe progress is amplified when it is shared. By advancing together, we unlock greater opportunity, build lasting resilience, and create a level of collective strength that far exceeds individual success.

Education Is Infrastructure

Knowledge of business, rights, contracts, and systems is as essential as creative talent. An informed ecosystem is a protected and scalable one.

Local Wealth Must Circulate Locally & Regional Identity Is Strategic

Music should generate and retain capital within Pittsburgh, building businesses, supporting families, and anchoring long-term regional prosperity rather than exporting value elsewhere.

We cultivate a sound, a story, and a cultural brand that is unmistakably of Pittsburgh, rooted here, respected nationally, and impossible to replicate.

The Whole Value Chain Must Thrive We Build Systems, Not Just Events

Artists, venues, producers, engineers, managers, promoters, designers, videographers, distribution and marketers are interdependent. A music economy only grows when every link in the chain is healthy.

Equity Is Structural

Ownership, fair compensation, and leverage must exist at every layer of the ecosystem, not just at the top. Sustainable culture requires shared stakeholding.

Belonging & Representation Matter

We are building a music ecosystem where everyone can see themselves reflected and feel empowered to participate. Across race, gender, sexual orientation, culture, and identity, all perspectives are valued and necessary.

We prioritize environments that foster respect, dignity, and belonging, ensuring that the ecosystem grows in a way that is inclusive, safe, and representative of the community it serves.

Talent Retention Is Economic Strategy

A thriving music economy depends on retaining its talent. We do not seek to own this work, but to support, align, and collaborate across the ecosystem to create the conditions for artists and professionals to stay, grow, and build their lives in Pittsburgh.

Narrative Power & Public Visibility

We recognize that ecosystems do not grow in silence. Public awareness is infrastructure.

Press, traditional/digital marketing, and storytelling are not promotional add-ons, they are essential tools for shaping how a region is perceived, how opportunity is discovered, and how participation is activated. When the work of artists, producers, venues, educators, and institutions is visible, it changes what funders invest in, what audiences support, and what young talent believes is possible.

Accessibility & Safety

Music should be accessible to people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and stages of life, whether participating as artists, workers, organizers, or audiences. A strong music ecosystem prioritizes environments that are both physically accessible and culturally inclusive, with clear expectations that support respect, safety, and belonging. By removing barriers and fostering welcoming spaces, the music community can ensure live music remains open, vibrant, and sustainable for all.