SOLID Raises Over $15,500 At Annual Music Row Madness Event
Music Row Madness 2024 Photo: Morgan Jergens
The Society of Leaders In Development raised $15,614 at its annual Music Row Madness event. The proceeds from this friendly bowling competition, held at Eastside Bowl, support SOLID Shares Partners Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, Hope On the Row, Musicians On Call, Nashville Launch Pad and Special Olympics Tennessee.
“This year marks the fourteenth year of our Music Row Madness fundraising event,” shares SOLID President Rio Van Risseghem. “Our organization takes great joy in choosing our annual SOLID Shares partners, and I am especially excited by the diversity of non-profit missions we are supporting both in financial assistance and volunteer hours. Our Community Outreach Chairs Guy Evans and Becky Parsons have been integral in keeping members engaged with our SOLID Shares partners, and have also done an amazing job rallying the support of our wider music community.”
In addition to Music Row Madness, SOLID hosted its annual Student Scholarship Competition, recognizing outstanding music business and marketing students. This year’s competition tasked students with creating a campaign for artist Sam Williams. The winning team received prize money, and all participants were given a professional development toolkit.
“It was such an incredible experience to get to be a part of the SOLID Marketing Plan Competition for college students in Middle Tennessee,” says Williams. “I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of creative ideas expressed and professionalism executed by the students. Some of the ideas shared within the projects are planning to be incorporated within our album release timeline for this upcoming year. I am so thankful and excited to connect with young minds and to have shared a reciprocal motivating experience. Seeing the students excited about my project makes me more thrilled to deliver it to the world! I hope to maintain some of the relationships with members in SOLID and am excited for their futures in the music industry!”
