The Musicians’ Hierarchy of Needs

Presentation Description

An oral history + documentary project archiving musicians’ answers to two questions:

1. What do you need most now on your musician’s journey?
2. What did you need most when you first started on your musician’s journey?

The Big Goal: 111 Photo Essays from 111 Interviews

The Bigger Goal: 11 two-minute Documentary Shorts

The Biggest Goal: 1 Feature Documentary

Why: Beyond the obvious value of archiving the oral histories of present and future culture bearers, this project is the beginning of an attempt to meet the needs of a community of professionals by first listening.

Presenter Bio

Sam Birdsong + Jay Evans
Bsth native New Orleanians and storytellers.
birdsong headshot by photographer Peter Michael Kagan