Bandcamp is launching a fundraiser to support musicians affected by the Southern California wildfires on Feb. 7. For one day only, all proceeds raised on Bandcamp will go to MusiCares, the non-profit founded by Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. that provides musicians with health and welfare support.
Several Canadian artists are indirectly participating in the event through the release of a compilation album, Good Music To Lift Up Los Angeles, which will be available exclusively on Bandcamp on Feb. 7. Mac DeMarco, Pup and the New Pornographers are among the artists taking part.
Good Music To Lift Up Los Angeles will features covers, remixes, previously-unreleased songs and more.
Pup shared that a demo of theirs would be included on the album.
“We made a little demo called “Boring!” in our jam space. Nestor mixed it,” they wrote on Instagram. “We donated it to this fundraising comp called Good Music to Lift Los Angeles, that’s the only place you can hear it.”
Proceeds from the album will be donated to the L.A. Food Bank and California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund, with Bandcamp donating its share to MusiCares.
“We only had a few weeks to put this compilation together and are absolutely humbled by the contributions,” Good Music co-founder Jordan Kurland shared in a statement. “Music is a healing force, and we hope this collection of songs, in addition to raising much-needed recovery funds, provides some solace.”
Over 90 musicians will appear on the album, including R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, Madi Diaz, MJ Lenderman and more.
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