Help Backline bring free mental health and wellness resources to the music industry

For my birthday I would love for you to either support to or just make yourself familiar with the work of Backline, especially if you have musicians in your life. Awareness of this organization is very important to me.

A few years ago, this music community that we love so much experienced unimaginable losses, and a conversation we had collectively in the wake of that tragedy helped lead to the creation of Backline, which connects music industry professionals with mental health and wellness resources--streamlining access to a network of trusted organizations and care providers that understand this line of work.

The small group of people who actually turned that conversation into a reality are true heroes to me. Transforming such grief into something that actually helps people in an ongoing fashion is incredible and I would love your help honoring their efforts.

Their website and case management system program exist to help individuals find the resources they need to thrive--on and off the road. In the early conversations about what this organization would become, I stressed that the biggest hurdle for me and many musicians was just the complexity of trying to get help, If you even know where to start seeking that help. The case management program was the brilliant solution to that, and is a defining trait of the organization that I think has made it thrive. You no longer have to be an expert on getting help, to get help. You just need to ask for it.

A small donation will go a long way to helping me meet my goal for Backline. Or, since so many of you are in the music industry or know someone who is, just becoming familiar with everything that it offers, and sharing it with others, would mean the world to me. Tell someone about it, rep us with a T-shirt, keep us in your mind for when someone might need it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.