Aglet Noise was started in 2023 as a DIY getaway from intense club culture at UC Berkeley. Founders Krish and Lucas felt the need for an all inclusive community built on space for collaboration with different types of creatives in music, art and film. Aglet Noise is a collective of music aficionados started to foster and promote music events, audio-visual productions and promote up-and-coming artists in and around Berkeley. Our mission is to curate out of the box events showcasing some of the most unique artists to the Berkeley community. Our small but dynamic team of 18 comprises of musicians, artists, videographers, fashion designers and music appreciators alike.
This year, we plan to raise $750 for our inaugural arts and music festival. The goal is to bring big sized artists on campus, while putting on our own cohort of amazing artists and raise the quality of student-led arts. With the funds received, we would be able to pay performers, rent venues and equipment, and market our label-collective. Being strong opposers of pro-bono culture in the music and art industry, at every event, if there is revenue generated, all artists are paid a fair cut. Fed up by being asked to play for free at major events, the founders wanted to create a space where our art is truly respected and appreciated. This led us to also implement the audio and visual recording of all events, which you can find on our YouTube and SoundCloud.
We will be using the funds as follows over the fall and spring semesters, as well as some of the summer months:
- $300 will go towards making merchandise to sell at our club events. This includes t-shirts, posters, stickers etc. With the addition of this new avenue we hope to integrate style and art into our music-inspired community.
- $100 will be used for the printing of magazines made by our members to get a deeper insight into our club and the music culture surrounding Berkeley. Again, these would be sold at events and more so we plan to see a return on investment for both merchandise and magazines.
- $350 will be set aside for regular event and project set-up cost such as renting musical and lighting equipment, booking performers and miscellaneous expenses.
If we fail to reach our goal, we would still use the received funds proportionally for the purposes listed and find alternatives for non-essential items.
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https://www.instagram.com/agletnoise/
https://soundcloud.com/aglet-noise
https://www.youtube.com/@AgletNoise
We’ll list you at the end of our video as a supporter of our cause
We'll write you a handwritten thank you note! For extra pizzazz, we'll include a rhyming poem!
We’ll record our group singing a ~2-minute song of your choice! We'll send you the video!
We'll write you a song!
You get free admission to all of our events held during the academic year of Fall 2024 to Spring 2025. Also includes one free merch item of your choice