If you’ve never seen live rap music at a business networking event, you’ve clearly never been to Music Break.
Music Farm will be christening its newest location in the Vista with Columbia Opportunity Resource’s (COR) third annual Music Break, giving people a sneak peak at the venue before Music Farm’s official grand opening this Friday.
While COR is an organization aiming to help young professionals get their career off the ground, they host events like Music Break to help people make those connections in the business community a little easier to find.
Described as a night of “networking for music and business leaders” Music Break is open to the public, specifically targeting the young, business driven crowd as well as upcoming musicians. Music Break gives attendees a chance to mingle with business leaders, hear some live performances and learn a bit about the music industry.
This event is a unique opportunity, ideal for upperclassmen and graduate students at USC looking to kick-start their career. “Even someone who is not involved with the music scene can benefit from Music Break because of the networking available with other local professionals,” Ashley Pullen, communications coordinator of COR said.
This year’s Music Break will be featuring five artists representing five sides of the local music scene, including Lazy A & The Green Thang, Death of Paris and Fat Rat da Czar.
Music Break is not only beneficial to the attendees looking to make business connections, but also the musicians. In an effort to showcase local musicians, Pullen explained that their goal is to “engage and retain Columbia’s talent.”
Aside from the speakers and music performances, a complementary workshop starts an hour before the event, focusing on the general “How-To’s” of the music industry. The workshop will cover everything an upcoming musician would need to know how to do: record an album, book a show, promote bands and use social media.
But even after a musician workshop, a night full of networking and several live performances, Music Break wouldn’t be complete without an after party. Starting at 8 p.m., the after party will feature Josh Roberts and The Hinges.
Admission to Music Break is free for members of COR and musicians, but $10 to the general public to attend. With the workshop from 5 to 6 p.m., networking begins at 5:30 p.m. and live performances are to kick off at 6 p.m.
Who needs to party like a rock star when you can get linked-in contacts like a rock star?
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