Thanks to crowdfunding, the heart of Helvetiarockt, the database of female musicians, will be preserved.
In mid-December, Helvetiarockt, the coordination office for female musicians in jazz, pop and rock, was able to secure funding to maintain the database of female musicians via the crowdfunding platform Wemakeit. 102 people donated 14,130 francs; the target was 14,000 francs.
At the request of the Swiss Music Newspaper Regula Frey, head of the Helvetiarockt office, confirmed that this online reference work could now be expanded and optimized in 2013. However, the future of Helvetiarockt is not secure. Like many other organizations, Helvetiarockt is struggling with the fact that most donors support projects but not structural costs. In addition, Helvetiarockt is often pigeonholed as a gender project or a music project and therefore often does not fit into the grid of the supporting organizations. "We work as broadly as possible (from girls at music school to experienced musicians)," says Regula Frey. "It's not easy to stay so broad and still not lose focus. Fulfilling all tasks with a 40% position is a big challenge."
