Chichester has a sound
PO19 / 001
Original music
First listens
After dark
Chichester.Music
The independent community for original music and the culture around it across Chichester and the surrounding area — creators, collaborators, spaces, supporters and the next move.
- Original music
- Built by the community
- Make · need · offer · support
- People · rooms · openings
The idea / 001
Built by the community
This isn't an audience. It's a community.
Chichester.Music brings the people making original work together with everyone who helps a scene exist. Make something, find someone, open a room, share a skill, document what is happening or back the next move. The culture grows through what the community puts into it.
Make
Songs, beats, bands, DJ sets, poems, films, photographs, fashion and unfinished ideas. Put original culture into the town.
Collaborate
Find the missing bandmate, producer, camera, designer, room, piece of knowledge or honest first listen.
Offer
Share time, space, equipment, transport, advice, mentoring, business knowledge or a practical pair of hands.
Open doors
Create a slot, commission, workshop, residency, paid role, introduction or first chance for somebody local.
Document
Film it, photograph it, write about it, design it and archive it. Make Chichester’s unknown grassroots culture visible.
Support
Listen, attend, share, volunteer, mentor, fund or bring somebody new. You do not have to make music to move the scene forward.
Founding calls / public wall
Open
Put the first mark on it
The wall begins with four open calls. Add original work, ask for what you need, offer something useful or surface an opportunity. You can also join to document, mentor, listen, volunteer or back the scene. Every contribution makes the local culture more visible and more possible. Contact details and replies stay protected.
- Add yours
Original Work
Put a first listen on the wall
Demos, releases and works-in-progress made here.
- Add yours
Requests
Find the missing person
Bandmates, collaborators, advice or the next step.
- Add yours
Offers
Open a room, an hour or a skill
Space, studio time, kit and practical help.
- Add yours
Opportunities
Put the call where people can find it
Slots, commissions, development and paid work.
Join + contribute / open
More than one way in
One form. Every way in.
Come as an artist, poet, producer, venue, photographer, filmmaker, organiser, mentor, student, local business, listener or simply someone who wants to help. Tell us what you make, need, offer, can open, document or support. A real person reads every entry before anything becomes public.
Join / free, always
Find your place in the Chichester sound
A music community needs more than musicians. Chichester is the centre of gravity, not a boundary: if you make, photograph, film, host, teach, organise, listen, support or create opportunities around original music in the surrounding area, there is room for your contribution. It's free, always.