Guest Column: ‘Do we not value music?’
The Will Tucker Band performs at the Beale Street Music Festival’s Blues Tent, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Elizabeth Cawein
Elizabeth Cawein is the founder and director of Music Export Memphis, a nonprofit export office for Memphis music. She is an adjunct professor of Music Urbanism at Rhodes College, a programmer/DJ on WYXR 91.7 FM and a national speaker on issues of music, culture and urban development.
Elizabeth Cawein asked musicians what makes a gig worthwhile, outside of what they are paid. Their answers came down to one thing: They want to be valued.
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