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stoujjviile suntribune saturday oct 20 2007 3 suntribune people pork for music to songwriter bryan moyer suderman is a fulltime singersongwriter living in stouffville hell release his third cd my money talks songs for worship with a performance nov 3 at 730 pm at parkview village admission is free by bryan moyer suderman so if you ever want to exchange pork for music just let us know thats what a woman said as i was leaving a performance last year and i found myself mulling it over for a week finally i emailed her back and said i dont know if you were serious when you made that offer of pork for music but if you were id love to do it yet another step along the wind ing road of trying to develop an alternative economic model for this music ministry its a model that can be sustainable and viable over the long term is compatible with healthy fam ily and community life is built around a different set of assumptions and expectations about what constitutes success is compatible with and grows out of and gives expression to my faith alternate id touring lifestyle its an alternative to the tour tour tour sell sell sell that is the standard and spectacularly unhealthy and unsustainable model in the mainstream music business including the christian music business thats the idea anyway and late last year i took what was for me the biggest step so far in that direction essentially what ive done is to work with the csa community supported agriculture model and adapt it to music on a csa farm you pay an up front annual fee or membership or subscription or shares and receive regular deliveries usually weekly of fresh locally grown produce throughout the growing season this is good for consumers because they receive high quality produce that is local usually organic picked at the peak of freshness and nutri tional value its good for the farmer because it guarantees a fair price for the produce enables a smallscale operation to be viable and shares the risks of farming its also good for the environment as the land is farmed more sustainably on a smaller scale and with fewer if any chemical inputs and the produce is not shipped over long distances to reach the consumer another result of all this is the formation and strengthening of relationships local community and local economies it helps to bridge the gap b etween producers and consumers and to create a partnership in the produc tionconsumption of food and in the knowledge and care of the land where its grown we were part of a csa called earthshare in winnipeg and loved it a friend runs a csa in iowa we havent yet found a csa in our neck of the woods here in stouffville but we do frequent some local busi nesses that function in similar ways in the community so how have i adapted this alter native economic model to the world of music well ive set up a system where becoming a member of smautall music is like joining a csa farm you pay an annual fee and receive regular deliveries of fresh home grown organic music new songs of faith for small and tall straight from the producer yours truly the songs come as mp3 audio files along with a packet of resources including lyrics chords and music notation thoughts and reflections activity ideas of how you might try using the songs in worship in the classroom at home all available via download from a members page of the smautall music website as in the csa model the idea is that membership is much more than making a consumer choice to receive a certain kind of product stouffrvilles bryan moyer suderman will release his third cd with a performance at the parkview village auditorium nov 3 becoming a member of smautall music is an opportunity to be an active participant and partner in the process of creating testing and sharing new music for the church and for families of the church members are invited to partici pate in a whole variety of ways including using and enjoying the songs sharing feedback and ideas giving ideassuggestions for new songs writing and sharing your own songs sound like fun im having a blast y arid the most recent innovation in this process is the addition of bartering exchanging goods or ser vices as another form of payment there are households exchanging pork pies photography services website assistance house painting fresh cookies and ou changes as their means of payment for their membership in smautau music for other households and con gregations of course paying the old fashioned way with cash or cheque stiu makes the most sense barter or payment some people famuiar with the csa model have already taken to talking about this as my csm com munity supported music and of course plenty of others tend to tts- ten poutely with a glazed faraway look in their eyes and walk away baffled by au this craziness from bryans blog which can be found at wwwsmalltallmusingsblogspotcom the new cd is available at the care and share thrift store and for the love of jo on main street stouffville a songbook with music notation and piano arrangements will be available early in 2008 half of profits from sales of the cd and songbook will go to the mennonite foundation of canada for its stewardship education and to the global church sharing fund of the mennonite world conference for more information go to smalltallmusiccom whitchurchstouffville news digest visit yorkregioncom for more on these and other stories main street safety village host halloween events you can get your hauoween spirit on early in stouffviue next weekend two events next satur day are open to everyone trick or treat on main street is presented by the stouffviue busi ness improvement area from 1 to 3 pm costumed characters meet at the stouffviue train station at 1 pm and head along main street to receive treats from participat ing merchants chudren must be accompa nied by an adult for information call the bia at 905- 6400749 hauoween in the vulage is pre sented at the community safety viuage at the bruces mu1 con servation area 3291 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