A Group of Philanthropic Music Professionals Are Biking Over 300 Miles to the Amsterdam Dance Occasion
Bicycles will be automobiles for change when the correct persons are the engines powering them.
That advantage is not misplaced on avid bicycle owner Jamie Kemp, whose attendance at this yr’s Amsterdam Dance Occasion can be a byproduct of sweat and stamina.
Kemp is the Director of Gross sales at Toolroom Information, an influential document label helmed by home music luminary Mark Knight. Alongside over 30 others, he is set to cycle 500 kilometers —roughly 310 miles—from London to ADE, the world’s preeminent digital music summit.
The philanthropic expedition is ready for October 16-19. Kemp and his contemporaries are fundraising for Bridges for Music, a nonprofit that operates quite a lot of faculties providing holistic music packages for at-risk youth.
“The straightforward act of serving to others is one thing that conjures up me and over time I’ve been concerned in quite a lot of charity fundraisers—this one nonetheless being so associated to my day-to-day work was one thing I actually linked with,” Kemp tells EDM.com. “Music performs such an essential half in our lives, enhancing high quality of life, temper, triggering reminiscences and feelings and the thought that others simply don’t get to expertise that may be a gutting concept.”
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Jamie Kemp, Director of Gross sales at Toolroom Information, is altruistically biking over 300 miles to ADE 2022.
Jamie Kemp
“With the ability to endure for 4 days and lift some cash to allow others to have the ability to create music, use their creativeness and doubtlessly change their very own lives is magical,” Kemp continued, “and a giant shout out to the entire Bridges for Music cycle crew this yr for dedicating time, cash and feelings in getting this executed.”
A portion of the funds raised from the biking initiative will even profit Ukrainian charities within the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Discover out extra about Kemp’s fundraiser and donate here.