Meet other local composers, song writers, performers, lyricists, artists. Members have the opportunity to play examples of their work, explore and discuss relevant issues and ideas of creativity, performance, collaboration, method, technology, etc. If you're interested in growing, networking and improving as an artist, this meetup is for you.

The coworking community is composed of entrepreneurs, freelancers, telecommuters, and other location-independent workers who seek to work alongside one another and share resources. This Meetup group will offer events ranging from workshops to talks to happy hours, all in the interest of helping healthily grow and educate the NYC independent community. We're based at New Work City, a coworking space established in 2008 in Manhattan. Learn more about New Work City here: http://nwc.co

Sign Up Now! SCREENWRITING WITH JACOB KRUEGER Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger’s revolutionary Seven Act Structure will change the way you look at movie-making. Rather than imposing formulaic models from the outside, Jacob teaches you how to organically “grow” your script, from initial idea, to character, to scene, to act, to the movie you’ve always dreamed of writing. You’ll also learn to overcome writer’s block, self doubt, procrastination, and other challenges that keep you from being …

Meet others in your area who are Experimental Music Artists/Fans. All interested in developing, listening, and performing experimental music concepts are welcome! Discussions, Networking, performances, Jams, and development of New Creative Styles in Experimental Electronics, Free Jazz, Rock, Noise/Sound, Composition, Music/Media, New ART/MUSIC/SOUND....

The TINTED VISION Filmmakers Group is a community for current and aspiring filmmaking professionals of all types who, at the end of the day, want to do one thing:  create great narrative or non-fiction cinematic work.  Whether the format be short films, feature films, web series', music videos, spec commercials, TV pilots, or anything else in between, the goal is to conceive of a project, develop it, and PRODUCE IT. The unfortunate reality is that many writers and filmmakers come up with great …

Guitar lovers and guitarists - welcome to the NYC Guitar Group! The NYC Guitar Group is for everyone and everything guitar- to bring us all together as a guitar community: guitarists, guitar students, guitar teachers, guitar makers, guitar sellers, guitar technicians, songwriters, composers, guitar managers, and everyone who loves the sound of the guitar.  This group is for you. Even if you've never held a guitar before, come join us and discover a beautiful instrument! Our mission is to bring t …

We are a group of composers of original electronic music in North Jersey. We get together to socialize, workshop music, collaborate, and jam. Most of us use Ableton's Live, but whatever you can jam on is welcome as long as it fits the theme of electronic (digital/analog) live music. We are not generally DJ's because we are the ones producing the music in the first place and our focus is on original tunes and spontaneous creation.

Mission: Formed in early May 2009, The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPS) is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the art song while simultaneously promoting the art song recital. Through pragmatic monthly workshop discussions, lectures, master class series, concert and recital performances, competitions, outreach programs and education for singers, accompanists and the broader public, ASPS plans to ensure that New York’s classical singers, accompanists and art song enthusiasts …

Every Thursday we get together at Pane e Vino, a local Bar/Restaurant in Cobble Hill for a night of Argentine Tango. There is live tango music by the trio Importango (Machiko Ozawa, violin; Octavio Brunetti, piano; Adam Tully, guitar).  Regulars hang out at the Bar and Lounge, and couples and small groups have dinner or just a glass of wine. It's not a milonga (dance event) but dancers come by every week to enjoy the atmosphere and listen to the music they love. Inevitably one or two couples get …

UZAZU gives you the tools you need to unlock the enormous potential of your body-mind connection. By using simple combinations of vowel sounds, thoughts, and movements to tap directly into different dynamics of energy, it empowers us to access new levels of both well-being and productivity. It is a language that ‘speaks’ without words, and like yoga and tai chi, UZAZU has been born of embodied experience and extensive collaborative discovery. The unique energetic chemistry of UZAZU is essentia …

SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT in NEW YORK! Workshops, Showcases and other events FOR SINGERS/ACTORS/INSTRUMENTALISTS For Professionals and Non-Professionals Anna Bartos, Organizer* Greetings and Welcome! Have you always wanted to sing or act, but never did? Did other things get in your way, like a day job? Or, did you sing/act a long time ago and want to get back into it? Well, here's your chance to make your life-long dream come true! SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT! gives you a golden opportunity to try …

From a humble beginning in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters International has grown to become a world leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. The nonprofit organization now has more than 260,000 members in over 12,500 clubs in 113 countries, offering a proven – and enjoyable! – way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills. Most Toastmasters meetings are composed of approximately 20 people who meet weekly for …

Socialize with your peers in film, video and the arts! We've been having FREE meetings around NYC since 2005, looking at the creative process, often in conjunction with cutting edge technologies from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and Avid, featuring Adobe Premiere Pro and elements from the Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, writer’s tools, DSLR and an assortment of third party applications. We're a social and media network, looking forward to having some fun, featuring guest spea …

The aim of this Manhattan-based group is to serve as a social outlet for creativity, and to produce fun-to-watch short films of acceptable quality for the film festival circuit. No experience necessary! We may not produce as impressive a product as we want, but we’ll make movies, learn a lot, and we’ll have fun. Films will be written and directed by its members, and we’ll decide collectively which will be the next project. Any collective, and certainly this one, will require frequent compromise, …

he Freedom Socialist Party is a working class organization composed of women and men of many races, nationalities, sexual orientations and ages who are fighting for a new, just social order that will serve the majority of the human race. In a time of environmental and economic crisis, perpetual war, high unemployment, immigrant scapegoating and rampant corporate theft, we reject despair and work collectively for a future cleansed of all oppression and violence. We agree with the advice offered b …

Introduction This group is for anyone who likes producing electronic music using software, and/or wishes to learn new production skills, other software products, find out about various plug-ins, and take their mixes to the next level. There is no particular skill requirement to join the group. However if you are a beginner, we recommend you at least try a demo version of a popular DAW software package, and watch some free tutorials on youtube before coming to your first meeting. We mostly concen …

Calling all PAINTERS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, ACTORS, COMEDIANS, SINGERS, ETC ...! Whether you are an ARTIST or an ART LOVER I'd like to welcome you to the ARTBEAT, my storefront studio in Rahway's up and coming Arts District. I'm a NYC multi-media artist who moved back to Jersey and this studio is where I do all my stuff so I was thinking - I would love for it to be a place where creative people of all types can meet, make things and show their work AND a place for creativity appreciato …

Welcome to the New York City Classical Guitar Society! We are central to the New York City classical guitar community, and we would love to have you involved! We offer many events for guitarists and others who love guitar music. At the heart of the Society is our monthly meetup, where we share music with one another and have special presentations from guitarists, composers, and luthiers on topics of interest to guitarists. We also have a fast-growing guitar orchestra open to all that performs ne …

New York Film Group is a unique collective made up of directors, producers, cinematographers, screen writers, sound designers, photographers, composers, actors, and students that collaborate on a wide range of creative filmmaking projects. Members range the gamut from well known professionals, to students, to those just interested in learning and being a part of a creative community. Great friendships are made here, and anyone with a positive outlook on the creative possibilities is welcome. Ou …

Fusion Energy League NJ Meetup We bring people together to bring nuclei together. We invite physicists, engineers, financiers, activists, policy makers, software coders, game and app designers, entrepreneurs, marketing wizards, artists, musicians, filmmakers, chefs and all who have a passion for igniting fusion energy.  We seek those who are focused on the science, as well as those who are inspired by the metaphor.  Fusion enthusiasts, and the fusion curious.  Meet your fellow fusion fighters. …

This is for those who want to explore the world of film through the purest form. Which would be low-no budget films. Create a Hindi cinema that hasn't been explored before; that is short Hindi film group. Bollywood influenced. If you are a high school student, or a scientist that would love to play a role in a piece of creation that has the power to entertain, make people feel and emote... then lets try to make some cool stories come onto screen. DANCE meet ups for all those who are looking for …

This group is composed of African-Americans (in the Diaspora or already on the continent of Africa (African Americas or Africans (preferred)) who are transitioning to Africa who seek vertical and horizontal cross-support. Whether you are transitioning for a vacation, work assignment, entrepreneurship – ranging from farming to filmmaking or retail to telecommunications - or retirement, we are here to work with you, hear your story, take your advice, or if needed, give our best to make your move a …

This group is for all songwriters who seek collaborators: Whether you're a lyricist looking for a composer Or a composer who has a hard time writing a good enough lyric to a great tune that they've come up with. It's a win-win.

A group for anyone working on or interested in Apps for Kids in New York City. Apps as in interactive media for phones or tablets, iPads, iPhones, Android devices or on other platforms. Designers, developers, writers, voice actors, composers, marketers, investors, ... are all welcome. There's an "Apps for Kids" Meet-Up in Silicon Valley with 600+ members , and no equivalent in NYC. Let's see if we can start something here too :)

For otaku's by otaku'sDescriptionWelcome to Otaku-Haven, lets get started shall we? O-ta-ku / ō’täko͞o : [Noun]: Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, or video games. Ha•ven / ˈhāvən: [Noun]: A place of refuge or sanctuary We are a not-for-profit group organization composed of people ranging from experts in the fields of science, business, music and art; to college students studying within their own respective fields; to high school student …

New York City has a huge population of talented filmmakers and upcoming artists. This is a networking group for people who are involved or who want to become involved in Film & Video Production: Producers, Directors, Writers, Cinematographers, Shooters, Editors, Audio, Actors, Composers, Set Designers, etc. My goal is to have an event at least every couple months: networking events, staged readings, movie nights, screenings of member's films, and Q&A sessions. I envision this group as being a re …

Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and sampling to instrument building, live-coding and collaborative jamming.