FreePeopleTV Highlights Denver’s Thriving Music Culture
When Mona Magno (Monalicious) founded their company Free Music For Free People in 2013, she began pulling back the curtain to reveal how flourishing Denver’s music scene truly is. Since then, they have created their own record label, started several bands, and developed an entire channel of programming called FreePeopleTV (FPTV). …
Monalicious: a true native creator of Colorado
The term “Denver local” appears as a waning one with the city’s booming population. A nest of bunnies couldn’t keep up with the number of outsiders moving in every month. But Mona Magno may be one of the truest Denverites around. With her band Monalicious, her organization Free Music For Free People, Mona is one of Denver’s finest roots in the artistic community. …
Mona Magno Is Celebrating Life And She Wants You To Join In!
A highly celebrated and active Denver native currently managing multiple projects, Mona Magno, has certainly made her mark upon her beloved hometown and other communities across Colorado. As founder and executive director of FreeMusicForFreePeople, Mona began her impactful philanthropic and creative journey as an eager teenager who saw a lack of safe spaces for artists to express themselves. Gaining inspiration from many different aspects of the Denver culture, Mona found a drive to create avenues and outlets for safe spaces to explore, express, and showcase local Denver talent. But she certainly didn’t stop there! …
Otherhood Brings Queers to the Party
“We have been throwing events since 2013, all focused around community, focused around inspiring people, offering opportunities to collaborate, and to participate,” said Mona Magno, founder and executive director of FM4FP. “[We have] a huge emphasis on innovating creativity as we approach producing events.” …
Monalicious Wants You to Feel the Love
Intentional — if there’s any word to describe Mona Magno, it would be that. Sitting down in the Youth on Record studio to talk about Twin Flame Medicine’s transition to Monalicious and their newest single, “All Caught Up,” it quickly becomes clear that when she speaks, she chooses her words carefully. It’s a trait that serves her well, not just in her speaking, but also in her songwriting. …
Live From The Multi-Verse Is More Than a Concert
After a three year hiatus, the media organization Free Music for Free People (FM4FP) has returned for its fourth spring showcase, Live From the Multi-Verse, on Saturday, April 13, at Mercury Cafe.
FMFFP founder Mona Magno says this event will be unlike any other she has created.
"I'm bringing in different art forms to put on a storyline of the multi-verse. There's going to be characters in the crowd enhancing the audience's experience," she says, "We have a lot of silly things planned, so I'm excited to execute it with the people who have been on the planning team and helped build this."
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How Artists Influence Communities: FM4FP
FreeMusicForFreePeople (FM4FP) is an independent artist support system. It takes a village to make it happen. As a village, these Colorado virtuosos are pulling together resources to achieve a bigger vision than would be possible alone.
Deaf Child had the privilege of interviewing Monalicious (Mona Magno) of FM4FP to apply their work to providing access to resources in local music scenes. … READ MORE
Meet Mona Magno
Mona Magno wears a few different hats at Youth on Record. She runs the YOR girls program, FEMpowered, she is a Teaching Artist and she is the Co-Host on the My Youth on Record podcast.
Outside of her work at YOR she is a songwriter who leads her own band under the name, Monalicious. She had been writing and performing for 10 years and being a musician is at the core of all her creative work. … READ MORE
Twin Flame Medicine on Music's Healing Power
Mona Magno, aka Monalicious, has a passion for building community. She performs with the band Twin Flame Medicine, organizes the nonprofit Free Music for Free People, is a partner artist with Youth on Record, and helps run the music-networking event Balanced Breakfast Denver. Each of these roles involves her love of music as well as her desire to create safe spaces for other artists in the community to network, learn and share their art.
Now she wants to celebrate that community. On Friday, April 13, her band, Twin Flame Medicine, will release its self-titled album. For the release, Magno has booked performances by other Denver artists that have influenced her. .... READ MORE
Turning young people into artists, for an afternoon or for a lifetime
Giving young people access to the things they need to make art can do two very good things: help them navigate the present and provide them options for a future as a professional artist. But both can require them to get out of their comfort zones. .... READ MORE
Grandoozy Spotlights More Than Music During 3-Day Festival
“Our mission is to empower youth through creative education,” said Mona Magno, Program Lead for Youth on Record… WATCH FULL VIDEO + SEE NEWS ARTICLE