Davis Media Access

Events & Workshops

DCTV Television Studio Workshop

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 3:30pm

KDRT Highlights

Marilyn Rose puts the "sound" of Musicians on Canvas, Friday July 20, 2018 at 4PM. Listening Lyrics

A unique concept - listen in as Marilyn Rose explains her passion to put the artist and the "sound" on canvas.

Musicians in the greater Sacramento area, artist Marilyn Rose is shining a light on you! A well-respected portrait painter residing in Lincoln, Marilyn is in the midst of a self- styled project to showcase local musicians of all genre by painting at least thirty insightful oil paintings of them in action.

Since late April of this year, Marilyn has been connecting with as many local musicians as possible in local cities such as Roseville, Sacramento, and Davis. She gathers inspiration from their music while sketching and taking video from which she creates the 9x12” pieces. She doesn’t aim for a photographic likeness of either the musician or the instrument but she strives to express the spirit and passion that results from the interaction of the two.

To date, fifteen of these “portrait impressions” have been painted, with another fifteen to go. Two or three larger, more formal portraits will be added to the collection and all of the framed paintings will be unveiled at a reception at Watermelon Music in Davis, November 9, from 4 to 7 PM. The reception will be open to all music and art lovers, and all of the participating musicians plus their families and friends will receive a special invitation. Refreshments and a no host wine bar, provided by Fawnridge Winery in Auburn, will be offered and music for the evening will be provided by one or more of the participating musicians.

Marilyn believes strongly in the power of music and art to uplift and transform lives, so she wants to support the Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy by donating 20% of all sales from the project for either their Guitars for Vets program or for their scholarships for Sacramento youth in need.

For those outside the listening area this broadcast will be streamed live on KDRT

Jazz After Dark July 10 2018

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! Vocals by Helen Carr, Ella Fitzgerald; cool jazz by Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Chet Baker. Old-fashioned instrumentals by Louis Armstrong, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Woody Herman, Illinois Jacquet. John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman on vocals. Rounding it out with modern pieces by Jeff Hamilton and Jimmy Rosenberg.

Davisville, July 9, 2018: Ideas for downtown in 2040 are starting to emerge

The civic project to define what downtown Davis should be in 2040 is making progress. Meg Arnold and Michelle Byars, chair and vice chair of the Downtown Davis Plan Advisory Committee, described the effort on Davisville in April, and today they return with an update on what they've heard so far—about the idea that streets downtown feel too much alike, how to design housing so a wide range of people could live there, coming up with plans that people can count on, what neighbors and property owners want, and how all this work will fit with the rest of the city.

Matthew Grasso with his 7-string guitar joins Listening Lyrics on Friday July 6

This week Matthew Grasso will join us with his extended play 7-string guitar. Matthew will be joined by his son Miyan Grasso, who plays extended 7-string guitar, along with Mathew’s wife Aya Ueda--a soprano, keyboardist, and choral conductor. They will perform duos and trios for the show.

Matthew Grasso is classical guitarist, composer, arranger, musical instrument innovator, and improviser who began playing guitar at 12. He attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and complemented this training by studying the classical music of North India at the Ali Akbar College of Music with the late sarod master Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Matthew performs on an extended 7-string guitar, 15-stringed tantrakari guitar, and an 18-note octave just intonation guitar. The extended 7-string has an additional bass string and 22 frets on the first string.

In his quest for new guitar literature, Matthew has contributed to the classical guitar repertory by transcribing numerous works for solo extended 7-string guitar, including Barber's Adagio for Strings; Ravel's Mother Goose Suite; Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2; Bach's Chaconne; and other works in the pop/jazz vocal genre.

As a composer, Matthew has contributed works for solo guitar, guitar ensemble, chamber works for guitar and strings, women's choir, music in just intonation tuning, and a guitar concerto. His music has been set to dance and film, and receives commissions from many artists.

Through his understanding of musical systems of the east and west, he has created a flexible and creative voice in improvisation and has developed a unique style of rendering classical ragas. This music can be heard on his tantrakari guitar.

Matthew performs and lectures throughout Northern California. He was a featured soloist with many symphonies, most notably the Auburn Symphony Chamber Players under the baton of the late Maestro Michael Goodwin. His recordings include seven CDs, which include his own compositions, transcriptions and improvisational works. In addition to recordings, Matthew has published a few articles in the area of multi-string and microtonal guitars through various online publications.

Currently Matthew is on the faculty at Sacramento City College, American River College, California College of the Arts, and Yuba College, and he teaches privately. He has designed college courses in the area of North Indian and western music, and resides in Davis.

Matthew will host and perform in Davis at the Davis Arts Center for the 12th annual celebration concert of the 7 string guitar. This show will be streamed live on KDRT.ORG

Finyl Friday - Lets spin some Vinyl on Friday Jun 29th, 2018

Fun show but a very eclectic selection of some disc's in my vinyl collection. Check out the play list below.

An Imperative to Support Local Media

Davis Media Access’s community-centered work connects us to what matters: newsmakers, schools, families, youth, teachers, local elections, policy makers, community activists, neighborhoods, social justice activists, other non-profits, businesses, libraries, veterans, senior citizens, musicians, artists, and more. Teaching people to create media, and providing a vibrant community learning center with a mind-boggling array of services, is what DMA has done for 30 years.

Digital Media Workshop - Summer 2018

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Building community through media is what we do at Davis Media Access (DMA), and we make sure that starts with some of the younger members of our community. DMA has decades of experience teaching youth the basics of media production. These exciting classes teach production skills in areas such as camera and lighting, storyboarding and script development, sound, and stop-motion animation. DMA builds into all its curriculum critically needed media literacy training, and our workshops take place in the only HD studio in town. Participants get hands-on experience with quality equipment, work collaboratively, and share their work at the completion of the camp. Classes are taught by DMA staff and frequently assisted by students from past workshops.

Thank You to Our 2017-18 Donors

Donations, whether by local businesses, donor-advised foundations, or individuals, keep KDRT on the air, and help support our work on local election & youth media services. We fundraise all year, but conduct our major drive during the spring months, with on-air fundraisers on KDRT in both fall and spring. Our goal for this year was $30,000.

DMA's donors and supporters make possible a great deal of the work we do. We appreciate you!

$1,000 & Above

Summer Youth Media Workshops

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DVDS of the Orchestra Performances are available through DSOMA

DVDS of the Orchestra Performances are available using the following DSOMA Ordering forms.

DJUSD Production Internships- Application Deadline September 19!

Davis Media Access (DMA) has openings for video production internships.

The internship is available to DJUSD students and provides hands-on experience and exposure to many aspects of video production. During the four-month, non-paid internship, participants focus on media coverage of assigned DJUSD events, namely athletic games, music concerts and drama productions.

Youth media opportunities abound at DMA

Originally published in The Davis Enterprise on May 5, 2017 In its 2015 study “Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015,” the Pew Research Center found that 24 percent of teens go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones. I’ve been around kids and technology since before smartphones were a thing, and I’m a mom of three teens. I’d be mighty surprised if those numbers haven’t climbed dramatically in the past two years.

Thank you to our 2016-17 Donors

Davis Media Access (DMA) successfully completed its spring 2017 fundraising appeal. This money keeps KDRT on the air this year, and supports youth media efforts. We fundraise all year, but conduct our major drive during the spring months.

DMA's donors and supporters make possible a great deal of the work we do. We appreciate you!

$500 & Above

Many Voices, One Community

Davis Media Access (DMA) is celebrating 30 years of service to the community! Our work strengthens community through grassroots radio, local TV, websites, and archives.

DJUSD Graduations FAQ

How can I get a Commemorative DVD of a DJUSD HS Graduation? All five HS graduations will be recorded again this year by Davis Media Access. DVDs are available for sale here: https://djusd.davismedia.org/order-dvd

Will any of the graduations be broadcast live on DJUSD.tv Comcast Channel 17 or streamed live on the Internet? Not this year.

A Note From the Director

Help Keep Media Local: DMA Needs Your Support

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Davis Media Access (DMA) has been described as “part of what makes Davis, Davis.” I believe that reflects how DMA is connected to–and supports—so many different aspects of our community that it’s become part of the fabric. Like any fabric, DMA is woven from many brightly hued and different threads, and we’re stronger together.

DMA is currently doing its annual funding appeal. It’s important that we raise this money each year, as it keeps KDRT 95.7 operational, and it helps support our local election and youth-media efforts. We’re more than halfway through May, and more than halfway to our goal of $25k, but that still leaves us with another $12k to raise over the next couple of weeks.

What is DMA? It’s three big projects (public access TV, educational access TV, and community radio) that together comprise a small staff, a large volunteer base, and a whole lot of learning and doing. DMA operates and staffs a media center and helps community members produce and distribute content across local television, radio, and the Internet. Using the framework and resources established nearly 27 years ago by the City of Davis, we’ve leveraged those to include a radio station, four open-source websites, video and audio streaming and archiving, and support for a tremendous variety of individuals and community organizations.

Looking Back, Planning Ahead

The life of an executive director is full of report writing, with perhaps none more important than an annual report, a document that tells the story of an organization, why it exists, and how it makes a difference. For the second year, we've taken what used to be a big written annual report and made a short video instead.

I constantly hear from people involved with one of our projects that they had no idea how many other things happen here at the media center. The video aims to give some insight into the whole organization by looking back on what we did in 2015. You can find it here, and I hope you’ll take a few minutes to check it out. Big thanks to Darrick Servis and Jeff Shaw for their production work, and Eunah Cho for the majority of the still images used.

DMA Welcomes New Board Members

DMA is delighted to welcome two new members to its board of directors, the volunteer body that provides governance for our non-profit.

In December, we seated Craig Blomberg for a two-year term. Craig is a longtime volunteer with KDRT, and has chaired the all-volunteer KDRT Management Team for the past several years. He spends hours each week updating the logs for the radio station, and selflessly devotes his time to making KDRT a great community resource. A registered nurse, Craig supervises case management at Sutter Davis Hospital. He lives in Davis with his wife, Darien.

In February, we seated Laura Grindstaff for a two-year term. Laura is a professor of Sociology at UC Davis and a faculty affiliate in Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, and Performance Studies. Her research and teaching focus on American media and popular culture and their role in reproducing gender, race, and class inequality. She publishes and lectures on a wide variety of topics ranging from cheerleading to reality television. From 2008-2015, she served as the faculty director of the Davis Feminist Film Festival, a grassroots festival of short films from around the world linking art to social justice issues. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Grindstaff trained as a journalist at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in her hometown of London, Ontario.

From the Vault

Davis Media Access (DMA) is a community media center that has served Davis and environs for more than 25 years, amassing an archive of more than 10,000 locally produced videos. These programs tell the story of our area: our struggles, triumphs, concerns, and motivations. Most were either produced by, or feature, community members. In an era where broadcast outlets became fewer and increasingly homogenized, these programs helped tell the story of our community in a very real, and meaningful way, often covering what the Sacramento media market would not.

Kid Vid Workshops

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If you are interested in enrolling in one of our kids' camps for Summer 2016, don't delay too long! Some of our Summer camps fill up by March, and we know some parents try to coordinate to be in the same camp as friends.

Davis Media Access (DMA) is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. DMA is a community media center serving Davis, CA and surrounding areas. Our mission is to enrich and strengthen the community by providing alternatives to commercial media for local voices, opinions and creative endeavors. Our major projects are KDRT 95.7 FM, Davis Community Television and DJUSD Channel 17.