What Doth Life has been a staple of the upper valley music scene for over 15 years. Our mission as a 501c3 non-profit is to foster a community of independent artist musicians and promote the creation of original music through opportunities in production, performance, and promotion. We aim to support and protect artistic vision, provide venues to present works to audiences, and provide tools to sharpen skills needed to be successful in musical endeavors.

If you’d like to support our mission and activities, please consider making a donation via venmo or paypal at the links provided. If you’d like to help sponsor a What Doth Life event, please write to us at info@whatdothlife.com. Donations are tax-deductible within the extent of the law. Our EIN is 41-3997280.

Your donation will help us organize shows for the community and give local artists an opportunity to present their work to audiences. Members of our non-profit are volunteers, and we keep our operating costs low to ensure we can support as many shows as we can. Show admission is often ‘by suggested donations’ and proceeds go to the bands. Any shortfall of the band’s guarantee is made up by What Doth Life’s general fund.

By having a show admission ‘by suggested donation’, we believe that audience members will be more willing to come out and take a chance on seeing an unfamiliar act. The bands also appreciate the larger audience, and it helps fuel their creativity and motivates them to hone their craft. Our shows have also inspired some of the audience members to pick up an instrument or find an artistic community that is not found in most bar gigs.

“What Doth Life introduced me to the music scene I didn’t know was there. I thought Windsor was too small of a town to have a scene until my first WDL fest experience. I was happy to meet so many like-minded people who were all there to support each other. Being in that community gave me the confidence to be creative and to share it with the world. I started playing music, writing songs, and making art of the bands I saw, or posters to promote myself, and I even joined a band! I can’t wait to see what they do next!” – Rainn Lockwood, local musician

Though What Doth Life has been consistent in putting local musicians on show bills, we hope to expand into more areas of promoting local creativity. Shows and larger festivals have been the easiest way to bring in money, but some of the activities outlined in our broader mission cannot be supported by show income alone. We would like to…

– Help bands record albums 
– Promoting artists through social media
– Becoming a larger educational resource
– Create a shared musical instrument and equipment library

This is why we are asking for donations from those, like you, who care about their community. Your support would help us achieve our expanded goals. Thank you for your time and patronage. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@whatdothlife.com and we hope to see you at a show.