How Community Jams Are the New Open Mic Nights

Indie artists are given the opportunity to collaborate, ideate and share the same stage.

- DAVID BRITTO

We’ve heard it all before when any promoter or club venue will specifically stress on the word “indie” when they mention a gig opportunity. It’s low or no budget and even if it does pay, chances are the money arrives late, after multiple calls and warnings about naming and shaming on social media. When Mumbai-based event agency Tilt Entertainment began in 2018, they had one clear goal; “We started with the objective of helping people with a special focus on ensuring better treatment to artists,” says co-founder Kaelyn D’souza. Along with his partner and indie musician Nathanael Mookhtiar, the pair began programming gigs in Mumbai with a concept of jam nights, taking off to great success and becoming an entity of its own.