SUPPORT GREAT LAKES RADIO
You don't have to spend money to support independent radio.
Some of the most valuable things you can give us don't cost anything at all.
Great Lakes Radio is growing through listeners, conversations, music, community connections, shared discoveries and people telling other people about something they found interesting.
There are plenty of ways to be part of it.
LISTEN
The simplest way to support Great Lakes Radio is to listen.
Turn us on while you're working, driving, cooking, gardening, caring for the animals, gaming, relaxing beside the lake, or wondering why you're still awake at 2:00 in the morning.
Every listener helps this little network grow.
TELL SOMEBODY
Found something you enjoy?
Tell somebody.
Share Great Lakes Radio with a friend.
Tell them about a show.
Tell them about an interview.
Introduce somebody to a musician you discovered here.
Independent projects don't need millions of people to begin growing.
They grow one connection at a time.
SUPPORT THE MUSIC
Great Lakes Radio was created by musical artists.
Reverend Chickie Haute and Minister John Collie write and create music of their own, and you'll hear their work alongside other independent musicians throughout Great Lakes Radio.
When you discover music you love here, support the people who created it.
Listen to their music.
Talk about it.
Follow the artist.
Attend a performance.
Buy their music or merchandise when you can.
And when you hear something created by Chickie or John that speaks to you, share that too.
Independent music survives because somebody listens — and then tells somebody else.
SUPPORT YOUR GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY
Our communities are filled with independent businesses, artists, musicians, farmers, makers, historians, craftspeople, organizations and people doing fascinating things.
Go meet them.
Shop locally when you can.
Visit the farm stand.
Walk into the little store you've driven past fifty times.
Attend the community event.
Listen to the local musician.
Learn the story behind the old building.
Talk to somebody.
Community happens when people participate in it.
HELP US FIND THE STORIES
Great Lakes Radio can't discover everything by itself.
Maybe you know a business owner with an incredible story.
A local musician we should hear.
A local historian who knows something almost nobody remembers.
An artist doing unusual work.
A community project people should know about.
An interesting place.
A strange piece of Great Lakes history.
Or simply a person who makes you think:
“You really need to talk to them.”
Tell us.
Your suggestion may lead to a conversation on What is a god?, The Lantern Tree, Independent Music Hour, a Great Lakes community feature, or something we haven't even thought of yet.
EXPLORE THE NETWORK
Great Lakes Radio is part of a growing collection of creative projects involving music, spirituality, gaming, storytelling, community, exploration, creativity and human potential.
If you enjoy what you find here, explore the other projects too.
Visit Love's Church.
Discover Great Lakes Games Network and its growing connections among tabletop gamers, gaming groups, game stores, venues and in-person gaming communities.
Explore Quantum Inspirations, the larger creative home connecting our projects, ideas and communities.
Discover Reverend Chickie Haute and the creative, spiritual and personal work behind many of the ideas heard throughout Great Lakes Radio.
Follow the music, stories and ideas wherever they lead.
Every project is different.
But they're beginning to connect.
KEEP LISTENING
That's really it.
Listen.
Explore.
Share.
Discover somebody new.
Tell us what we should know about.
We'll keep making the radio.
And together, we'll see what this Great Lakes network becomes.