Community and Causes
Bassnectar has openly advocated for causes such as free press and true media, net neutrality, ending corporate personhood, public knowledge, and the non-profit organization Conscious Alliance. Some of his tracks are laced with voice samples of a socio-political nature, including clips from Martin Luther King, Jr., Noam Chomsky, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Fred Hampton, to name a few. Bassnectar has been a strong advocate of charity, and in 2011, he donated $1 from every ticket sold on his tour to charity via the "Dollar Per Basshead" campaign. This amounted to $250,000 distributed across three charities — Alternet, Free Press Organization, and Reach Out (non-profit) — which were voted upon by fans. The Dollar Per Basshead campaign continued in 2012, and once again fans were able to vote in order to determine the distribution of $100,000 across another four charities — A Home Within, Democracy Now!, Free Press Organization, and HeadCount.
The Bassnectar movement has resulted in a community of like-minded fans that refer to themselves as "Bass Heads" and travel frequently to attend his live performances, similar to the Deadhead community centered around jam band The Grateful Dead. To recognize this community, Bassnectar events always feature a short break toward the end of the show in order to take a "family photo," during which Bassnectar faces the rear of the stage and the photo is taken with the entire crowd behind him. Family photos are always posted for the online community after the event.
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