Who can join?

•  Kids from ages 12 to 17

• Youth from underserved communities and low-income and middle-class households

• All youth (from every background) who are interested in making music, or learning more about how music is made.

• Youth unable to participate in music programs at school, or who want to participate in additional art and music programming outside of school.

• Attendees will be paired with industry professional mentors (volunteers) as well as “chaperones” for the duration of the camp. (3 attendees to 1 mentor/chaperone ratio)

Benefits of the program:

• Spending time in energetically positive and creative environments offers perspective to time management, self-care, and mental health. We want to see kids spending time in the studio (or ENGAGING IN any other creative outlet) rather than on the streets.

• This camp and learnings may look good on college resumes – extracurricular.

• Creating music teaches teamwork and connectivity.

• Music offers a safe space to vent, share, innovate, and release thoughts and feelings without judgment.

• Through music, kids learn how to create and market their own products. Kids learn business skills and practices.

• Music creation teaches entrepreneurship.

• The music creation process mimics workplace environment requirements: how to work together, manage personalities, organize, and delegate tasks.

• This camp offers insight into potential career paths within the music industry – we hope to inspire passion.

Learn about:

• Songwriting
• Music Production
• Creative direction
• Marketing
• Releases and distribution
• AI Songwriting
• Media
• Recording
• Press
• Ethics & Music Business
• Engineering
• Career Opportunity
• Artistic Equity