The Black Music Motion Coalition (BMAC) and the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame have partnered to determine the 2024 BMAC Music Maker Assured Earnings & Mentorship Program. As famous within the press launch saying the information, this system will concentrate on selling “financial empowerment and entry for rising Black and feminine music artists and business professionals.”
Candidates for the BMAC Music Maker Assured Earnings & Mentorship Program have to be between 18-30 years outdated, present proof of monetary want and reside within the U.S.
Purposes will probably be out there immediately, Nov. 2, by Nov. 20. Chosen candidates will then obtain a 12 months of monetary help and mentorship from BMAC and the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame starting February 2024, Black Historical past Month. Moreover, throughout Grammy Week 2024, the 2 organizations will produce an industrywide summit in affiliation with Billboard, iHeartMedia and the Music Artist Coalition (MAC). Among the many dialogue matters: range, inclusion and the numerous contributions that feminine and Black artists have made to music.
“The immeasurable contributions made by Black artists and executives have led to the expansion and enlargement of our music business and impacted backside traces globally,” acknowledged BMAC co-founder/chairman Willie “Prophet” Stiggers within the announcement launch. “Nevertheless, these contributions have typically been ignored, appropriated and misrepresented. BMAC applauds the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame for partnering with us to launch a program that may instantly tackle the longstanding inequities within the music business. We’re leveling the enjoying discipline and investing within the subsequent era of Black and feminine creatives and future executives, making certain they’ve the entry, sources and the community to proceed to make these contributions and affect.”
Added Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Basis chairman John Sykes, “Rock & roll was born from the collision of R&B, gospel and nation. Black and feminine artists and executives have performed an important function in creating the varied sounds, kinds and spirit honored by the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame from its creation in 1986 by immediately. We’re proud to associate with the Black Music Motion Coalition on this vital initiative.”
Monetary help supplied below this system will embrace primary wants equivalent to lease, utilities and meals plus profession development prices like studio time, journey for reveals, advertising and marketing and authorized providers. Mentoring of the chosen candidates will embody improvement and visibility alternatives inside BMAC and the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame’s networks.
“At BMAC, a part of our mission is to help and domesticate expertise,” mentioned BMAC co-founder Caron Veazey. “And thru the BMAC x Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame program, we’re capable of present mentorship and a assured earnings to artists, which is able to present them with the bandwidth to create. Our purpose is to assist the following era of musicians, songwriters, producers, managers, brokers and different business professionals to go after their desires and switch them into actuality. Working along with the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame is an thrilling instance of implementing tangible motion to help a shared objective.”
In addressing the aforementioned industrywide summit, MAC board member Susan Genco acknowledged, “Music Artist Coalition is proud to hitch forces with the Black Music Motion Coalition and Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame to facilitate an business dialog on race, gender, range and inclusion. We need to deliver collectively business leaders to have an open dialogue about our business’s previous, current and, most significantly, constructing our future.”
The launch of the BMAC Music Maker Assured Earnings & Mentorship Program follows the group’s transfer in September to open common membership to music business professionals and advocates. For extra info, go to bmacoalition.org. To use to the 2024 BMAC Music Maker Assured Earnings & Mentorship Program click on right here.
