PRSF: Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award
Overview
The scheme is open to anyone that is writing and performing their own music and is currently unsigned and unmanaged.
Please note the maximum artists can apply for is £1,500. Please only apply for what you need.
They are looking for music that pushes the boundaries, not limited to a specific genre, but that embraces sounds and rhythms from all worlds. Our trustees’ vast expertise is spread across genres so feel free to explore the musical landscape.
What is on offer?
- a grant of up to £1,500 to assist you with creative goals and career development
- mentoring from an experienced, successful working artist (including Gilles Peterson, Four Tet, Floating Points and Koreless)
- 500 x 12” vinyl manufactured in association with MODO – experts in creative packaging*
* grantees will be given a set menu of vinyl packaging options, with creative manufacturing and release support for up to 500 12” vinyl. It is expected that resulting vinyl will be sold and vinyl will be manufactured towards the end of the mentoring scheme.
Eligibility
- Applicants can apply for anything that they can demonstrate will have a positive and significant impact on their creative development
- Applicants must have some experience of writing/producing music for an audience, e.g. have published tracks on soundcloud, played live, etc
- They must present a clear case as to what they would do with the grant and how it would benefit their development
- They must also present a clear case as to how the mentoring sessions will enable them to develop their skill set
- Applicants should not have management, label representation, publishing or other business relationships in place at the time of application. (They recommend their Open Funding Programme and Momentum Fund for artists with teams in place.)
- The fund should be spent on areas that will directly develop the artist rather than management commission, PR fees, legal fees, etc.
4 emerging artists will be funded per round.