The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has opened purposes for its second annual Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grant, introduced by ASCAP.
Last 12 months’s grant recipient was up-and-coming songwriter and artist Mondaii, who relies in Atlanta. Mondaii mentioned of the grant’s influence, “The music maker grant and the $5000 funding helped to kick begin my profession. With the cash, I used to be capable of fund the blending for my newest single ‘Back N Forth.’”
Emerging Black music producers and songwriters from the United States are eligible to use for the second iteration of the grant. In addition to cash, the winner receives studio time and mentorship from BMAC Board and Executive Leadership along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who comprise the acclaimed songwriting and manufacturing duo referred to as Jam and Lewis.
The deadline to use is Nov. 30; the applying and extra info could be discovered right here.
The 2024 recipient will likely be revealed in December at an occasion introduced by BMAC and Jam and Lewis; ASCAP will host. BMAC management will be part of Jam and Lewis in presenting the consideration to the winner.
Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, CEO and president of BMAC mentioned, “Black Music Action Coalition is dedicated to making sure the following technology of leaders in our business are outfitted with the data, assets and entry that our group deserves and doesn’t all the time obtain.”
He continued, “We see the influence made after we actually spend money on our future. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are two of the best producers, songwriters and human beings on this business, so having them as mentors to a teen is invaluable. When you add the community that the BMAC Board & our Executive Leadership Council and ASCAP will present, that is actually an unimaginable alternative.”
