Young Producers blog: “Do something today that your future self will thank you for”

February 7, 2017March 15, 2017Leave a comment

Young Producers is a new project for young people who have taken part in Making Tracks, supported by the Arts Patron Trust. Our first 2 Young Producers Helen and Johnny are collaborating to put on a gig involving other young people and will be blogging about the process.

Helen’s blog #2:

Today was day 3 of our Young Producer’s project

We met up in Dalston, and headed to the venue of our event, Haunt London. It was a really cool venue, and Alex, the owner, showed us the basement, where we would be holding our event, which looked amazing.

We then had a chat with Alex, who was very helpful, giving us templates of documents we should make, as producers, and also giving us some tips.

He also told us a bit about himself, which was very inspiring, and useful, and we had an opportunity to ask him any questions we had.

We then went to NTS Radio, which was amazing. We met Femi, the founder, and Tabitha, who works for NTS.

We sat down with Tabitha, and she told us about the origins of NTS, and about herself, and how she started her career. This was, again, very inspiring. It was very clear they loved what they were doing, and that was such a lovely thing to see.

I can’t begin to thank ITT and their supporters for giving me this opportunity to meet such amazing and inspirational people.

We then sat down, finished off the flyer and the first Mail-Chimp; stay tuned to see the finished products!

Find the event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/249630915483262/

Young Producers blog: “Life begins outside your comfort zone”

February 1, 2017March 15, 2017Leave a comment

Helen’s blog #1:

Today was day two of the Young Producers project.

We had a lot of important things to do, including coming up with an event name, and planning out our marketing strategy.

I personally find it quite hard to look into the future, but i can’t think of a better reason to do so, and push myself, out of my comfort zone.

We also started putting together a flyer and coming up with a ‘blurb’. We wanted to make the event as inclusive and welcoming as possible and hopefully, our ‘blurb’ reflects that.

The event name we came up with was “Artistry Breakthrough”. It is combined by a word from each of us. My word, ‘Breakthrough’ is meant to represent a struggle, and the persistence and effort required to get past it. This could be trying to ‘make it’ in the music industry, or overcoming demons and the paths you set off on.

I am really enjoying working as a team, as we can all use each other’s strengths, and support each other with our weaknesses, and I am privileged to be working as part of such an amazing team.

Find the event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/249630915483262/

YOUNG PRODUCERS BLOG: “The Intro”

January 27, 2017March 15, 2017Leave a comment

Johnny’s blog #1:

First day, found the ‘CAN’ building on time, nice. Electronic sign in and security, new to this but it makes you feel important I guess. First meeting in the board room with the team was an interesting setting as it almost felt like we were on ‘The Apprentice’. Lord Sugar was not present for the meeting this time, ‘phew’.

We went through an overview of the project and discussed our expectations. This was a useful exercise to talk about what we were going to be part of, in advance as a summary. We identified our artforms, reflected on strengths and weaknesses, set ourselves personal challenges and an action plan to keep on track. We also included how this would be implemented, documented and reflected during the project. We decided on using ‘Artbox’ to upload any of this material.

Then we got down to planning the event. We used a timeline to show from the start to the finish, including key dates and information, which was really useful to see in this format.

Off to a flying start!

Great first day if you ask me. Good to see all the familiar faces from previous events and projects. Felt like we were part of a strong, familiar team. Respect to ITT.