BYRON MUSIC FESTIVAL & BYRON YOUTH SERVICE LAUNCH BMF YOUTH STAGE 2022

Byron Music Festival and Byron Youth Service have teamed up to provide an exciting and potentially career defining opportunity for four local artists from the Northern Rivers youth community.

BMF Youth Stage is a two-month music mentoring program developed by Byron Music Festival and Byron Youth Service to encourage creation of new works by emerging artists between 12-24 years. The program is open to original musicians of all styles.

Through an online audition process, four artists will be selected to work alongside four of our region’s most renowned and successful musicians who are taking on mentoring roles for the project and will help produce an original song at a local recording studio.

The program will culminate in a radio-ready song for release and a showcase performance at Byron Youth Arts Centre (YAC) on Saturday 15 October 2022.

Byron Youth Service General Manager Christian Tancred said “This is a fantastic opportunity for young artists to plug into and gain experience in the music business. Byron Music Festival has been a terrific supporter of the music program at The YAC and we are stoked to be able to continue this relationship and foster the next generation of local artists”.

The selected artists will receive:

One day of pre-production with a mentor
One day recording at a local recording studio with a mentor and sound engineer
Mixed and mastered radio ready version of their original song
Assistance with release, PR and marketing of their new single
A performance at a local showcase event

Criteria:

Must be between 12-24 years of age
Have an already written original song to record
Must be available for one day meet & greet, one mentoring day, one recording day (in early September) and performance on October 15

Key Dates:

Thursday 4 August: Applications open
Monday 22 August: Artists selected and contacted
Thursday 8 September: Launch/Meet & Greet event
1 – 16 September: Mentoring and recording
16 September – 3 October: Mixing/post-production
Saturday 15 October: BMF Youth Stage Event

Artists can apply now until 21 August via www.byronmusicfestival.com.au

BMF Youth Stage 2022 is supported by SAE, Rocking Horse Studios, Alleyway Studio, Byron Music, and Festivals Australia.