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LAST ORDERS 🔔 You have till next Tuesday 12 May at 11pm to apply for ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving ⚡

Anyone still thinking of applying, use the weekend well! Link in bio for full details 🔗

What does being a working musician look like for you?

For @scapaxoc it includes 80% admin, and keeping an open mind to new projects and collaborations and letting one thing lead into the other ✨

Video by @broadenstudio 🎥

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Here's what you should be thinking about when you apply...

• How would you describe your artistic identity at this point in your career?
• What would you like to develop or change in your work over the next 12 months?
• What feels like the next step towards operating at a more professional level?
• What feels like the biggest barrier between where you are now and where you want to be?

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Here's what you should be thinking about when you apply...

• How would you describe your artistic identity at this point in your career?
• What would you like to develop or change in your work over the next 12 months?
• What feels like the next step towards operating at a more professional level?
• What feels like the biggest barrier between where you are now and where you want to be?

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Here's what you should be thinking about when you apply...

• How would you describe your artistic identity at this point in your career?
• What would you like to develop or change in your work over the next 12 months?
• What feels like the next step towards operating at a more professional level?
• What feels like the biggest barrier between where you are now and where you want to be?

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Here's what you should be thinking about when you apply...

• How would you describe your artistic identity at this point in your career?
• What would you like to develop or change in your work over the next 12 months?
• What feels like the next step towards operating at a more professional level?
• What feels like the biggest barrier between where you are now and where you want to be?

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Here's what you should be thinking about when you apply...

• How would you describe your artistic identity at this point in your career?
• What would you like to develop or change in your work over the next 12 months?
• What feels like the next step towards operating at a more professional level?
• What feels like the biggest barrier between where you are now and where you want to be?

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

Amplify Wythenshawe Live - an evening of new music spotlighting Wythenshawe's up-and-coming young music talent - coming to @wythenshaweforum on Thursday 11 June ✨

Featuring a culmination of new music created during Amplify Wythenshawe, our regular music-making sessions for instrumentalists, rappers and singers aged 11-17

Join us on Thursday 11 June at Forum Library Creative Space between 6-7.30pm 📆

Tickets are free but capacity is limited. Sign up to secure your place 🎟

Interested in performing? Register your interest by Monday 1 June 👀

Link in bio for more 🔗

Photos by @grid_turn_photo 📸

How can we challenge, disrupt, and reimagine the music industry?
How can the idea of leadership be redefined in ways that centre care, community, and collective growth?

In March 2026 12 changemakers came together to interrogate these questions on our Change the Record Retreat ✨

Featuring panels, workshops and discussions on everything from safe spaces, embracing conflict and breaking gatekeeping to allyship, DIY infrastructures and more.

The Retreat created an open space for people of marginalised genders to step back from day-to-day pressures, reflect on their own practices and empower one another 🫶

A huge thanks to the attendees:
@atalayafuego, @babyjaiixx, Beck (@tyneandqueercic), @jomosounds, @lashimba_, @manonmccoyy, @minasaltar, @quieting___, @bintarasida_b, Saskhia Menendez (@theglobaltranscharter), @scapaxo and @tylahhp

And another hand for the guest speakers:
@afrodeutsche, @alicekanako_, Emma Thompson (@fromtheother._), Flematu Sessay (@publictactics), @hannahbg__, @karliemarx.wav, @livmcpro, Moni Serneabat Ungar (@decolonisefest), Nishma Jethwa and Dr Stephanie Davis (@healingjusticeldn), @sashwatimira, @shrekx666 and Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani (@ywmpoxford)

Supported by @sonymusicuk 🙏
Video by @broadenstudio 🎥

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications now ⚡ Check if it's right for you...

ELEVATE is only open to solo artists or duos for now. You’ll also need to be 18+ and from/based in Greater Manchester 📍

Applicants will have:

• A distinct and recognisable artistic identity
• A clear sense of their sound, influences, and creative direction (even if it’s still evolving)
• Music already released, or ready to be released
• Some experience of performing live across different settings

Sound like you? Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

How do you create a story or journey within your music?

Here's an insight into @mattwildemusic's track Yellow Days from his latest album 'Find A Way' ☀️

Video by @broadenstudio 🎥

Amplify Wythenshawe returns across April to June for another round of free weekly music-making sessions for songwriters, rappers and singers aged 11-17 ✨

• Meet and collaborate with other musicians your age
• Develop skills in songwriting or playing in a band
• Create new music together, or develop some of your own ideas
• Perform live on stage

Express your voice through music, build confidence, and develop skills in a safe, encouraging space 🫶

Wednesdays, 6-8pm from 22 April - 3 June, plus a chance to perform live on Thursday 11 June - all at @wythenshaweforum 📅

No musical experience needed. Just bring the power of your self-expression and a collaborative spirit. We’ll have instruments available for you to use.

This is a performance-based songwriting course and does not include music production or technology.

Link in bio to find out more and sign up 🔗

Photos by @grid_turn_photo 📸

Amplify Wythenshawe returns across April to June for another round of free weekly music-making sessions for songwriters, rappers and singers aged 11-17 ✨

• Meet and collaborate with other musicians your age
• Develop skills in songwriting or playing in a band
• Create new music together, or develop some of your own ideas
• Perform live on stage

Express your voice through music, build confidence, and develop skills in a safe, encouraging space 🫶

Wednesdays, 6-8pm from 22 April - 3 June, plus a chance to perform live on Thursday 11 June - all at @wythenshaweforum 📅

No musical experience needed. Just bring the power of your self-expression and a collaborative spirit. We’ll have instruments available for you to use.

This is a performance-based songwriting course and does not include music production or technology.

Link in bio to find out more and sign up 🔗

Photos by @grid_turn_photo 📸

Amplify Wythenshawe returns across April to June for another round of free weekly music-making sessions for songwriters, rappers and singers aged 11-17 ✨

• Meet and collaborate with other musicians your age
• Develop skills in songwriting or playing in a band
• Create new music together, or develop some of your own ideas
• Perform live on stage

Express your voice through music, build confidence, and develop skills in a safe, encouraging space 🫶

Wednesdays, 6-8pm from 22 April - 3 June, plus a chance to perform live on Thursday 11 June - all at @wythenshaweforum 📅

No musical experience needed. Just bring the power of your self-expression and a collaborative spirit. We’ll have instruments available for you to use.

This is a performance-based songwriting course and does not include music production or technology.

Link in bio to find out more and sign up 🔗

Photos by @grid_turn_photo 📸

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications until 12 May ⚡

Selected artists will receive:

• A pre-studio development bootcamp with A&R, producers, and songwriters to refine your material
• 3 days in the studio recording new music with a musical director, producer and session musicians
• Rehearsal time and performance coaching to prepare for live shows
• Paid performance opportunities including local gigs, national festivals and industry-facing events
• A pre-release bootcamp covering campaign strategy, distribution, PPL and marketing
• A £500 bursary to support your release, plus tailored one-to-one mentoring

Sound up your street? Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications until 12 May ⚡

Selected artists will receive:

• A pre-studio development bootcamp with A&R, producers, and songwriters to refine your material
• 3 days in the studio recording new music with a musical director, producer and session musicians
• Rehearsal time and performance coaching to prepare for live shows
• Paid performance opportunities including local gigs, national festivals and industry-facing events
• A pre-release bootcamp covering campaign strategy, distribution, PPL and marketing
• A £500 bursary to support your release, plus tailored one-to-one mentoring

Sound up your street? Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

We are excited to announce that the special guest for our Artist Development Day in partnership with Brighter Sound, is Grammy award-winning Producer, NK-OK (Blue Lab Beats & Kaidi and NK-OK).

Join our Artist Development Day on 16th April to hear NK-OK in conversation with Creative Project Producer and Artist Manager Kinaya Said Ibrahim. This session will delve into the very real story of an artist who has built their career in the jazz+ world. We’ll also be exploring creative routes to building a sustainable career and your brand identity, and talking about how on earth you make the money work when you’re starting out!

About NK-OK

NK-OK is best known as the producer half of the trailblazing production duo Blue Lab Beats, the Grammy award winning outfit at the forefront of the UK’s Jazztronica movement. As a producer, finger drummer, and sonic architect, his work fuses jazz, hip-hop, soul, and afrobeats into forward-thinking soundscapes that have earned global acclaim and collaborations with the likes of Sampa the Great, Kojey Radical, Pip Millett, IDK, Kofi Stone, Tiana Major 9, Masego and Jay Prince.

The first album he produced was when he was 15and in Age of LUNA, He also produced Kaidi & NK-OK album and EP. At 27 years old he has 6 albums under his belt and many tracks that were produced or remixed for other artists also.

See bio for link at jazznorth.org for the Artist Development Day page.

We are excited to announce that the special guest for our Artist Development Day in partnership with Brighter Sound, is Grammy award-winning Producer, NK-OK (Blue Lab Beats & Kaidi and NK-OK).

Join our Artist Development Day on 16th April to hear NK-OK in conversation with Creative Project Producer and Artist Manager Kinaya Said Ibrahim. This session will delve into the very real story of an artist who has built their career in the jazz+ world. We’ll also be exploring creative routes to building a sustainable career and your brand identity, and talking about how on earth you make the money work when you’re starting out!

About NK-OK

NK-OK is best known as the producer half of the trailblazing production duo Blue Lab Beats, the Grammy award winning outfit at the forefront of the UK’s Jazztronica movement. As a producer, finger drummer, and sonic architect, his work fuses jazz, hip-hop, soul, and afrobeats into forward-thinking soundscapes that have earned global acclaim and collaborations with the likes of Sampa the Great, Kojey Radical, Pip Millett, IDK, Kofi Stone, Tiana Major 9, Masego and Jay Prince.

The first album he produced was when he was 15and in Age of LUNA, He also produced Kaidi & NK-OK album and EP. At 27 years old he has 6 albums under his belt and many tracks that were produced or remixed for other artists also.

See bio for link at jazznorth.org for the Artist Development Day page.

ELEVATE - our new year-long development programme for artists ready to level up, supported by @ppl_uk Giving, is taking applications until 12 May ⚡

For Greater Manchester artists who are building momentum and need the right support to progress further. Through tailored support, we’ll connect you with mentoring, new networks, recording and live performance opportunities, and more ✨

Applicants will have:

• A distinct and recognisable artistic identity
• A clear sense of their sound, influences, and creative direction (even if it’s still evolving)
• Music already released, or ready to be released
• Some experience of performing live across different settings

Apply by Tuesday 12 May, 11pm ⏳

Drop us a DM or email with any questions 👋

Link in bio for full details 🔗

Making music is self-care people 🗣

A way to connect with others and with yourself - whether you're making it or listening to it 🫶

Video by @broadenstudio 🎥