How to Write a Music Funding Application

We've talked a lot in the past couple of weeks about applying for music business loans and looking for music industry investors - but what about arts council/creative industry endowment funding? To some people, the very notion of an arts council or other group that hands out money for music projects - in some case money that you don't even have to pay back (!!) - sounds a bit like the Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny (let's leave Santa out of this). The reason for that is that the availability of these types of funds depends entirely on where you live. For instance, in Europe, there are tons of opportunities to receive money from government funded arts councils. In the US, not so much. But even if you don't live in a place with goverment arts funding, you may find there are charitable groups/private creative industry funding groups that fall into the non-commerical loan category with money available for you if you do a little research. Either way, it's worth knowing how to put together one of these applications. It's a different kettle of fish from, say, applying for a bank loan, but following the correct process is still the key. Learn more about writing a music industry funding application.

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