N4N 2020 Recap-2021 Initiatives

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N4N VEGAS! After almost two years in development

N4N launched its first studio in Las Vegas with State

Farm and hometown hero Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco.

COMING 2021 Greensboro, NC: In partnership with the Guilford County School District N4N will open its first studio inside a public school. In addition to our after school programming we will be offering

3,867

UNIQUE YOUTH

17,864 SESSIONS

16,708 HOURS

2020 created exceptional challenges and opportunities for N4N to reach youth. Through a combination of studios able to reopen and our new N4N Digital program we were able Produce Tomorrow’s Musicians through in person and digital experiences.

While our reach was limited due to COVID restrictions last year and we faced the closure of our NOLA and Atlanta studios due to those host partners permanently closing the building and restructuring

our first curriculum based program during the school day. More info on the following page.

programming respectively, we were

Milwaukee, WI: Located inside Milwaukee Academy of Science, a public K-12 school, through

of our program which will greatly

a partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee the new N4N Studio will be able to serve youth before, during and after school.

able to innovate the delivery method increase our reach and impact going forward as an organization.

The partnership with GCS Arts (Guilford County School District) in Greensboro, NC will be N4N’s first studio inside a public school providing NEW in school programming + after-school/ summer access to explore, create and record music for FREE. In addition to being the most advanced studio we’ve ever built it marks an exciting new chapter in N4N’s mission as we set out to innovate public school music education with a focus on social emotional growth.

Within weeks of the shutdowns and subsequent N4N Studio closures we’d developed, piloted and rolled out a full digital program focused on the core of N4N programming, helping youth produce original music, but from home. FOR FREE Youth are able to:

‣ Produce original music remotely

‣ Check out “Somebody” by Mikquala

‣ Work LIVE with N4N Producers & Team ‣ Access DAWs & Video Conferencing

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Receive Instrumental, Vocal, Songwriting, Production/Engineering, Podcasting Instruction

Since launch N4N Digital has grown to reach 500 unique youth in a month and partnered with public school districts and municipalities to serve youth in public school distance learning as well as government sponsored workforce development programs through our custom curriculum and industry experience programs.

LISTEN NOW! THE 1ST N4N DIGITAL ALBUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A PUBLIC SCHOOL

In 2021 we will continue to expand our reach through N4N Digital which now allows us to serve youth who can’t access N4N Studios because of transportation, pandemics, or the existence of one in their community (yet). Additionally, our work with schools and public agencies has opened new opportunities for funding that still make N4N programs FREE FOR YOUTH while creating earned income to sustain the organization.

N4N Digital represents a host of new opportunities for reaching youth previously unexplored. We are currently piloting an N4N Satellite Studio model with new and existing partners featuring onsite micro-studios which N4N Team remotely program through N4N Digital. A lending library of home studio setups is currently in the works which will help more youth effectively connect with our digital programming and make music at home.

LIVE Multi-Cam Drum Lesson

In addition to remotely helping youth produce their own music we’ve connected them with other young musicians across the country as well as established artists and industry professionals who’ve inspired, educated and even collaborated with our members.

Jason Isbell

Tommy Kail Director, Hamilton

In 2021 we will be launching a new partnership with Republic Records where youth will learn about careers in the music industry directly from label team members in on-going 6 week sessions throughout the year, all for FREE. Also In the pipeline are partnerships with Soundcloud and KRK speakers that will help raise awareness of N4N Digital amongst more youth across the country.

These partnerships represent a plethora of new resources for our members that were previously not possible at scale before the development of N4N Digital. Opportunities “Losing My Mind” by Isala Lake (16) Recorded min N4N Digital

CHECK OUT the winning entry of our Linda Perry Songwriting Contest chosen by Linda herself.

for songwriting contests, artist (digital) visits and collaborations await as we continually fine tune our digital infrastructure and raise funds to support it through charitable giving and earned income.

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SOUND & PICTURE: The music our members produce has always been the most inspiring metric of N4N’s success and in 2020 we got to hear an even deeper level of songs in Take Note III as well as the introspective stories behind a couple of them in our N4N X Hot Topic Foundation minidocumentary.

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Check our the links to both on the RIGHT

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Playback Payback is N4N’s pilot program focused on amping up our ability to reach more youth while at the same time supporting musicians and touring professionals who are currently unable to work due to the pandemic. Funds for this program will provide a stipend for musicians to work in N4N Digital helping N4N members produce their music and learn about careers in the industry from seasoned pros. This program represents the beginning of an N4N network of musicians and touring professionals that can continually engage with our members regardless of where either of them reside

MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON STAGE AND OFF

in the world.

Launching Spring 2021

THE N4N PODCAST hosted by Tae tunes listeners into the frequency of a young musician’s perspective on the music industry, creative process, and role music plays inspiring, challenging, and even angering everyone young and old. Celebrating a diverse range of music tastes, opinions, and introspective experiences from accomplished and up coming artists, producers, industry professionals as well as the next generation of artists within Notes for Notes, The N4N Podcast will give listeners an inside look into how music influences the creator and the listener. Seasoned with humor, unheard music and Jeff Goldblum impressions, the N4N The Podcast allows the listener to step inside the “speaker” to experience the total creative journey of a song.

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Launching Winter 2021 with inaugural guest Linda Perry

Tae is a long time N4N Member and now paid team member who truly embodies the voice of N4N.