Many music grants allow you to pay yourself to write and create new music, meaning you can generate an income while focusing on doing what you love.
You want to build your career.
Music grants are intended to subsidize important career activities, and help you reach new audiences through marketing, travelling, touring and more.
You want to learn how to apply.
Grant writers are expensive, collect their money upfront and can't guarantee you'll win funding. Learn on your own so you can win grants for free.
You want to be independent.
Many grants are focused on supporting independent artists. You can use them to fund your career and keep 100% of the profits.
You want money for a lifetime.
As you grow in your career, you can continue to apply to and win grants using the knowledge taught in this course. This could result in you being funded for life!
Your Transformation Through This Course
At The Start of the Course
A self-funded music artist, grappling with financial limitations, that has never successfully applied for a music grant and needs guidance on how to do so. Looking for specific insight into project organization, application prerequisites, potential funding sources, and proven methods and strategies to secure grant funding for their next project.
By The End of the Course
A confident music artist equipped with a meticulously organized project proposal and a compelling grant application, ready for submission upon completing this course. Armed with the expertise and resources acquired, you will be prepared to navigate future grant opportunities successfully, maximizing your chances of securing funding.
Winning Proposal Example - FACTOR Artist Development Grant
Winning Proposal Example - Ontario Arts Council Music Recording Grant
Submitting The Proposal
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Course Summary & Conclusion
Course Summary & Conclusion
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Bonus
Grant Completion - FACTOR Artist Development Grant
Each lesson comes with...
Video
Each video lesson breaks down an important aspect of the granting process and what you need to know in order to apply for funding.
Worksheet
Comprehensive worksheets containing activities that will help you get organized and stay that way throughout your next grant application.
Action Item
Action items help you apply to a grant of your own by breaking it down into small steps that you complete in-between lessons.
Develop and submit a fundable application.
Each lesson actively involves you in accomplishing a step of the application process, leading to the creation of a fundable grant proposal that's ready to submit by the end of the course.
Dan "5PiECE" Lombardi is a Canadian music producer, audio engineer and grant writer based in Toronto. He's been an active member of the Toronto music scene, lending his musical talents and business knowledge to hundreds of artists, producers, engineers, and managers. Through his travels, 5PiECE has successfully won tens of thousands of dollars in grant funding from organizations like FACTOR, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Starter Company. In addition to being a seasoned grant writer, he has worked on music alongside notable talent such as Noah "40" Shebib, MurdaBeatz, !llmind, Sean Paul, MadeinTYO and 24HRS.
This course is best suited to Canadian music creators that make their own music and are looking for more money to invest into growing their music career.
I don't live in Canada - should I take this course?
No. This course is focused on Canadian music grants for Canadian music creators.
I live outside of Ontario, will this course still help me?
Yes - this course is helpful for music creators across Canada as we explore grants at different levels, including grants from organizations such as FACTOR and Canada Council for the Arts, which are available to all Canadians.
Whats the total run time of the course?
The course is over 6 hours long in total, including all 28 video lessons and extra bonus content.
What's the difference between this course and the free course?
While it does share the first 6 lesson videos with the free course Music Grants 101, this course is much longer, in-depth and features examples from winning grant applications. The free course is intended to get you organized and ready to apply to your first grant. This premium course is focused on helping you actually submit your grant application by showing you how process step-by-step.
I've never applied to a grant before, should I take this course?
YES. You absolutely should take this course as it will get you familiar with the grants that are available and arm you with a strategy to successfully win them. Each lesson comes with an action item that will lead to you drafting, completing and submitting a grant application to the organization of your choice.
If you’re looking for a crash course on how to apply for grant funding with examples from winning applications, this is it.
I've applied to a music grant before but haven't won, will this help me?
YES. This course will help you do better on your next application. There are a lot of things to be mindful of when applying to music grants. This course will help clarify the process, point out areas you may have fell short on previously and provide a proven framework to use in the future when you apply again.
What if I buy the course and realize it's not for me?
For this reason, we’ve included a 30-day money back guarantee from the day of purchase. If you feel like applying to grants isn’t for you, simply reach out via email and we’ll refund your money within 30 days of purchase.
Disclaimer Finding Funding and How To Apply To Canadian Music Grants is not affiliated with any grant organizations including but not limited to FACTOR, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and more.
Individual results may vary. Taking this course does not guarantee grant application success. Finding Funding does not guarantee students will win music grants as a result of taking the course..
