Breadcrumb Home Resource Hub Resource Hub Here, you’ll find a comprehensive collection of tools, guides, and resources designed to support organisations and projects in the music industry. Explore our hubs Early Years Hub Our Early Years Hub is full of resources to help you develop your early years practice including resources to support ‘Youth Voice’ in the early years. Read more Youth Voice Hub Explore tools to amplify youth voice! Help young people thrive and make your organisation more impactful, credible, and connected. This is also Pillar 6 in the IDEA Pillars. Read more Safeguarding Hub Discover Youth Music’s safeguarding expectations and access essential resources to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people and adults in your care. Read more Finance and fundraising hub Find essential tools and guidance to build financial resilience and boost fundraising for your grassroots organisation. Read more IDEA Hub Find essential tools and resources to strengthen your inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) practices. Read more Evaluation and reporting hub Find guidance and templates to help plan, evaluate, and report on your Youth Music-funded project. Read more Youth Music Quality Framework Designed for anyone leading music-making with young people, this flexible tool supports planning, reflection, peer observation, evaluation, and training. Read more Prev Next Explore All Of Our Resources:Use the search bar or browse through our resources below Filter by audience - Any -Music projects and professionalsNextGen – young creatives Search resources How To Effectively Learn Guitar At Home Master guitar from home with expert tips! Find out how to avoid bad habits, pick the best online resources, and create a routine for success. resources Yomi Adegoke's tips on music journalism and starting your own platform Yomi Adegoke shares how she'd spend a NextGen Fund grant on a music journalism project. resources PR Tips for Independent Artists Read our guide to PR for artists who perhaps cannot afford to pay a PR company, or for artists who are just starting out in the industry. resources Tips from young people Insights and advice from young music leaders, including tips, industry transformations, and lessons from the NextGen Fund. resources The Sound of Study: Using Music to Boost Your Learning Discover how music can make studying easier and more enjoyable by enhancing focus and reducing stress. resources 5 Tips for Beginner Guitarists Discover 5 essential tips for beginner guitarists to build a strong foundation, stay motivated, and avoid common mistakes. Start your guitar journey the right way! resources Sound of The Next Generation 2024 Music is vital to young people's wellbeing and identity, but barriers like access and cost hold many back. Explore the findings and calls for action in the Sound of the Next Generation report. resources How to get into gig photography on a budget Learn how to start as a live music photographer on a budget, build your portfolio, network, and break into the industry. resources A short guide to Intellectual Property Rights Protect your creative works: a quick guide to intellectual property rights, copyright, and best practices for musicians and organisations. resources How Youth Music uses data collection to track diversity Measuring diversity is vital to building inclusive workforces in the music and arts sectors. resources L C Y's Advice for Emerging Artists DJ, producer and record label owner L C Y who shares their advice for emerging creatives starting out in the music industries today. resources Becoming a Music Tech Teacher: Skills and Tips The world we live in today revolves around technology. Creating music used to be the realm of professional musicians with extravagant budgets and access to studio equipment that mere mortals could only dream of. Fortunately, this technological revolution now means that anyone with a musical idea and a half-decent laptop can produce tracks to rival any you hear in the charts. resources Dyslexia, Music and the Brain A dyslexic brain, when reading, looks different to a non-dyslexic brain in the sense that different parts light up. In simple terms, the non-dyslexic brain processes reading on the left side of the brain – in the dyslexic brain there is much more crossover between the left and right brain in regard to where reading happens. resources The Sound of the Next Generation 2019 Ground-breaking insights into how young people value music and its impact on their lives. Explore key findings and interactive visuals. #SoundoftheNextGen resources How To Become A Guitar Teacher So you want to know how to become a guitar teacher? resources What is the difference between being a music mentor and a music leader? Jack Kingslake is the Mentoring Coordinator at Rhythmix and since taking on the role finds that the question of what exactly a music mentor is, is one he finds he has to attempt to answer on a regular basis. Jack has worked for many years as a music mentor, and was trained through the original Youth Music Mentors programme but still finds the line between tutor and mentor a bit blurry. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2
Early Years Hub Our Early Years Hub is full of resources to help you develop your early years practice including resources to support ‘Youth Voice’ in the early years. Read more
Youth Voice Hub Explore tools to amplify youth voice! Help young people thrive and make your organisation more impactful, credible, and connected. This is also Pillar 6 in the IDEA Pillars. Read more
Safeguarding Hub Discover Youth Music’s safeguarding expectations and access essential resources to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people and adults in your care. Read more
Finance and fundraising hub Find essential tools and guidance to build financial resilience and boost fundraising for your grassroots organisation. Read more
IDEA Hub Find essential tools and resources to strengthen your inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) practices. Read more
Evaluation and reporting hub Find guidance and templates to help plan, evaluate, and report on your Youth Music-funded project. Read more
Youth Music Quality Framework Designed for anyone leading music-making with young people, this flexible tool supports planning, reflection, peer observation, evaluation, and training. Read more
resources How To Effectively Learn Guitar At Home Master guitar from home with expert tips! Find out how to avoid bad habits, pick the best online resources, and create a routine for success.
resources Yomi Adegoke's tips on music journalism and starting your own platform Yomi Adegoke shares how she'd spend a NextGen Fund grant on a music journalism project.
resources PR Tips for Independent Artists Read our guide to PR for artists who perhaps cannot afford to pay a PR company, or for artists who are just starting out in the industry.
resources Tips from young people Insights and advice from young music leaders, including tips, industry transformations, and lessons from the NextGen Fund.
resources The Sound of Study: Using Music to Boost Your Learning Discover how music can make studying easier and more enjoyable by enhancing focus and reducing stress.
resources 5 Tips for Beginner Guitarists Discover 5 essential tips for beginner guitarists to build a strong foundation, stay motivated, and avoid common mistakes. Start your guitar journey the right way!
resources Sound of The Next Generation 2024 Music is vital to young people's wellbeing and identity, but barriers like access and cost hold many back. Explore the findings and calls for action in the Sound of the Next Generation report.
resources How to get into gig photography on a budget Learn how to start as a live music photographer on a budget, build your portfolio, network, and break into the industry.
resources A short guide to Intellectual Property Rights Protect your creative works: a quick guide to intellectual property rights, copyright, and best practices for musicians and organisations.
resources How Youth Music uses data collection to track diversity Measuring diversity is vital to building inclusive workforces in the music and arts sectors.
resources L C Y's Advice for Emerging Artists DJ, producer and record label owner L C Y who shares their advice for emerging creatives starting out in the music industries today.
resources Becoming a Music Tech Teacher: Skills and Tips The world we live in today revolves around technology. Creating music used to be the realm of professional musicians with extravagant budgets and access to studio equipment that mere mortals could only dream of. Fortunately, this technological revolution now means that anyone with a musical idea and a half-decent laptop can produce tracks to rival any you hear in the charts.
resources Dyslexia, Music and the Brain A dyslexic brain, when reading, looks different to a non-dyslexic brain in the sense that different parts light up. In simple terms, the non-dyslexic brain processes reading on the left side of the brain – in the dyslexic brain there is much more crossover between the left and right brain in regard to where reading happens.
resources The Sound of the Next Generation 2019 Ground-breaking insights into how young people value music and its impact on their lives. Explore key findings and interactive visuals. #SoundoftheNextGen
resources What is the difference between being a music mentor and a music leader? Jack Kingslake is the Mentoring Coordinator at Rhythmix and since taking on the role finds that the question of what exactly a music mentor is, is one he finds he has to attempt to answer on a regular basis. Jack has worked for many years as a music mentor, and was trained through the original Youth Music Mentors programme but still finds the line between tutor and mentor a bit blurry.
