KEXP hosts a variety of educational events and opportunities for artists, youth, and music lovers. We bring experts in their fields and artists navigating the industry together to discuss topics ranging from performance to business. Below, find exclusive clips from our past Mastering The Hustle panelists and more discussing key topics for artists as well as topical articles about the music industry. 

HEALTH

• Backline

• Bastyr Center for Natural Health

• Crisis Connections

• First Aid Arts

• First Aid Arts Toolkit for Mental & Emotional Health

• Forefront | Suicide Prevention

• MusiCares

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

• Project Access Northwest

• SMASH

• The Well On Beacon

• Washington Recovery Help Line

• Washington State Healthcare Authority

• YouthCare

GRANTS

• Office of Arts & Culture Grants
  • Arts in Parks Program Grant
  • CityArtist Grant
  • Work Readiness Arts Program Grant
  • Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute Grant
  • Civic Partner Grant
  • Neighborhood and Community Arts grant
  • smART Ventures Grant
  • Arts Means Business Grant
  • Youth Arts Grant
• 4Culture Grants + Artist Calls
  • Touring Arts Roster
  • Projects Grant
  • Cultural Facilities Grant
  • Emergency and Unforeseen Grant
  • Sustained Support Grant
  • Arc Artist Fellowship
  • Community 4Culture Grant
  • Building For Equity Grant
  • Cultural Equipment Grant
  • TIPS Mini-Grants
  • Open 4Culture Grant
  • Creative Consultancies Grant 
• Artist Trust Grants
  • Grants for Artist Projects - GAP Awards
  • Fellowship Awards
  • Arts Innovator Award
• ArtsWA Grants
  • First Steps
  • Community Consortium Grants 

• Allied Arts Foundation Grant

• ArtsFund Grant

• Black Fret Grant

• Seattle Council Parent Teacher Student Association -- Art Grant

• Native Creative Development Grant

• City of Tacoma’s Office of Arts & Culture Funding Opportunities 

• National Grant Opportunities
  • BMI Foundation Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships 
  • New Music USA Grants
  • Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants
  • The Alice M. Ditson Fund

MARKETING/PR/BUSINESS/BRANDING

• Megan Tweed’s PowerPoint on Branding

• The Noise Complaints Group

• Maggie Vail’s CASH Music Powerpoint

• Office of Arts and Culture

• Artist Home

• Fractured Atlas

• The Residency

• MusiCares

• Gigs4U

PLAYING SHOWS

• Grieve’s Stage Plots

• Advancing

• Sample Hospitality Riders

• Sample Tech Riders

• Sample Stage Plots

LICENSING & COPYRIGHT

• Jeff Nelson’s Powerpoint on Licensing Copyrights

• Wade Metzler’s Powerpoint on Licensing and Royalties

• Register a copyright (U.S. Copyright Office)

• What does copyright protect? (U.S. Copyright Office)

• Music Licensing in the 21st Century

• All You Need to Know About the Music Business (Book, 10th edition)

• Fair Use

• Exclusive vs. Non-exclusive

• Music licensing (via Filmmaker Freedom)

• Music licensing (via Hollagully)

• PRO information (via Songtrust)

• ASCAP

• BMI

BOOKING

• Tractor Tavern Booking

• Chop Suey Booking

• Sunset Tavern Booking

• The Vera Project Booking

• The High Dive Booking

• The Showbox Booking

• Abbey Arts Booking

• Ballard Jam House Booking

• El Corazon & Funhouse Seattle Booking

• Lo-Fi Booking

• Central Saloon Booking

• Columbia City Theater Booking

• Tim’s Tavern Booking

• Spanish Ballroom Booking

• Cafe Racer Booking

• Gallery 1412 Booking

• Sea Monster Lounge Booking

• Black Lodge Booking

• Artist Manager Connect Facebook Group

• Gigs4U

FESTIVALS

Local Northwest Festivals:

• Big Bldg Bash

• Bumbershoot

• Capitol Hill Block Party

• Doe Bay Fest

• Freakout Fest

• Summer Meltdown Festival

• Treefort Music Festival

• Timber/Timbrrr

• West Seattle Summer Fest

• Honk! Fest West

• Pickathon

• Walnut City Music Festival 

• PDX Pop Now!

• Fisherman’s Village Music Fest

• CHOMP!

• THING Festival

• Northwest Folklife

• Earshot Jazz Festival

ARTIST INSPIRATION

• Grant Eadie’s Presentation 
  • Note: Eadie stresses that he does not know everything about festivals and these notes are based off of his personal experiences.
• Kris Orlowski
• Morgan Parker 

SAFER SPACES

• Proper Groove

• The Vera Project -- Equipment Rentals

• Washington Hall Event Spaces

• Office of Film and Music

• Real Rent Duwamish 

• Uhuru Solidarity Movement 

• Totem Star

• The Longhouse Project 

• Arts Corps 

• Vera Project

• Langston

• Community Tool Box 

• Lukayo 

• Indian Summer 

• Eighth Generation 

• 911 Alternatives

EDUCATION

• The Vera Project -- Audio, DJ and Concert Lighting Classes

• Jack Straw Cultural Center -- Vocal Workshops

• Seattle Recording Arts

• Sue Ennis -- Songwriting Workshop

• Mode Music Studios -- Music Classes

• 4Culture -- Workshops

• The Residency

• Rain City Rock Camp

• Prodigy Camp

• School of Rock Seattle

• Berklee Summer Music Camps

RECORDING STUDIOS

• The Vera Project

• Robert Lang Studios

• Resonant Mastering

• Hall of Justice Recording Studio

• Jack Straw Recording Studio

• 1 Shot 

• Crybaby Studios

• Totem Star Recording Studio

• Laundry Room Studio

• Undercaste Studios

• Cloud Studios

• Electrokitty Studios

• Synergy Productions

• Earwig Studios

• Studio X

• AD1 Studios

• Ruby Room Recordings

• Orbit Audio

• London Bridge Studio

• Bear Creek Studio

• Witch Ape Studio

SONGWRITING

• Prodigy Camp

• School of Rock Seattle

• Berklee Summer Music Camps

• BMI

MEDIA PROFESSIONALISM

• The Residency

• Distinction Music Management

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Office of Film and Music - Seattle Music Resource Directory

• Spacefinder