What's Inside

Chapter 1 Turn the Beat Around
A call to action: Showcases how powerful of an impact all-ages music organizations can have on their communities, but also raises awareness of the challenges young people may need to overcome in order to get their organization started and to see positive results.

Chapter 2 Culture Clubs
Producing Shows, Records, and Independent Scenes:
How to put on shows, festivals, and put out records.
o DIY vs the Industry
o Nuts and Bolts of Production
o Event Planning 101 (booking, promotion, production)
o Record Production
o Creating Trainings and Programs

Spotlight on Youth Movement Records: The Making of a Movement by Kameron Moore-Mitchell

Spotlight on Cave 9 Music and Arts:: God, Taxes, and Punk Rock by Katy Otto


Chapter 3 I.D.ology
All-Ages Music For the Underage:
Things you should know about youth involvement, development and leadership.
o Info on youth legislation
o Different ways of involving youth
o Nonprofit youth program terminology
o Building youth power in your organization
o Checklist of youth engagement

Spotlight on the Neutral Zone: When Teens Rule the Game by Gavin Leonard


Chapter 4 Democratize it Yourself
Organizational Structures:
How to build an organizational structure that is right for you/your group.
o What it means to be participatory
o Parts of governance
o Organizational structures
o Decision making options
o Decision making bodies
o Legal statuses pros and cons
o How to make things more participatory
o Basic conflict resolution

Spotlight on 924 Gilman: The Punk’s Guide to Building a Member Run Venue by Shannon Stewart


Chapter 5 With and Without Walls
Getting space:
How to find and hold on to space.
o Things to consider operating illegally vs. legally
o What to look for in a space
o Using somebody else’s space
o Finding your first space
o The live/work model
o Gentrification issues
o Prospecting permanent spaces
o Internal issues that come up once you have a space
o External issues that can close you down
o Getting a permanent space and capital campaigns
o Safety and security
o Intangible aspects of space – the woo woo stuff

Spotlight on ABC No Rio; Reclaiming Space for Arts and Activism by Kevin Erickson


Chapter 6 Hustle and Slow
Finding Funding:
How to build different funding streams and sustain yourself over time.
o Sources of funding – special events, government, foundations, corporations, individuals, earned income
o Funding cycles – seed money, capacity building money, and sustaining money
o Survival in the nonprofit funding world

Spotlight on AS220: Unjuried, Uncensored, and Funded by Chris Wiltsee


Chapter 7 Playing Well With Others
Building relationships within your community and local government:
The Self-Help Section
o Schmoozing for non-schmoozers
o Neighborhood relationships
o Sector relationships
o Media relationships
o Working with elected officials – learning to lobby
o Police and fire departments
o Other government agencies
o Organizing your music community

Spotlight on Batey Urbano: Neighborhood Solidarity and Nights of Expression by Diaris Alexander

Spotlight on the Vera Project: The Pop Culture and Politics Mash-up by Britt Curtis


Chapter 8 D-I-T
Putting It Al Together: •
How to put it all together, get going, and get help.
o Deciding what route to go
o Learning from the organizations that didn’t make it
o Phase I: Research, Models, Surveys
o Phase II: Outreach, Funding, Youth
o Phase III: Pilot Project
o Phase IV: Reflection and evaluation
Spotlight on The Spot & Elementz, The Hip Hop Youth Arts Center: Towards D-I-T by Lori Roddy


Chapter 9 What does the "movement" in All-ages Movement Project mean?
A roundtable discussion:
How to talk about the social and cultural impact of all-ages music.