Azekel, BEKA, Blair Davie, Soiled Good, Hana Lili, Lime Backyard, Olive Jones, ShaSimone, SOFY and unpeople will all be benefiting from grants of as much as £8,000 alongside a broader package deal of help. The Step Up Fund was established in 2022 in response to the buildup of monetary and structural challenges dealing with upcoming, unbiased artists.
The fund is open to UK-based artists aged 18+ who’ve launched not less than three songs inside the final yr – with a minimal of 15k streams per track, or one track with 45k streams on a chart-eligible UK streaming service. Awardees should not have an ongoing settlement with a significant or giant unbiased report label.
“Since we launched Step Up in 2022, I have been persistently impressed by the standard and the sheer quantity of artists who apply. This yr was no exception. The vary and variety has been extremely robust,” says David Martin, CEO, Featured Artists Coalition.
“The UK clearly has no scarcity of expertise, and there may be evidently an actual want for extra of this type of focused funding, that may assist unbiased artists realise their potential and construct sustainable careers. Due to the generosity of Amazon Music, the FAC’s Step Up Fund is taking part in an actual half to assist deal with that problem. I’m extremely pleased with what we’ve achieved collectively in such a brief period of time, and sit up for seeing how 2024’s awardees progress over the subsequent 12 months.”
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