
The thing about Grant Deadlines and how to reach them
Some people are great at time management but when it comes to grant writing, here’s a few tidbits of advice. Unlike university paper, you can’t pull an all-nighter when it comes to grants. Planning and time management play a strong role in your grant being successful. Each of our grants take 4-6 weeks to compete… here’s why
- - Having your producer confirm budget prices when he’s recording a million other bands
- - Music video production concepts being finalized
- - Receiving letters of support from media/influencers endorsing your project
- - (reminding those media/influencers supports WHO you are)
- - Having your bass player get a new passport because he has somehow lost both acceptable pieces of ID (birth certificate or passport)
- - Signing the confidentiality agreement with YouRockRed
- - Figuring out what songs you want to submit for assessment and why
- - Having future show dates and tours not just confirmed but with an actual contract
On our side:
- - Talking with us via Skype, phone or in-person to determine what type of grant should be applied for
- - Helping you determine your goals
- - Confirming your team members interested in working with you provided funding is secured (publicity, booking agent, mastering studios, art work, etc.)
- - Writing production plans
- - Writing marketing plans*
- - Balancing budgets
- - Writing band biographies for a specific grant (e.g. bio of each member as required)
- - Completing everything at least a day in advance of the deadline to allow for editing and polishing
As you can see, grant writing isn’t as simple as 1-2-3, done in a weekend! If you want to have a strong chance against the competition, don’t rush. We are extremely time-efficient but if you’re not here’s a list of upcoming grant dates that we could potentially help you reach.
October 24- Factor Juried Sound
October 31- MuchFact
December 2- OAC Popular Music Program
Email us today! Samantha@yourockred.com