How to Apply | Joining The Dots

When is the deadline?

Applications are now closed.

What is the funding for?

The six shortlisted applicants will recieve ‘seed corn’ funding of edit my paper here up to £10,000 to test alternative models they think could help make live music more financially viable. We’re looking for applications which focus on a new model in one of more of these three areas of live music:

Financing touring, commissioning and presenting live music
Using digital technology to increase live attendance and income
Developing young adult audiences for specialist independent music, such as jazz, folk and electronica

Successful applicants can spend their funding on any activity as www.essay-checker.net long as the project is clearly about a new model in one of these areas.

Head to the about page to find out more about these three areas.

The application process

We’ll be assessing applications in two stages. To apply initially at Stage 1, applicants submitted a short film tell us these five things:

Who you are and what you do (find example at resume for you)
What your idea is
Why you think it’s a game changer that other people working in independent music could benefit from
And which of the three key areas we’re interested in it relates to:
- Financing touring, commissioning and presenting live music
- Using digital technology to increase live attendance and income
- Developing young adult audiences for specialist independent music, such as jazz, folk and electronica
What you think your total budget for making it happen might be

More information about the application process in our FAQs section

What happens after I’ve sent my film in?

As we said, there’s a two stage application process for Joining the Dots.

It’s not just us who will make the decision about what we fund; we’re putting together a panel drawn from across the industry to help us make those decisions. So, first of all our industry panel will discuss all of the ideas put forward in the films we receive, and make a decision about which they want to take forward to Stage 2. At that point – around 10 February – we’ll email you to let you know if you’re idea is being taken through to Stage 2.

If it’s a no, we’ll try to direct you to other sources of funding or investment that might be useful to you.

If it’s a yes, and we decide we’d like you to work up a Stage 2 application, then we’ll need more detail from you. Rest assured though, we hate filling in really long forms too, and reading them! So, whilst we’ll need a bit more detail about the project, how you’ll deliver it and the budget, we’ll try to keep it short and relatively painless, and give you a few weeks to get that information to us.

Once we’ve had all the Stage 2 applications in, our industry panel will again go through them all, and if they like what they see in your application, we’ll invite you to an interview where you’ll get to meet us and talk about how we might support your proposal. Interviews are likely to be in w/c 24 March 2014.

How will we select projects for funding?

Here’s a list of the key selection criteria our panel will use to decide on who and what to support:

The artistic quality of your idea, and how innovative it is.
The extent that your idea has the potential to be a ‘game changer’ for those working in independent music. How widely can it be applied, and by whom?
How feasible your project is – within our timetable and in the long term. Is it likely to take off, and can you get it to that point?
How critically reflective you are – how clearly you can describe what success looks like, and what challenges and risks you might along the way might be.
How willing you are to share your thinking and learning with your peers as part of the process.

Got more questions? Read our FAQs section

How do you apply, and when is the deadline?

When is the deadline?

What is the funding for?

The application process

What happens after I’ve sent my film in?

How will we select projects for funding?