🏠 | Nova Scotia | Business i: Mentorship Program

Business i: Mentorship Program

Maurice
By Maurice | May 1, 2025

Amount:

$15,000

Type:

Grant

Description:

The Mentorship Component supports developmental employment relationships between Developing and Export-Ready Artists/Companies/Entrepreneurs (Mentee) and mentors in which a more experienced music industry professional (Mentor) shares information, skills or knowledge, and standards or best practices that will advance the applicant’s career, enhance their education and build their networks. The applicant (Mentee) should receive the primary benefit of the mentorship.

Deadline:

March 15 Septer 15

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

1. Artist I
a) Any Artist who has not reached Artist II or Artist III
b) Must have completed 2 Basic Training Sessions

2. Artist II
Must meet all of the following:
a) Updated accomplishments and goals completed in Artist Profile
b) Completed 5 Basic Training sessions
c) For groups, band member agreements are mandatory

Must also meet 3 of the following:

a) Minimum of 500 lifetime units sold of all releases combined (500 streams = 1 unit sold, 6 single downloads = 1 unit sold)
b) Minimum of 3,500 social media followers across all platforms
c) Minimum of 400 Spotify followers or 400 YouTube subscribers
d) Minimum of 30 performances out of province within the past 2 years
d) Song charted on Billboard top 40 within the past 2 years
e) Album/EP charted Top 10 on Earshot Top 50 chart or NACC with the past 2 years
f) $30,000 in gross revenue (excluding grants) within the past 2 years
g) Recognized booking agent (Feldman, APA, Paradigm, Paquin, CAA, WME, ITA. This list is non-exhaustive; please contact the Program Manager if you are an artist who needs this criteria in order to change programs)

3. Artist III
Must meet all of the following:
a) Updated accomplishments and goals completed in Artist Profile
b) Completed 8 Basic Training sessions
c) For groups, band member agreements are mandatory

Must also meet 3 of the following:
a) Minimum of 1000 lifetime units sold of all releases combined (500 streams = 1 unit sold, 6 single downloads = 1 unit sold)
b) Minimum of 8,000 social media followers across all platforms
c) Minimum of 1,000 Spotify followers or 1000 YouTube subscribers
d) Minimum of 60 performances out of province within the past 2 years
e) Song charted on Billboard top 40 within the past 2 years
f) Album/EP charted Top 10 on Earshot or NACC with the past 2 years
$60,000 in gross revenue (excluding grants) within the past 2 years
g) Recognized booking agent (Feldman, APA, Paradigm, Paquin, CAA, WME, ITA. This list is non-exhaustive; please contact the Program Manager if you are an artist who needs this criteria in order to change programs)

4. Eligible Music Companies

Application Steps:

Applicants must:

1. Complete the Applicant Profile webform at least one (1) week prior to submitting an application by following this link:
https://musicnovascotia.formstack.com/forms/artist_applicant_profile

2. Complete online application webform by following this link:
https://musicnovascotia.formstack.com/forms/mentorship_application

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit a Mentorship Plan from both the Mentee and Mentor, which sets out in detail all the intended activities to be undertaken during your Mentorship project

Web Page:

https://musicnovascotia.ca/business-i-overview/
Maurice

About the author

Maurice
Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Atlantic Canada to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business. Click here to learn more about Moe’s background and how he can help your business.