Echonow
Echonow is your ticket to turbo-charge your talent and break down the barriers between you and your dream career in night culture. 6 successful applicants will be enrolled onto a 10-month training programme co-ordinated by Echobox Radio and Productiehuis Nowhere, featuring a training budget, one-to-one coaching, masterclasses with leading lights of the Amsterdam night and access to professional standard equipment. The Echonow programme was made possible through funding provided by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
How it works?
Applicants can specialise in any one of the following 9 disciplines:
1. DJing
2. Program making/curating
3. MCing
4. Radio Making
5. Artist Management
6. Event Production
7. Music Production
8. Performing Arts
9. Visual Arts
The training plan aims to break down barriers to the nightculture industry and is open to anyone between the age of 18 and 27.
Each participant in the programme can take part in a monthly coaching session that provides them with the opportunity to focus on their personal growth and specific goals. Coaches are specialists in the chosen discipline, with a wealth of experience in nightculture, who are personally assigned to each successful applicant.
In addition, all participants will have access to masterclasses with leading lights of the Amsterdam night. These masterclasses delve into themes such as creative concept development, cultural trends, marketing, and entrepreneurship. With an individual work budget, participants can take four 1:1 workshops with leading professionals in their field.
Throughout the program, participants will work on various interventions at existing club nights in the city, continually putting their work into practice. At the end of the programme, participants will have the opportunity to showcase their talents by hosting a dedicated club night.
Finally, participants will have access to studio time, allowing them to spend an average of ten hours per month rehearsing, experimenting, and creating on professional-level equipment.
How to apply?
The application process includes two selection rounds. First, applicants will be required to share more information about themselves and their work via the pitch form below. This includes a list of questions about what you do, your goals and what you hope to learn from Echonow.
After the first round, candidates will be invited to an interview round with experienced trainers from Echobox and Nowhere, to identify who will be the six participants in the Echonow programme.
The initiative is co-led by Echobox Radio, one of Amsterdam’s premier independent stations, and Productiehuis Nowhere, a production house that provides training and development programmes for young makers to become the leading talent of tomorrow.
Prospective applicants can apply here before 14th April 2025.
