Hopeless Music Academy is an exciting new collaboration between The Hopeless Foundation and New Directions for Youth.
In 2014, Hopeless Records was honored to install a professional-grade music studio at New Directions in The Valley of Los Angeles, California. A beautiful space that has served as an inspiring place for music lessons and workshops, the studio ws begging us to think bigger – could we impact more lives if we built out… an entire academy curriculum?
What if we brought in our music industry friends: guitar players, artist managers, label executives, music supervisors, songwriters… and provided free education, and professional introductions to youth?
…and So began the vision for Hopeless Music Academy.
The Hopeless Foundation is the non-profit arm of Hopeless Records, Since its founding, the Hopeless Foundation has donated over three million dollars to more than 150 charity initiatives. Hopeless Music Academy is an initiative of The Hopeless Foundation!
New Directions for Youth is a non-profit organization based in North Hollywood, California that has provided education, resources and life skills to underserved youth and families for nearing 50 years. Changing families through delinquency prevention, counseling, job training, academic support, family education, conflict resolution, youth development, and reentry programs that are provided through a menu of comprehensive evidence-based activities, NDY is a special place cherished by many in the San Fernando Valley.
Hopeless Records is an independent record label based in Van Nuys, California that has thrived as a beloved home for independent music for nearly 30 years. You know– the label that worked with bands like All Time Low and Avenged Sevenfold, to Thrice, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Sum 41, and New Found Glory? The label whose roster features an array of the hottest emerging acts like Illuminati Hotties, Neck Deep, The Wonder Years, Stand Atlantic, Waterparks, Scene Queen, NOAHFINNCE, and Tx2? The one with a few lil Gold and Platinum records? Yeah, that one!
