MOOCs Tool Box
Let's go!
Readings
Videos
Educational Cards and Tools
MOOCs Guiding booklets
Useful links
MOOCs self-evaluation tools
Videos
All the videos included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Enjoy!
Interviews
Marc Plotkin – Music, AI & Creative Independence
Alan Billi on Retro Mentoring and Leadership in the REACH Project
Atabal: A SMAC Open to the World
Marco Bocola on Success and the Vectorealism Journey as a Creative Startup
Carine Puyo – Alternative Resources, Entrepreneurial Mindsets & Collective Dynamics
Mike Errico on Collaborations & International Residencies
Carine Puyo – Shaping a Strong Narrative
Nick Sansano – Why Failure Matters
Cécile Laporte: From Mentee to Mentor
ODEI – Rapping in Basque, Creating with Purpose
Discussion with Lisa Maria about Sami culture
R.E.A.C.H residency : Reflections from the coordinators
Tips from the R.E.A.C.H. Project Experts
Discussion with Lisa Maria about politics and culture evolving
Young musicians on the Power of Coming Together
Errol Kolosine – How to navigate the intersection between creativity and business
Young designers and photographers on the Power of Coming Together
François Maton Introduces Atabal Biarritz - What Is a SMAC?
François Maton on How a SMAC Can Support Emerging Artists
François maton - How can a concert venue contribute to the ecological transition?
More videos
Videos
All the videos included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Enjoy!
Documentaries
Moments of New-York Symposium
R.E.A.C.H. - PART 1 - Stavanger, Norway - June 2023
REACH meet CDI
REACH meet ITP IMA department
R.E.A.C.H. Project - Erasmus Days 2023
R.E.A.C.H. PART 2 - Milano, Italie - June 2024
REACH meet Tech, Culture and Society department
R.E.A.C.H. - PART 3 - Biarritz / Basque Country - January 2025
REACH meet NYU Makerspace
Symposium R.E.A.C.H x NYC - March 2025
REACH meet Photo & Imaging
Meet the REACH
Downloadable
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
Card Files
Meetings between international artists Organize the reception of participants
Mentoring - Individual support. Story of supporting an artistic project
Mentoring - Individual support. Preliminary interview. Needs assessment
Meetings between international artists Music creation workshop
Record, mix and master your project
Multinlingual REACH Lexique
Management Tools
Development of self-produced project in contemporary music
Table - Project Definition and Management
Understanding copyrights and royalties in the streaming era
Table - Cash Flow Plan & Forecast Budget
Do I really need a label in 2025?
Table - Task allocation within the team
Finding your way in the music digital distribution
Design Files - Make!
All Geodesic Dome Files
Building an Effective Digital Presence for Your Music Career
All 3D kite Files
Guia de salud mental para la industria musical
Readings
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
The Status and Working Conditions of Artists and Cultural and Creative Professionals OMC (Open Method Coordination) group of Member States’ experts
Becoming a cultural entrepreneur in a linguistic minority context: a practice perspective Joëlle Bissonnette (fr)
Passing It On Walter W. Powell
Creative Economy Outlook 2024 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report team
Mentoring While Black: A Testimony Alford A. Young
Music Marketing for the DIY Musician Bobby Borg
Finding a Mentor and Being a Mentor László Bruszt
Notes From Undergrouds : Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture Stephen Ducombe
Mentoring as a Distributed Practice of Care: A Conversation Silvia Gherardi, Michela Cozza, Laura Lucia Parolin
Keep Your Mentee Disappointed Gil Eyal
Guiding Booklets
We present here synthetic "study guides" for the facilitation of one or more course/training sessions, based on MOOCs, with a didactic framework for "teachers"
Overview
Study guide - Cultural and Creative entrepreneurship
Study Guide - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Study Guide - Making a symposium
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool proposed here, through a series of simple questionnaires, aims to stimulate a reflective posture : "What have I understood? What does this change in the way I think about my project? Where do I need to go further?"
MOOC - Cultural and Creative entrepreneurship
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is the relationship between artistic temporality and project continuity?
Self Assessment - Overview
General expectations
Strategic Reflection Sheet What place should be given to cooperation and collective work?
Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Entrepreneurship and the economy
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can artistic experimentation and financial viability be articulated?
Entrepreneurship and Positioning
Entrepreneurship and Values
Strategic Sheets - Canvas
Strategic Reflection Sheet What relationship should be built with the territory or the communities concerned?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How to balance personal expression and dissemination strategy in a cultural project?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can public visibility and loyalty to one's intention be articulated?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can we build a viable economic model, without sacrificing the values of the project?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What posture should we adopt in the face of the institutions, rules, and standards of the
sector?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How to position the cultural project in the social space – between utility, visibility and commitment?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is my personal definition of success in my project?
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool invites each learner to move beyond being a passive recipient of knowledge, to become an active agent in their professional development. In a sector where norms shift, trajectories are non-linear, and listening is as crucial as teaching, this reflective capacity is essential.
MOOC - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Self Assessment - Framework
General expectations
Defining the Role of the Mentor
Trust and Inclusion
Support and Tools
Adapting to digital and intercultural contexts
Towards sustainable and reflective mentoring
Roles and responsibilities
Supporting complex creative trajectories
The Closing Process
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool invites each learner to move beyond being a passive recipient of knowledge, to become an active agent in their professional development. In a sector where norms shift, trajectories are non-linear, and listening is as crucial as teaching, this reflective capacity is essential.
MOOC - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Strategic Reflection Sheet How does the program framework influence the way of mentoring?
Strategic Reflection Sheet Framework
Strategic Reflection Sheet What tension(s) in the role of mentor?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What skills are really mobilized in a mentoring?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How do personal values influence the way we mentor?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is the impact of this type of relationship on one's own trajectory?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What are the blind spots in a mentor posture?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can this relationship transform the way we conceive of support?
Strategic Reflection Sheet When and how to react to difficulties in the mentoring relationship?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What can we take away from this experience to pass it on to other mentors?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How do you manage the gaps between your expectations and the mentee's needs?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What would be my own definition of successful mentoring?
Links
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
REACH MOOCs
Other
How to make a zine Rona Akbari
REACH Presentation
MOOC - Governance & Mentorship
MOOC - Cultural & Creative entrepreneurship
MOOC - Making a Symposium
MOOCs - The complete Tool Box
Websites
REACH Project
Combustible
Musika Bulegoa
Clive Davis Institute
Vectorealism
REACH Experts
Flo Gil de Muro Combustible
Jean-Louis Puyo Combustible
Jacques Chabrillat Combustible
Indiana Debacq Combustible
Carine Puyo Combustible
Marco Bocola Vectorealism
Eleonora Ricca Vectorealism
Marc Plotkin Clive Davis Institute
Jeff Peretz Clive Davis Institute
Errol Koloskine Clive Davis Institute
JD Samson Clive Davis Institute
Brianne Hayes Clive Davis Institute
Nick Sansano Clive Davis Institute
Bobby Wooten Clive Davis Institute
Alan Billi Usopop
Areta Senosiain Musika Bulegoa
Arkaitz Villar Musika Bulegoa
Mike Errico Clive Davis Institute
Nicholas Sansano
Nick began his professional career in earnest at Greene Street Recording in NYC, recording and mixing for a variety of seminal Hip Hop and Alternative Music artists - including Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Rob Base, and Run DMC. His work in early Hip Hop attracted the attention of Sonic Youth, with whom he would co-produce and record the albums "Daydream Nation" and "Goo," two critically acclaimed and historic alternative music releases.
Sonic Youth's "Daydream Nation" and Public Enemy’s "It Takes a Nation of Millions" and "Fear of Black Planet" were selected for inclusion in the US Library of Congress Archive of Culturally Significant American Recordings. Nick's genre-crossing work has taken him around the world, producing music in Australia, New Zealand, and all throughout Europe. In France, he found success producing multi-platinum recordings for the groups IAM, Zebda and Noir Desir – blending French pop genres with musicians from North Africa, Spain, and the Middle East. His francophone work has earned three Victoire De La Music Awards from the French Recording Academy.In all, Nick has been awarded over 17 Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Record awards worldwide. Despite the commercial success, it is his work outside the mainstream with artists such as Le Tigre, Galactic, Peter Mulvey, The Grassy Knoll, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Pop Group, and Mbongeni Ngema that defines who he is as a musician, recordist, and producer. He remains an active performer with his experimental group, The Bronze Fondue.
Marc Plotkin
Marc Plotkin is an American Songwriting Award-Winning Artist, a Grammy Shortlisted Producer, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 25 Entrepreneur, and a Professor at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. As a songwriter, singer, saxophonist, guitarist, producer, and engineer, Marc has had the pleasure of making music both in the studio and onstage with Jon Batiste, Sufjan Stevens, Ra Ra Riot, Panama Wedding, Pete Francis of Dispatch, Hiromi, Peter Himmelman, and many others.
Marc co-founded “DecisionDesk,” the first multimedia-enabled online application for colleges. He next founded “Wifi Music School,” an online marketplace for private music lessons via Skype with some of the top musicians and educators in the world, also acquired by Flint Hills Music.Marc is currently the founder and CEO of Beast Music A.I., a system he developed that completely reimagines traditional music marketing. Marc joined NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in 2016 and teaches courses that blend music creation with entrepreneurship and business. He regularly hosts a conversation series that has brought some of the most influential names in music, technology, and business to his students.
Jean-Louis Puyo
Polymorphic artist, Jean-Louis has led the group Bubblies since 1991, conceived award-winning hearing risk prevention projects and pioneered the musical USB key in 2006. As a relay and advisor to numerous artists, he deploys his skills in project management strategy and team management. He is familiar with issues in the phonographic industry as well as those of developing artists.
Indiana Debacq
Indiana, with a background in Economics and a Master’s in International Negotiation focused on the Arab world, has worked several years on EU-funded projects promoting microenterprise and cultural development in Cairo, Egypt. An experienced translator for international organizations, she joined Combustible in April 2022, bringing her expertise in economic and cultural initiatives.
Marco Bocola
Marco embarked on his career in Milan’s creative industry in his early twenties, with a strong inclination towards copywriting and digital content creation. Driven by his innate curiosity and a genuine desire to explore diverse fields, he actively sought opportunities to contribute to various creative business ventures. This included his involvement in a software startup in the Republic of Moldova and his participation in a sociological research project investigating the history of made in Italy design. He holds a Master's Degree in Organizational Studies and Management from the Catholic University of Milan, providing him with a strong foundation in business and organizational dynamics.
Eleonora Ricca
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design. Co-founded Vectorealism in 2009, driven by a deep passion for creating and making things real, with the goal of providing everyone the opportunity to make things and access cutting-edge technologies. Currently, she teaches laser cutting at SIAM and Innovation in Materials and Technology at Domus Academy. When her head is not immersed in the laser cuter her other hyperfixation is dogs and looking at peculiar animals and memes on the internet.
Bobby Wooten
Bobby Wooten III is a composer/producer/instrumentalist raised in Chicago, IL. He credits his family’s gospel Wooten Choral Ensemble as his main influence & inspiration. Bobby has written/produced/recorded with David Byrne, Carly Rae Jepsen, Post Malone, Jennifer Lopez, Mac Miller, Jennifer Hudson, Rick Ross, Machine Gun Kelly, Jake Troth, among others. Commercial production credits include Empire TV series, Google, Adidas, Lebron James, ESPN, among others. Bobby composed & produced the score for the 2023 film "Rare Objects." Broadway credits include Moulin Rouge! & the Grammy/Emmy-nominated & Tony-winning production of David Byrne's American Utopia, the latter filmed by Spike Lee. In 2020, Bobby launched the internet series "America, Learn Your History." In two minute episodes, he retells history as seen through a minority lens –– Revisiting stories that have been misunderstood, misled, or lied upon in American education.
Musika Bulegoa is an association that collaborates with public entities to support the Basque music sector.We specialize in organizing training sessions, leading workshops, promoting awareness projects, providing consulting & support for entrepreneurs, advocating for diversity, organizing LGTBIQ+ conferences, supporting internationalization, and more.
Carine Puyo
Carine, co-founder and manager of the association Combustible since 2005, is an expert in structuring participatory projects in the cultural and social economy sectors, providing support to entrepreneurs in art, socio-cultural, digital, and sports initiatives. With a strong background in cultural project development and sociology, she also works as a consultant and brings two decades of experience as a musician in the DIY music scene, offering deep insights into contemporary music and live performance.
Combustible - Biarritz
Combustible is a laboratory for innovative cultural initiatives, backed by over two decades of experience in live performance, artistic creation, networking, and cultural & digital mediation. We provide consulting & training, as well as co-production and production support for young cultural & creative entrepreneurs, particularly those emerging from underground and D.I.Y. cultures.
Errol Kolosine
Errol Kolosine is a music industry executive, producer, and educator with a career spanning decades in music business, artist management, soundtracks, and new media. He joined Caroline / Astralwerks in New York, where he spent 14 years, rising to General Manager in 1999. Under his leadership, the label became a powerhouse, working with top-selling and Grammy-winning artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Air, Beth Orton, Fatboy Slim, Brian Eno, Sia, Hot Chip, and Royksopp.
Kolosine also made a mark in soundtracks and licensing, serving as Music Supervisor or Executive Producer on films like Being John Malkovich, V for Vendetta, and Rango, as well as video games and TV shows like SSX-3 and Heroes. He received a Grammy nomination as Executive Producer for the Six Feet Under soundtrack.After leaving Astralwerks, he founded Modern Frequencies, a platform for artist advocacy, management, and consulting, working with The Chemical Brothers and various labels, soundtracks, and tech companies.Currently, Kolosine is an Associate Arts Professor and Business Area Head at the NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where he develops innovative courses like "3D Printing & The Music Industry" and "Music, Science & Futurism in the 21st Century", mentoring the next generation of music industry professionals.
Flo Gil de Muro
Flo Gil de Muro, with a background in gender studies and sociology of health , has been deeply involved in LGBTQIA+ cultural activism, including organizing queer film and music festivals and working in community health for marginalized communities. Since joining Combustible in January 2024, Flo has focused on producing open educational resources and documenting methodologies for international projects, building on extensive experience in advocacy, education, and creative projects like music and podcast production.
Brianne Hayes
Brianne has been with The Clive Davis Institute since its very early days in 2005. She began her time at CDI as the first Administrative Aide of the department, and as the department expanded, she became the first Administrative Coordinator. Now, in her role as Administrative Director, she is integral to the big picture planning and development for the Institute and oversees all day-to-day administrative activities, including managing the annual budget, advising and assisting students with issues, leading the admissions process, and scheduling courses and hiring faculty, etc. You name it!
Jacques Chabrillat
Jacques Chabrillat, Ph.D. graduate in management sciences, is an expert in financial and budgetary engineering who directs pedagogical activities at AGECIF, collaborates with government agencies on training and consultancy, supports Le Moulin in Marseille, and sits on the board of the Eurockéennes festival.
Vectorealism - Milan
Vectorealism is a design and prototyping studio specializing in digital fabrication, and a pioneer of the Makers movement in Italy. Our work focuses on digital fabrication services, research, and training, with three main areas of activity: a FabLab in Milan, an online digital fabrication service, and a creative studio offering design consulting.
The REACH Project
The cultural and creative industries have been radically transformed by digital technology, reshaping production and distribution models. In contemporary music, traditional structures—producers, distributors, and specialized media—have been replaced by digital platforms, algorithms, and influencers, fostering an economy driven by attention rather than creation. Independent artists and those from minority cultures must now develop entrepreneurial skills, navigate globalized environments, and craft new governance strategies. Despite these challenges, they remain key players in cultural innovation.
The REACH project addresses these challenges by: ✔ Supporting specialized mentors to guide young creators. ✔ Developing an international network to support cultural entrepreneurship. ✔ Organizing symposiums and a conference to share expertise and strengthen collaborations. ✔ Producing accessible resources to ensure the long-term impact of the project. The goal is to provide young cultural entrepreneurs with tailored tools to navigate this new ecosystem and foster inclusive and sustainable creativity.
Mike Errico
New York-based recording artist, writer, and professor Mike Errico has built his name on the strength of critically acclaimed releases and extensive composition for film and TV. He has taught songwriting at universities including Yale, Wesleyan, and the New School, and was nominated for 2019’s David Payne-Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter, which is required reading in arts programs across the country.
Alan Billi
Alan is a multi-instrumentalist known for his work as a musician and producer with the bands Orbel, The Rodeo Idiot Engine and VENIL, as well with his solo project PALECOAL, who just released a first LP, blending alternative Hip-Hop with Industrial and Post-Digital soundscapes. He's also part of the Basque collective Usopop which organizes shows, festivals and releases records for some of the most innovative Basque artists.
Jeff Peretz
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Jeff Peretz is an Associate Arts professor, the Music Director, and the coordinator of the Musicianship & Songwriting area at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Jeff has recorded and/or performed with Mark Ronson, Lana Del Ray, Jay-Z, Rock Wilder, Daniel Merriweather, Corrine Baily Rea, Tim Robbins and Stanley Clarke. He is the founder and principle composer for Abu Gara. His books include Zen and the Art of Guitar, Guitar Atlas: Cuba, and Guitar Atlas: The Middle East and he recently contributed the musical analysis to the NYTimes best seller: Dilla Time.
The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm. As “America’s Pop Musicologist, he has written music for television, film and stage and as Michael J Fox's personal guitar coach for the past 12 years, he has prepared, arranged and successfully directed Michael's performances with such artists as The Who, Chris Martin, and the Roots for the MJFox Foundation's annual benefit "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cure.” He has been a faculty member of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music since 2006 and a full-time faculty member since 2013. Jeff has taught at The New School University, and Marymount Manhattan College. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Third Street Music Settlement School in lower Manhattan and a member of the Les Paul Advisory Council
Arkaitz Villar
Since 2019, Arkaitz has been working as a Project Manager at the Euskal Herriko Musika Bulego Elkartea association. His responsibilities include promoting Basque music at various international professional fairs, managing the communications team, and organizing and hosting key events such as Kluster and DA! Pro. Arkaitz is also deeply involved in supporting young Basque artists in the music sector by providing them with essential tools and resources to develop their projects and gain access to relevant professional platforms. In parallel, he coordinates the activities of BASQUE. MUSIC., an initiative dedicated to the promotion of Basque music. Arkaitz’s expertise in the Basque music industry stems from his experience as a radio host for EITB, where he ran a program until 2020 focusing on the professional music sector in the Basque Country, covering all aspects of the industry—from musicians to festivals.
JD Samson
Since the early 2000s as a member of the feminist electro-pop band Le Tigre, Samson has gone on to work in almost every medium. A formidable songwriter, producer, visual artist and internationally renowned DJ, Samson has amassed a body of work that not only spans a variety of fields—everything from pop music and fine art to curatorial work, political activism, and fashion—but has also helped galvanize NYC’s LGBT community. She has been photographed and featured everywhere from Interview to Vogue Homme and has written for the likes of the Huffington Post and Creative Review. A valiant supporter of LGBT issues, Samson has provided a glowing example for the lesbian and gender-queer communities.
Samson also began writing and producing for other artists, including Christina Aguilera, Cobra Starship and Pussy Riot, co-writing the song "Don't Cry Genocide" for their appearance on House of Cards. For Samson, who is equally at home writing music for major label artists and playing music at a queer house party in a Bushwick basement, the ability to follow her artistic impulses has proven to be a recipe for both success and a happy life. In addition to her own creative endeavors, Samson co-founded and co-runs Atlas Chair, a record label aimed at serving as an incubator for emerging artists helping to develop the burgeoning careers of artists such as Baby Alpaca, Claude Violante and Avan Lava.
Clive Davis Institute New York
The Clive Davis Institute is a department of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, globally renowned for its excellence in artistic studies. Our mission is to equip students with the necessary skills—entrepreneurial, creative, and intellectual—to foster the emergence of visionary cultural entrepreneurs in the ever-evolving global music industry.
Areta Senosiain
After completing violin and orchestra studies, she continued exploring new styles and formats, delving into the string quartet and a band with which she currently offers numerous concerts throughout Euskal Herria, called Ibil Bedi. A few years ago she discovered cultural management and after completing a master's degree, she delved into the Musika Bulegoa project, with the hope of continuing to work in the music sector from another point of view.
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MOOCs Tool Box
Let's go!
Readings
Videos
Educational Cards and Tools
MOOCs Guiding booklets
Useful links
MOOCs self-evaluation tools
Videos
All the videos included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Enjoy!
Interviews
Marc Plotkin – Music, AI & Creative Independence
Alan Billi on Retro Mentoring and Leadership in the REACH Project
Atabal: A SMAC Open to the World
Marco Bocola on Success and the Vectorealism Journey as a Creative Startup
Carine Puyo – Alternative Resources, Entrepreneurial Mindsets & Collective Dynamics
Mike Errico on Collaborations & International Residencies
Carine Puyo – Shaping a Strong Narrative
Nick Sansano – Why Failure Matters
Cécile Laporte: From Mentee to Mentor
ODEI – Rapping in Basque, Creating with Purpose
Discussion with Lisa Maria about Sami culture
R.E.A.C.H residency : Reflections from the coordinators
Tips from the R.E.A.C.H. Project Experts
Discussion with Lisa Maria about politics and culture evolving
Young musicians on the Power of Coming Together
Errol Kolosine – How to navigate the intersection between creativity and business
Young designers and photographers on the Power of Coming Together
François Maton Introduces Atabal Biarritz - What Is a SMAC?
François Maton on How a SMAC Can Support Emerging Artists
François maton - How can a concert venue contribute to the ecological transition?
More videos
Videos
All the videos included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Enjoy!
Documentaries
Moments of New-York Symposium
R.E.A.C.H. - PART 1 - Stavanger, Norway - June 2023
REACH meet CDI
REACH meet ITP IMA department
R.E.A.C.H. Project - Erasmus Days 2023
R.E.A.C.H. PART 2 - Milano, Italie - June 2024
REACH meet Tech, Culture and Society department
R.E.A.C.H. - PART 3 - Biarritz / Basque Country - January 2025
REACH meet NYU Makerspace
Symposium R.E.A.C.H x NYC - March 2025
REACH meet Photo & Imaging
Meet the REACH
Downloadable
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
Card Files
Meetings between international artists Organize the reception of participants
Mentoring - Individual support. Story of supporting an artistic project
Mentoring - Individual support. Preliminary interview. Needs assessment
Meetings between international artists Music creation workshop
Record, mix and master your project
Multinlingual REACH Lexique
Management Tools
Development of self-produced project in contemporary music
Table - Project Definition and Management
Understanding copyrights and royalties in the streaming era
Table - Cash Flow Plan & Forecast Budget
Do I really need a label in 2025?
Table - Task allocation within the team
Finding your way in the music digital distribution
Design Files - Make!
All Geodesic Dome Files
Building an Effective Digital Presence for Your Music Career
All 3D kite Files
Guia de salud mental para la industria musical
Readings
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
The Status and Working Conditions of Artists and Cultural and Creative Professionals OMC (Open Method Coordination) group of Member States’ experts
Becoming a cultural entrepreneur in a linguistic minority context: a practice perspective Joëlle Bissonnette (fr)
Passing It On Walter W. Powell
Creative Economy Outlook 2024 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report team
Mentoring While Black: A Testimony Alford A. Young
Music Marketing for the DIY Musician Bobby Borg
Finding a Mentor and Being a Mentor László Bruszt
Notes From Undergrouds : Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture Stephen Ducombe
Mentoring as a Distributed Practice of Care: A Conversation Silvia Gherardi, Michela Cozza, Laura Lucia Parolin
Keep Your Mentee Disappointed Gil Eyal
Guiding Booklets
We present here synthetic "study guides" for the facilitation of one or more course/training sessions, based on MOOCs, with a didactic framework for "teachers"
Overview
Study guide - Cultural and Creative entrepreneurship
Study Guide - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Study Guide - Making a symposium
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool proposed here, through a series of simple questionnaires, aims to stimulate a reflective posture : "What have I understood? What does this change in the way I think about my project? Where do I need to go further?"
MOOC - Cultural and Creative entrepreneurship
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is the relationship between artistic temporality and project continuity?
Self Assessment - Overview
General expectations
Strategic Reflection Sheet What place should be given to cooperation and collective work?
Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Entrepreneurship and the economy
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can artistic experimentation and financial viability be articulated?
Entrepreneurship and Positioning
Entrepreneurship and Values
Strategic Sheets - Canvas
Strategic Reflection Sheet What relationship should be built with the territory or the communities concerned?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How to balance personal expression and dissemination strategy in a cultural project?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can public visibility and loyalty to one's intention be articulated?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can we build a viable economic model, without sacrificing the values of the project?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What posture should we adopt in the face of the institutions, rules, and standards of the sector?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How to position the cultural project in the social space – between utility, visibility and commitment?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is my personal definition of success in my project?
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool invites each learner to move beyond being a passive recipient of knowledge, to become an active agent in their professional development. In a sector where norms shift, trajectories are non-linear, and listening is as crucial as teaching, this reflective capacity is essential.
MOOC - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Self Assessment - Framework
General expectations
Defining the Role of the Mentor
Trust and Inclusion
Support and Tools
Adapting to digital and intercultural contexts
Towards sustainable and reflective mentoring
Roles and responsibilities
Supporting complex creative trajectories
The Closing Process
Self Assesment Tools
The self-assessment tool invites each learner to move beyond being a passive recipient of knowledge, to become an active agent in their professional development. In a sector where norms shift, trajectories are non-linear, and listening is as crucial as teaching, this reflective capacity is essential.
MOOC - Mentorship for Young Cultural Entrepreneurs
Strategic Reflection Sheet How does the program framework influence the way of mentoring?
Strategic Reflection Sheet Framework
Strategic Reflection Sheet What tension(s) in the role of mentor?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What skills are really mobilized in a mentoring?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How do personal values influence the way we mentor?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What is the impact of this type of relationship on one's own trajectory?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What are the blind spots in a mentor posture?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How can this relationship transform the way we conceive of support?
Strategic Reflection Sheet When and how to react to difficulties in the mentoring relationship?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What can we take away from this experience to pass it on to other mentors?
Strategic Reflection Sheet How do you manage the gaps between your expectations and the mentee's needs?
Strategic Reflection Sheet What would be my own definition of successful mentoring?
Links
All the ressources included in the REACH MOOCs ande REACH, from A to Z, are in this page. Click, download and enjoy!
REACH MOOCs
Other
How to make a zine Rona Akbari
REACH Presentation
MOOC - Governance & Mentorship
MOOC - Cultural & Creative entrepreneurship
MOOC - Making a Symposium
MOOCs - The complete Tool Box
Websites
REACH Project
Combustible
Musika Bulegoa
Clive Davis Institute
Vectorealism
REACH Experts
Flo Gil de Muro Combustible
Jean-Louis Puyo Combustible
Jacques Chabrillat Combustible
Indiana Debacq Combustible
Carine Puyo Combustible
Marco Bocola Vectorealism
Eleonora Ricca Vectorealism
Marc Plotkin Clive Davis Institute
Jeff Peretz Clive Davis Institute
Errol Koloskine Clive Davis Institute
JD Samson Clive Davis Institute
Brianne Hayes Clive Davis Institute
Nick Sansano Clive Davis Institute
Bobby Wooten Clive Davis Institute
Alan Billi Usopop
Areta Senosiain Musika Bulegoa
Arkaitz Villar Musika Bulegoa
Mike Errico Clive Davis Institute
Nicholas Sansano
Nick began his professional career in earnest at Greene Street Recording in NYC, recording and mixing for a variety of seminal Hip Hop and Alternative Music artists - including Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Rob Base, and Run DMC. His work in early Hip Hop attracted the attention of Sonic Youth, with whom he would co-produce and record the albums "Daydream Nation" and "Goo," two critically acclaimed and historic alternative music releases.
Sonic Youth's "Daydream Nation" and Public Enemy’s "It Takes a Nation of Millions" and "Fear of Black Planet" were selected for inclusion in the US Library of Congress Archive of Culturally Significant American Recordings. Nick's genre-crossing work has taken him around the world, producing music in Australia, New Zealand, and all throughout Europe. In France, he found success producing multi-platinum recordings for the groups IAM, Zebda and Noir Desir – blending French pop genres with musicians from North Africa, Spain, and the Middle East. His francophone work has earned three Victoire De La Music Awards from the French Recording Academy.In all, Nick has been awarded over 17 Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Record awards worldwide. Despite the commercial success, it is his work outside the mainstream with artists such as Le Tigre, Galactic, Peter Mulvey, The Grassy Knoll, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Pop Group, and Mbongeni Ngema that defines who he is as a musician, recordist, and producer. He remains an active performer with his experimental group, The Bronze Fondue.
Marc Plotkin
Marc Plotkin is an American Songwriting Award-Winning Artist, a Grammy Shortlisted Producer, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 25 Entrepreneur, and a Professor at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. As a songwriter, singer, saxophonist, guitarist, producer, and engineer, Marc has had the pleasure of making music both in the studio and onstage with Jon Batiste, Sufjan Stevens, Ra Ra Riot, Panama Wedding, Pete Francis of Dispatch, Hiromi, Peter Himmelman, and many others.
Marc co-founded “DecisionDesk,” the first multimedia-enabled online application for colleges. He next founded “Wifi Music School,” an online marketplace for private music lessons via Skype with some of the top musicians and educators in the world, also acquired by Flint Hills Music.Marc is currently the founder and CEO of Beast Music A.I., a system he developed that completely reimagines traditional music marketing. Marc joined NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in 2016 and teaches courses that blend music creation with entrepreneurship and business. He regularly hosts a conversation series that has brought some of the most influential names in music, technology, and business to his students.
Jean-Louis Puyo
Polymorphic artist, Jean-Louis has led the group Bubblies since 1991, conceived award-winning hearing risk prevention projects and pioneered the musical USB key in 2006. As a relay and advisor to numerous artists, he deploys his skills in project management strategy and team management. He is familiar with issues in the phonographic industry as well as those of developing artists.
Indiana Debacq
Indiana, with a background in Economics and a Master’s in International Negotiation focused on the Arab world, has worked several years on EU-funded projects promoting microenterprise and cultural development in Cairo, Egypt. An experienced translator for international organizations, she joined Combustible in April 2022, bringing her expertise in economic and cultural initiatives.
Marco Bocola
Marco embarked on his career in Milan’s creative industry in his early twenties, with a strong inclination towards copywriting and digital content creation. Driven by his innate curiosity and a genuine desire to explore diverse fields, he actively sought opportunities to contribute to various creative business ventures. This included his involvement in a software startup in the Republic of Moldova and his participation in a sociological research project investigating the history of made in Italy design. He holds a Master's Degree in Organizational Studies and Management from the Catholic University of Milan, providing him with a strong foundation in business and organizational dynamics.
Eleonora Ricca
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design. Co-founded Vectorealism in 2009, driven by a deep passion for creating and making things real, with the goal of providing everyone the opportunity to make things and access cutting-edge technologies. Currently, she teaches laser cutting at SIAM and Innovation in Materials and Technology at Domus Academy. When her head is not immersed in the laser cuter her other hyperfixation is dogs and looking at peculiar animals and memes on the internet.
Bobby Wooten
Bobby Wooten III is a composer/producer/instrumentalist raised in Chicago, IL. He credits his family’s gospel Wooten Choral Ensemble as his main influence & inspiration. Bobby has written/produced/recorded with David Byrne, Carly Rae Jepsen, Post Malone, Jennifer Lopez, Mac Miller, Jennifer Hudson, Rick Ross, Machine Gun Kelly, Jake Troth, among others. Commercial production credits include Empire TV series, Google, Adidas, Lebron James, ESPN, among others. Bobby composed & produced the score for the 2023 film "Rare Objects." Broadway credits include Moulin Rouge! & the Grammy/Emmy-nominated & Tony-winning production of David Byrne's American Utopia, the latter filmed by Spike Lee. In 2020, Bobby launched the internet series "America, Learn Your History." In two minute episodes, he retells history as seen through a minority lens –– Revisiting stories that have been misunderstood, misled, or lied upon in American education.
Musika Bulegoa is an association that collaborates with public entities to support the Basque music sector.We specialize in organizing training sessions, leading workshops, promoting awareness projects, providing consulting & support for entrepreneurs, advocating for diversity, organizing LGTBIQ+ conferences, supporting internationalization, and more.
Carine Puyo
Carine, co-founder and manager of the association Combustible since 2005, is an expert in structuring participatory projects in the cultural and social economy sectors, providing support to entrepreneurs in art, socio-cultural, digital, and sports initiatives. With a strong background in cultural project development and sociology, she also works as a consultant and brings two decades of experience as a musician in the DIY music scene, offering deep insights into contemporary music and live performance.
Combustible - Biarritz
Combustible is a laboratory for innovative cultural initiatives, backed by over two decades of experience in live performance, artistic creation, networking, and cultural & digital mediation. We provide consulting & training, as well as co-production and production support for young cultural & creative entrepreneurs, particularly those emerging from underground and D.I.Y. cultures.
Errol Kolosine
Errol Kolosine is a music industry executive, producer, and educator with a career spanning decades in music business, artist management, soundtracks, and new media. He joined Caroline / Astralwerks in New York, where he spent 14 years, rising to General Manager in 1999. Under his leadership, the label became a powerhouse, working with top-selling and Grammy-winning artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Air, Beth Orton, Fatboy Slim, Brian Eno, Sia, Hot Chip, and Royksopp.
Kolosine also made a mark in soundtracks and licensing, serving as Music Supervisor or Executive Producer on films like Being John Malkovich, V for Vendetta, and Rango, as well as video games and TV shows like SSX-3 and Heroes. He received a Grammy nomination as Executive Producer for the Six Feet Under soundtrack.After leaving Astralwerks, he founded Modern Frequencies, a platform for artist advocacy, management, and consulting, working with The Chemical Brothers and various labels, soundtracks, and tech companies.Currently, Kolosine is an Associate Arts Professor and Business Area Head at the NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where he develops innovative courses like "3D Printing & The Music Industry" and "Music, Science & Futurism in the 21st Century", mentoring the next generation of music industry professionals.
Flo Gil de Muro
Flo Gil de Muro, with a background in gender studies and sociology of health , has been deeply involved in LGBTQIA+ cultural activism, including organizing queer film and music festivals and working in community health for marginalized communities. Since joining Combustible in January 2024, Flo has focused on producing open educational resources and documenting methodologies for international projects, building on extensive experience in advocacy, education, and creative projects like music and podcast production.
Brianne Hayes
Brianne has been with The Clive Davis Institute since its very early days in 2005. She began her time at CDI as the first Administrative Aide of the department, and as the department expanded, she became the first Administrative Coordinator. Now, in her role as Administrative Director, she is integral to the big picture planning and development for the Institute and oversees all day-to-day administrative activities, including managing the annual budget, advising and assisting students with issues, leading the admissions process, and scheduling courses and hiring faculty, etc. You name it!
Jacques Chabrillat
Jacques Chabrillat, Ph.D. graduate in management sciences, is an expert in financial and budgetary engineering who directs pedagogical activities at AGECIF, collaborates with government agencies on training and consultancy, supports Le Moulin in Marseille, and sits on the board of the Eurockéennes festival.
Vectorealism - Milan
Vectorealism is a design and prototyping studio specializing in digital fabrication, and a pioneer of the Makers movement in Italy. Our work focuses on digital fabrication services, research, and training, with three main areas of activity: a FabLab in Milan, an online digital fabrication service, and a creative studio offering design consulting.
The REACH Project
The cultural and creative industries have been radically transformed by digital technology, reshaping production and distribution models. In contemporary music, traditional structures—producers, distributors, and specialized media—have been replaced by digital platforms, algorithms, and influencers, fostering an economy driven by attention rather than creation. Independent artists and those from minority cultures must now develop entrepreneurial skills, navigate globalized environments, and craft new governance strategies. Despite these challenges, they remain key players in cultural innovation.
The REACH project addresses these challenges by: ✔ Supporting specialized mentors to guide young creators. ✔ Developing an international network to support cultural entrepreneurship. ✔ Organizing symposiums and a conference to share expertise and strengthen collaborations. ✔ Producing accessible resources to ensure the long-term impact of the project. The goal is to provide young cultural entrepreneurs with tailored tools to navigate this new ecosystem and foster inclusive and sustainable creativity.
Mike Errico
New York-based recording artist, writer, and professor Mike Errico has built his name on the strength of critically acclaimed releases and extensive composition for film and TV. He has taught songwriting at universities including Yale, Wesleyan, and the New School, and was nominated for 2019’s David Payne-Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter, which is required reading in arts programs across the country.
Alan Billi
Alan is a multi-instrumentalist known for his work as a musician and producer with the bands Orbel, The Rodeo Idiot Engine and VENIL, as well with his solo project PALECOAL, who just released a first LP, blending alternative Hip-Hop with Industrial and Post-Digital soundscapes. He's also part of the Basque collective Usopop which organizes shows, festivals and releases records for some of the most innovative Basque artists.
Jeff Peretz
Multi-instrumentalist/producer Jeff Peretz is an Associate Arts professor, the Music Director, and the coordinator of the Musicianship & Songwriting area at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Jeff has recorded and/or performed with Mark Ronson, Lana Del Ray, Jay-Z, Rock Wilder, Daniel Merriweather, Corrine Baily Rea, Tim Robbins and Stanley Clarke. He is the founder and principle composer for Abu Gara. His books include Zen and the Art of Guitar, Guitar Atlas: Cuba, and Guitar Atlas: The Middle East and he recently contributed the musical analysis to the NYTimes best seller: Dilla Time.
The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm. As “America’s Pop Musicologist, he has written music for television, film and stage and as Michael J Fox's personal guitar coach for the past 12 years, he has prepared, arranged and successfully directed Michael's performances with such artists as The Who, Chris Martin, and the Roots for the MJFox Foundation's annual benefit "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cure.” He has been a faculty member of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music since 2006 and a full-time faculty member since 2013. Jeff has taught at The New School University, and Marymount Manhattan College. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Third Street Music Settlement School in lower Manhattan and a member of the Les Paul Advisory Council
Arkaitz Villar
Since 2019, Arkaitz has been working as a Project Manager at the Euskal Herriko Musika Bulego Elkartea association. His responsibilities include promoting Basque music at various international professional fairs, managing the communications team, and organizing and hosting key events such as Kluster and DA! Pro. Arkaitz is also deeply involved in supporting young Basque artists in the music sector by providing them with essential tools and resources to develop their projects and gain access to relevant professional platforms. In parallel, he coordinates the activities of BASQUE. MUSIC., an initiative dedicated to the promotion of Basque music. Arkaitz’s expertise in the Basque music industry stems from his experience as a radio host for EITB, where he ran a program until 2020 focusing on the professional music sector in the Basque Country, covering all aspects of the industry—from musicians to festivals.
JD Samson
Since the early 2000s as a member of the feminist electro-pop band Le Tigre, Samson has gone on to work in almost every medium. A formidable songwriter, producer, visual artist and internationally renowned DJ, Samson has amassed a body of work that not only spans a variety of fields—everything from pop music and fine art to curatorial work, political activism, and fashion—but has also helped galvanize NYC’s LGBT community. She has been photographed and featured everywhere from Interview to Vogue Homme and has written for the likes of the Huffington Post and Creative Review. A valiant supporter of LGBT issues, Samson has provided a glowing example for the lesbian and gender-queer communities.
Samson also began writing and producing for other artists, including Christina Aguilera, Cobra Starship and Pussy Riot, co-writing the song "Don't Cry Genocide" for their appearance on House of Cards. For Samson, who is equally at home writing music for major label artists and playing music at a queer house party in a Bushwick basement, the ability to follow her artistic impulses has proven to be a recipe for both success and a happy life. In addition to her own creative endeavors, Samson co-founded and co-runs Atlas Chair, a record label aimed at serving as an incubator for emerging artists helping to develop the burgeoning careers of artists such as Baby Alpaca, Claude Violante and Avan Lava.
Clive Davis Institute New York
The Clive Davis Institute is a department of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, globally renowned for its excellence in artistic studies. Our mission is to equip students with the necessary skills—entrepreneurial, creative, and intellectual—to foster the emergence of visionary cultural entrepreneurs in the ever-evolving global music industry.
Areta Senosiain
After completing violin and orchestra studies, she continued exploring new styles and formats, delving into the string quartet and a band with which she currently offers numerous concerts throughout Euskal Herria, called Ibil Bedi. A few years ago she discovered cultural management and after completing a master's degree, she delved into the Musika Bulegoa project, with the hope of continuing to work in the music sector from another point of view.