BUMP Records

Bay Unity Music Project (BUMP) Records is a music performance and production program for Bay Area youth ages 14-19. With the help of professional instructors, young people learn to compose music and lyrics, DJ, and produce and record original music using industry-standard technology. BUMP producers also get hands-on entrepreneurship training and experience in producing, branding and promoting albums. Participants have use of music production software and a professional-caliber rehearsal and recording space, free of charge.

Since its founding in 2003, BUMP Records has become the Bay Area’s leading production and performance program focused on urban music, with participants representing twelve middle schools, high schools and community centers, six albums produced to date, tracks licensed to companies like Mercedes Benz and independent film producers, and sales agreements with top online retailers iTunes, eMusic, and Rhapsody.

BUMP Records is prototyping BUMP Mobile – an “off-portal,” open-standards service offering free audio downloads of BUMP music to mobile phones. We're currently testing it in our youth programs, and will make an announcement here when it's available to the public.

To check out samples of work from BUMP Records, go to BUMP Records on MySpace. For more information, contact Robert Collins, Manager of BUMP Records.

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