The Music Tech Foundation prepares new talent to enter a more diverse workforce.

The Music Tech Foundation

Empowers people to discover and develop useful skills in music and media production as we bring new voices to the industry.

We help people facing disproportionate challenges unlock their potential, shape their career paths, and achieve the positive outcomes they deserve.Our training programs open unparalleled access to state-of-the-art production equipment and opportunities to learn and explore alongside professional industry mentors.We aim to create a more diverse workforce in technical music and media production fields, closing racial, economic, and gender gaps in our industry while helping employers build a strong talent pipeline.Our ultimate goal is to raise up new leaders ready to tackle challenges and blast new trails in music, media, and the arts.

VISION

Our vision is that our work will contribute to more equitable, economically supportive, culturally diverse, and racially integrated communities in which all members have a fair chance at realizing their dreams.

OUR PROCESS

At the Music Tech Foundation, we aim to tap into a person’s native passion for music, art, and communication and nurture it into science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills that translate to meaningful careers.Most music and media production learning takes place through hands-on training and mentorship.We know personally that mastering the techniques and technologies of music and media production can have a powerful effect on a person’s confidence and creativity. We accomplish this through an organic process aimed at slow and steady growth of skills, self-discipline, and self-confidence.

Our students receive free recording studio time to get their hands on state-of-the-art music equipment they might not have been able to access, allowing them to produce their own work and build a portfolio.

This hands-on studio experience is complemented by visits from special guests and career veterans offering free expert workshops to our students in their fields of expertise.

This learning is reinforced in a more personal way through a professional mentorship program that matches students with industry veterans.

When students have wings to fly, we help them secure industry employment through job coaching. Once they graduate from our program, we match our successful students with job opportunities.

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About Music Tech Foundation

Music Tech Foundation is a non-profit charity (tax ID number 88-2446190 ) established in the United States under the US IRS Code Section 501(c)(3), and for that reason, donations from persons or entities located in the United States may benefit from tax deductible status. Scan of 501(c)(3) status letterMessage from Bruce Tambling:I founded the Music Tech Foundation because I witnessed first-hand the need for a more diverse workforce within the technical music and media production fields. As an award winning musician, producer, audio engineer, composer, video editor and teacher who has had the pleasure of working for major record labels such as Motown, Windham Hill, Sony, BMG, Atlantic, Tommy Boy, Warner Brothers, I often observed that many people of all ages and backgrounds are interested in the technical skills required to work in the music and media production industry. Since most music and video production learning takes place through hands-on training and mentorship, we need spaces where students can learn the skills required.At the Music Tech Foundation, we are dedicated to giving people the opportunity to learn from professionals who have been in the music and media production business for decades and get mentored by them. Students will also receive free recording studio time to get hands-on experience to produce their own work and build a portfolio. We will also have special guests and career veterans offering free workshops to our students in their fields of expertise. These efforts will be followed by job placement. Once they graduate from our program, my team and I will match our successful students with potential job opportunities by recommending them for internships or entry-level positions within the music and entertainment industry. Hence, we are taking the first step in creating a diverse workforce for technical careers in the music and media production fields. Our long-term goal is to stream all our workshops and classes online so that young individuals and adults who are interested in learning how to become music technicians or media producers can get the education they need on an international scale. I’m a full-time tenured faculty, and the Co-Director of the Music Technology Department at Foothill College in California and bring decades of teaching experience to the Music Tech Foundation.

Mission Statement

The Music Tech Foundation (MTF) empowers disadvantaged people of all ages and backgrounds to discover and develop useful skills in music and media production as we bring new voices to the industry. We help those facing disproportionate challenges unlock their potential, shape their career paths, and achieve the positive outcomes they deserve by opening access to tools and training they might not have had otherwise.Based in San Jose, California, our nonprofit organization opens its doors to people from all walks of life in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, from underserved youth to retired seniors facing financial hardship. Our training programs offer unparalleled access to state-of-the-art production equipment along with opportunities to learn and explore with professional industry mentors as their guides. We want to help them work their way around obstacles and reach their goals by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to build sustainable careers in digital sound engineering, graphic design, animation, videography, podcast production, sound design, post production, and much more.MTF was founded by award-winning musician, producer, audio engineer, composer, and educator Bruce Tambling, a tenured faculty member and co-director of the Music Technology Department at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Bruce handpicked a team of industry professionals for the MTF team who share a passion not just for music and media production but also for shaping lives.As we work to transform the lives of the people we serve, we are also filling a need for a more diverse workforce in technical music and media production fields. We want to permanently close racial, economic, and gender gaps in our industry by bringing opportunities to aspiring producers from underrepresented groups while simultaneously helping employers build a strong talent pipeline to diversify and enrich the industry. Our ultimate goal is to raise up new leaders ready to tackle challenges and blast new trails in music, media, and the arts.

Volunteers

There are many ways to get involved in our community as a volunteer. Here are some of the open positions:

  1. Audio Production

  2. Video Production

  3. Music Technology Research Assistant

  4. Graphic Designer

  5. Marketing

  6. Executive Assistant

  7. Board Member

  8. Data Entry

  9. Guest Presenter

  10. Teacher Assistant

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