About
The Music Patch
Our Mission...
At The Music Patch, our mission is to showcase, educate, and empower artists through community, collaboration, and tech.
The Lore
Click through the tabs to take a journey through the history of The Music Patch!
The Conception
In the midst of the 2020 pandemic, Music Patch founder PATCH BAE discovered Clubhouse - an invite-only social networking app that hosted conversations with an audience. While waiting to start a studio session one day, she created her first Clubhouse board, titled “Sing or Rap for me Acapella”. Unknowingly, she had begun what would become a non-stop 27-day talent show for artists all over the world. As her new show started to gain traction, she took advantage of her 13 years of music industry experience, bringing in industry icons and incredibly influential behind-the-scenes players to give feedback and critiques to the artists who would perform for her, thus bringing even more value to her audience. Over the course of the next year, she’d host more shows every day, eventually expanding to multiple shows in multiple countries at the same time. The community grew to over 5,000 artists, producers, executives, and more, who gave themselves the name “Music Patch” after the host they would wait 6+ hours to perform for.
By 2021, the Music Patch name became synonymous with a number of artists who came to perform for us daily, and we began to realize we could only help them so much through an app. In an effort to give her community a place to gather outside of Clubhouse, PATCH BAE hosted the first Music Patch Camp at Ultrium Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Artists from all over the globe flew to the Golden State to learn the finer points of Studio Etiquette, Songwriting, Arrangement, and more from PATCH and her team in the form of a 3-day workshop. The success of the first camp led to two more - another in Los Angeles and a third in Munich, Germany with some of our European artists and producers.
The Camps
With the success of the Music Patch Camps in 2021, a new era was in store for us and our artists going into 2022. Governments were allowing people to return to their regular lives, and thus jobs and responsibilities took precedence over Clubhouse for artists everywhere. Our community scattered, some getting caught up in life’s challenges while others struggled to find a home amongst Clubhouse’s new competitors such as Twitter Spaces, Spotify Greenroom, and others. As rent-relief programs came to an end and inflation began to rise, artists everywhere were being crushed by financial issues, and we set out to find a way for them to continue to support the careers we’d seen them build over the past two years. Thus began our exploration into the tech industry, partnering with emerging communities and digital nomads to show artists how to use blockchain technology to support their music and connect with their fans on a deeper level. Over the course of 2022 we helped multiple artists create and launch their first NFT projects, grow and strengthen their relationships with their communities, and put together a number of networking events and mixers for creatives to connect with investors and power players who could help them move forward without signing their life away to a 360 deal.
The Adjustment
The Studio
With 2022 coming to a close, we now had more reach into the business and financial side of music than ever before, and had put together a trusted team to show our artists how to take control of their financials and their communities. With Clubhouse being declared dead by social media, however, we were still in need of a home. In 2023 we announced the Music Patch Manor - our new base of operations and an oasis for artists everywhere to create without limits. Our new location gave our artists a safe space to be themselves, and included a BnB room for them to stay, a full-service recording studio with engineers, a “Tiny Desk”-esque performance and filming space, and a 7,000sq ft outdoor space with pool, spa, and a stage for them to perform on. The Manor brought us back to our roots - helping musicians create their best music. This change also introduced new services to our artists, including in-house recording and mix engineers, vocal producers, performance coaches, and vocal coaches for them to learn from. The Manor became our launchpad for all future endeavors, and brought us closer to our artists than ever before.
The Camps
We can’t wait to see what the future will bring for our community. With the continuation of Music Patch Studios, we’re focused on helping the artists we love to create their best music yet, and providing an environment for them to call home. We hope to also usher in a new frontier for Music Patch, including distribution options for our artists, sync/licensing partnerships, and access to our growing network of experts.
Contact
We're always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
(213) 340-6727