Music is your passion. Supporting you is our mission.
The music industry is broken for emerging artists and grassroots venues.
Digital streaming barely pays.
Rising artists and venues are now struggling to grow.
Deals and advances make thriving harder.
This vicious cycle is choking the future of music.
Artists can’t grow, venues can’t survive and fans lose the magic of discovering music live.
Overheads are increasing, consumers are choosing to attend a handful of arena shows over regular grassroots shows, cost of touring is up. While key issues for artists are that the talent development pipeline is collapsing, streaming income is low, recording expenses are increasing and they have more financial insecurity.
Ready to keep your passion alive
A charity committed to championing good mental health within music communities - and a chosen partner of thankyu
Since 2012, the charity has provided tailored mental health support for people who professionally and recreationally engage in music.
Tonic Music provides two online mental health programmes for the music industry (Tonic Rider) and music fans (Never Mind The Stigma). As part of the Tonic Rider programme, people working in music can access:
Therapy Sessions: incl. Psychotherapy and Counselling.
Peer Groups: incl. Futures (18 to 25 years), Neurodiversity and Women in Music.
Skills Workshops: incl. Performance Anxiety, Substance Use Awareness and Emotional Resilience.
Training Courses: incl. Mental Health First Aid and Suicide First Aid Lite.
Explore Tonic’s insightful collection of free downloadable zines, tackling critical topics like depression, anxiety, stress management, and self-care.