New Initiative Wants to Help

Nashville-based organization Music Health Alliance has teamed up with the mental health nonprofit Project Healthy Minds to bring more resources to the music community, helping to expand mental health access and support for industry professionals nationwide.

The partnership’s initial phase includes launching a custom, co-branded digital platform powered by Project Healthy Minds’ technology, which will be integrated into the Music Health Alliance website to serve as an additional resource for music professionals seeking mental health support. The platform will include access to services screened by mental health experts; the ability to filter by mental health challenge, price and location; services and support spanning digital self-care to crisis care and everything in between; and a selection of services specifically designed for children and teens.

“Music professionals give so much of themselves to the world, often at great personal cost,” said Music Health Alliance founder and CEO Tatum Hauck Allsep in a statement. “There are unique pressures being a touring artist or industry leader that make it so hard to ask for help. The first step in this groundbreaking partnership between Music Health Alliance and Project Healthy Minds is a solution ensuring that safe, confidential, and trusted mental health support is available quickly and easily to music industry professionals wherever and whenever there is a need.”

The organizations will also collaborate on research and reporting to identify barriers to care, develop targeted interventions and create scalable solutions specifically designed to help music industry professionals.

“The music industry faces mental health challenges at rates higher than the general public, yet traditional systems aren’t built for touring artists, studio musicians or crew members working irregular hours,” said Project Healthy Minds founder and CEO Phil Schermer in a statement. “This partnership with Music Health Alliance is about getting access to mental health support for those who power the music we love.”