A Tiny but Mighty Appeal to mark World Mental Health Day.
Huge thank you to @thenational , @laurenevemayberry and the other artists who are supporting us with this appeal.
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Together, we’ll make tiny changes to Earth.
Have you spotted our flags? 👀
At Tiny Changes, we believe that young people hold the solution to change and we want to raise and illuminate their voices wherever and whenever we can.
This year at @connectfestsco we’re flying the flag for youth-led innovation (quite literally) with our Tiny Changes flags, created by the talented Heather Marshall of @creative_electric .
Whether you’re coming along to the festival this weekend, or watching along from home, keep an eye out for flags and tag us in your photos to share the Tiny Changes word far and wide.
Make a tiny change today by donating via the link in our bio.
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This line from Lloyd Luther in Episode 5 has stayed with us. 🖤
The tension between wanting privacy and needing visibility is something so many musicians and so many people navigate every single day. Lloyd talks about it with honesty and self-awareness.
Episode 5 out now. Link in bio to listen.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #LloydLuther #MensMentalHealth #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #MentalHealth
"Making music requires a specific kind of delusion." - Bemz
You have to believe that out of everyone trying to make it, you're the one who will. Bemz opens up about this in Episode 5 - holding onto that belief, that necessary insanity, takes a real toll on your mental health.
But he got himself to a place where he could make the music he actually wanted to make, then put himself in rooms where people had to accept him for it. Not waiting for permission. Not trying to fit someone else's blueprint. Just showing up as himself and making them deal with it.
Episode 5 out Tuesday. Two artists on men's mental health and what it actually takes to build a career when the system isn't built for you. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses men's mental health, self-doubt, and the psychological toll of pursuing a music career.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #Bemz #M4Festival #MensMentalHealth #MusicianMentalHealth #IndependentArtist #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #MusicIndustry
"We still need to be seen as dynamic beings. We can be macho, we can feel sad, we can feel different emotions, as Black men in the music industry."
In Episode 5, Lloyd Luther opens up about the systemic barriers that box Black men into limited roles in music and the impact on mental heath.
Episode 5 drops Tuesday - two artists on men's mental health and the things that make it worse and harder to ask for help.
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses men's mental health, racism, systemic discrimination in the music industry, and emotional suppression.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #LloydLuther #MensMentalHealth #BlackMusicians #MusicIndustry #Intersectionality #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #IndependentArtist
Viral moments give you numbers. They don't give you community.
Kirsteen Harvey went from zero to 100,000 TikTok followers in under two years, and in Episode 3 of Tiny Changes Big Podcast she's clear about what worked: posting what's true to her and her music, not what the algorithm wants that week.
The clout is temporary. The audience you build by being consistent and honest is what actually lasts. And it doesn't have to happen on anyone's timeline but yours.
Watch the full conversation now - link in bio. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses social media pressures and the mental health impact of being constantly visible online.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #KirsteenHarvey #SocialMediaForMusicians #TikTokForMusicians #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #IndependentArtist
Our fantastic host @iambecharlotte is kicking off our conversation for Episode 4:
You can be surrounded by a team and still feel completely alone.
Be Charlotte opens Episode 4 talking about being signed to a label with more people working with her than ever before - and somehow it was the loneliest period of her career. Because having people around you isn't the same as having the right people who actually understand what you're trying to do.
Full episode drops Tuesday with three brilliant guests on what it means to build a music career when the industry wasn't built for you. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses isolation, mental health, and barriers in the music industry.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #BeCharlotte #MusicIndustry #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #IndependentArtist #MusicCareerAdvice
One last piece from Episode 3 with Lauren and Kirsteen:
The old music industry blueprint is crumbling. And that's actually good news.
Lauren Mayberry has watched the gatekeepers lose their grip over a decade-plus career, and in Episode 3 of Tiny Changes Big Podcast she's clear: you don't have to force yourself into a system that's already breaking down.
What worked a year ago won't work now. What works now won't work in two years. So stop trying to reverse-engineer someone else's path and make what you actually love. Because if you don't love it, no one else will feel it either.
Watch the full conversation now - link in bio. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses social media pressures and the mental health impact of being constantly visible online.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #LaurenMayberry #CHVRCHES #MusicIndustry #IndependentArtist #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #MusicCareerAdvice
Asking for what you need shouldn't feel like admitting weakness. But in music, it often does.
Maya Kashif talks about this in tomorrow's episode - navigating the classical music world while managing Type 1 diabetes and visual impairment. When your needs are invisible, they're easy to misread. Eating during a concert looks unprofessional. Taking more time looks like you're slacking. And when you're young and trying to prove yourself, asking for accommodations can feel like you're already behind.
But here's what Maya learned: those needs are valid. And asking for them isn't something to be ashamed of.
Episode 4 drops tomorrow. Three guests on building careers in an industry that wasn't built for them. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses disability, mental health, and barriers in the music industry.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #MayaKashif #DisabilityInMusic #Accessibility #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #ClassicalMusic #IndependentArtist
Next Tuesday it's Episode 5 of Tiny Changes Big Podcast and it's a powerful, important conversation. 🖤
Lloyd Luther is a MOBO Unsung finalist whose music has featured on Netflix's Top Boy, and a passionate mental health advocate. Bemz is an award winning artist, Scottish Music Awards' Sound of Scotland 2024, and the founder of M4 Festival, who started his own platform after realising he needed to create opportunities rather than wait for doors to open.
Together they join Be Charlotte to talk openly about the barriers and pressure men face when asking for help with their mental health, racism and misogyny in the music industry and how that intersects with mental health.
Episode 5: Men's Mental Health — drops next Tuesday. Link in bio to follow so you don't miss it. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses men's mental health including depression, anxiety, toxic masculinity, chronic illness and racism.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #MensMentalHealth #LloydLuther #Bemz #M4Festival #MusicIndustry #TinyChanges #MentalHealth #ScottishMusic
Who do you become when you step on stage?
Mobo Agoro asks the artists he works with to define that person - not who they are in real life, but who they turn into when they perform. And the answer matters, because on the days you don't feel ready, on the days the anxiety is louder than the music, that persona is what carries you through.
One artist he works with frames it like this: they're performing as the hero their younger self needed. The person they didn't think they could become. And reminding themselves of that gap - between who they were and who they are now - is what gets them on stage.
Episode 4 out now. Three incredible guests on building music careers when the industry wasn't built for you. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses mental health, performance anxiety, and barriers in the music industry.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #MoboAgoro #PerformanceAnxiety #MusicianMentalHealth #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #IndependentArtist #MusicIndustry
Sitting on the bus rapping about money you don't have is when you realise something's got to change.
Bemz talks about this turning point in Episode 5 of Tiny Changes Big Podcast - the moment he stopped performing what he thought people wanted to hear and started pulling from his actual life. That's when the music stopped being a performance and became something therapeutic. When he realised he could take everything he'd been through and turn it into something that actually mattered.
Authenticity isn't just better for the art. It's better for you.
Episode 5 drops Tuesday - link in bio when it's live. 🎙️
⚠️ Content note: this episode discusses men's mental health, trauma, and the pressures of authenticity in music.
#TinyChangesBigPodcast #Bemz #M4Festival #MensMentalHealth #MusicianMentalHealth #Authenticity #TinyChanges #ScottishMusic #IndependentArtist #MusicIndustry
