It started with a van
In 2017, a van became a studio at festival campgrounds. Strangers made music together, and one dubstep track started as a sampled piece of metal.
20,233 kids later...
Boredomfighters have brought the studio to 181 schools around the US, major festivals like EDC Las Vegas, 8 years of youth summer camps, and have hired music makers 1,643 times in the process to spread the joy of inclusive music empowerment.
Welcome to the Instrument Garden
The Instrument Garden is our inclusive, judgment-free mobile studio, often a dome full of plants and instruments. Musicians guide you as you become one yourself. Everyone’s invited, no sound is a bad sound, and layer by layer it becomes a song.
Everyone has a sound to share
Lil Beat, Drumstick, and the crew of Metrognomez hold down the production while everyone is invited to add their own flavor. Even Drumstick’s name came from a young creator.
The studio is everywhere
School hallways, libraries, youth centers, festival fields. The studio goes where young people already are, and we team up with teachers to keep it going.
From novice noise maker to expert earbender
We’ve created an ecosystem of programs to empower all young music makers.
- InspireWorkshops and assemblies.
- EducateCamp, mentorships, and after-school programs.
- ActivateReal stages and pro studios with your favorite producers.
Camp: a summer in the studio
Five days of making beats, writing songs and performing with real producers as mentors. Camp runs in Michigan and Colorado, and we’ve been doing it for eight years.
