SixTwelve Residency Program
congratulations to the following recipients of our 2025 summer music residencies
Hott MT - Tour/Performance Support
Sixtwelve 2026 music residency application
Are you a musician who is a solo act or in a band? Do you have a project in motion, but need a little support for recording, mixing, and mastering? Or maybe you're ready to take your completed project "on the road” or present it to the world through a music video? Since 2015, we have completed 30 creative residencies and have been so proud to support artists giving of themselves to their communities. If you’d like to see our past residents and their projects, click HERE. This year we're opening our music residencies to people from anywhere in the United States, but will give special consideration to musicians from Oklahoma, Savannah, GA and from Los Angeles, and we're now offering three different types of residencies to which musicians can apply:
Recording, Mixing, Mastering ($16,000)
Support Grant for touring ($5,000)
Support Grant ($5,000) for creating a music video (with our film and production team.)
Here's all the fine print:
The residency application closes on March 13, 2026
We will select residents by April 17th and will begin to notify recipients on April 18th.
We will announce the selected residents publicly April 30th.
The recording/mixing/mastering residency can take place anytime from May 15 to December 15, 2026. We will select two recipients for this residency. One recording/mixing/mastering residency must take place in an Oklahoma City studio and the other may take place in another location either in Oklahoma or outside of Oklahoma. This is at the discretion of SixTwelve, the resident, and is meant to support our local studios and studios elsewhere like Sonic Ranch, but also to support musicians at different points in their career.
At least one $5,000 support grant will be given to a musician or band for tour support or for creating a music video. Please select your preference in the application below.
Who is eligible?
Any musician who is currently writing, recording and /or touring is eligible. We focus on Oklahoma, Los Angeles and Savannah songwriters/musicians, but we know that all musicians are facing challenges these days so we want to open up the application to those who are currently giving it their all to create and contribute music in our country.
What does this residency provide?
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Residency:
$5,500 for use of a recording studio for 5-7 days
$3,500 to pay a studio engineer
$1,000 for meals for the week
$6,000 for mixing/mastering
We pay the studio, recording engineer and whoever does the mixing/mastering directly so as to reduce your tax liability at the end of the year. Local/Oklahoma recipients agree to perform one paid ($500) 45 minute set at a SixTwelve First Friday show during the 2026-2027 series.
Tour Support/Music Video:
$5,000 will be given to at last one musician/band who have a tour planned for anytime between the time we announce the residency recipients and December 15, 2026. One paid ($500), 45 minute First Friday performance at SixTwelve will be required in return if you are a local recipient. If you are located somewhere outside of Oklahoma, this will not be required unless you are planning to come through OKC on your tour.
Residency Facility:
The first Recording/Mixing/Mastering residency can take place at any established recording studio in the Oklahoma City metro area. , one may choose a different studio outside of the OKC metro area. Please indicate where you would like to record and with whom (what studio Engineer you would like to record with) in your application.
SixTwelve will make these payments directly to the recording engineers, studios, and other individuals or companies that provide these services once the work is completed with each entity. We are open to giving a downpayment to the studio or engineer upfront to secure their time. Further social media posts will be expected but we will reach an agreement with the resident to determine what is appropriate and when.
We understand that the amount of our grants might not cover the entire process of making a record, coordinating a tour, or creating a music video, but it is our hope to give enough that it isn’t impossible for you to raise the rest. We will help connect you to engineers, studios and have our own film and production experts that we will work with on a music video.
Residency Requirements:
1. Residents agree to be filmed for a SixTwelve Residency video that will be released sometime the following year (2027) if not sooner.
2. Oklahoma residents agree to perform one paid ($500) 45 minute set at one of our First Friday music series shows at SixTwelve during the 2026-2027 season.
3. Residents agree to create four social media posts (across platforms) during your residency, two on your profile pages, two in your stories, linking SixTwelve in each.
4. Residents agree to clear and consistent communication with SixTwelve staff and film crew, before, during and after residency.
5. Residents agree that they are independent entities and hold SixTwelve, Spark LLC, Amy Young, her family and the SixTwelve board harmless for any negative outcome caused by negligible or harmful actions of resident. i.e. Residents take full liability for their actions at all times while they are participating in our programs.
6. Tour Support Residents understand that this opportunity is meant for residency songwriters and musicians only. Tour support grants are meant to support musicians who are working on the road. This is not meant to fund a family vacation. You must have a tour plan. We will meet you somewhere on the road to film your residency interview. We will plan this with you and with respect to your wishes.
Deadlines and Application Process: To apply for our 2026 residency program, please fill out the form below. Applications are due March 13, 2026 by midnight. We will begin the selection process shortly after this date. We will review applications, call/followup with references and possibly contact applicants for more information over the following weeks and will announce/notify applicants of our decision by email or phone by April 17, 2025. We will announce to the public on April 30th.
If we need further information from you, we will contact you. SixTwelve will keep residency applications on file. If you need inspiration for your proposal, visit the Past SixTwelve Residents page on our website (www.sixtwelve.org) to see the dynamic creations and experiences of those who have given so much to help us build this program over the last 10 years. We will continue to post videos and images of these residents’ work over the course of the following year and you will be featured on our website and social media.
SixTwelve does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, genetic information or physical disability.
Once you have filled out the form at the link below, please submit any supporting materials you would like us to have through our email. Your application will not be considered complete until you have completed all steps. If you have any questions, please contact us at contact@sixtwelve.org.
By signing this form, you confirm that all information in this application is true and that you have read and understand all requirements of the SixTwelve Residency program. You also agree that if selected and you find that can not complete your responsibilities under the residency, you will be responsible for returning any funds already paid and you will let us know with enough notice so that we may award the residency to another applicant.
TWIGGS, SixTwelve Spring 2022 Residents