Don’t just teach them the industry. Put them in it.
The Future Is Yellow is an immersive music-industry education program. Students step into real roles and take a song from idea to record to rollout.
The Future Is Yellow presents
Project Dream Bus.
A 2003 GMC Savana becoming a mobile recording studio and creative classroom, so the program can pull up anywhere. We bought the bus — now we’re building what’s inside, with a $40,000 build campaign.
See the full campaign →What we do
Learn the industry
Students meet working professionals and explore the real jobs that bring a record to life.
Make a real record
Write, produce, record and shoot — the class ships an actual song, not an assignment.
Run the rollout
Marketing, creative direction, management and release strategy, handled by the students.
We tested the model.
The students built the rollout.
At Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta, students learned how the music industry works by actually participating in the process — and released a record with Suni MF.
90%
reported increased confidence, teamwork and self-expression.
100%
reported increased knowledge of music-industry careers.
100%
of students participated in the final group song.
90%
said they were more likely to pursue a career in music or the arts.
80%
expressed interest in joining a Future Is Yellow music club.
Student feedback from the Benjamin E. Mays High School pilot.
Build it with us.
Partners can fund a stop, equip the studio, host the program at a school, or back the full build.
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