T4Tunes is a one-person labour of love organising shows and tape distribution for the trans+ community. When gigs started happening again "after the pandemic," and I was desperate to go to gigs again, much more disabled and slightly more trans than I was in 2019, I found myself in live music spaces feeling alienated. I did some work for other promoters but the venues were not physically accessible, the artists were not being treated fairly, the lineups weren't reflecting my personal taste in music and weren't as diverse as they could be (read: lack of trans women) so I felt motivated to carve out my own intentional grassroots music space that I could share with my community.

I began referring to shows as fundraisers, which later evolved into calling them non-profit / not-for-profit. Paying venue hire, photographers, ensuring musicians are paid well and tickets are fairly priced is a lot to juggle, and I don't want to make promises I can't uphold by using the word 'fundraiser'. I will continue to take no cut of ticket sales, endeavour to pay everyone involved in shows at union rate and pass on what I can to community members who need mutual aid. As of March 2026, around 620GBP and 1000CAD have been donated from gigs.

For T4Tunes, I aim to book as many trans/GNC people as possible on every lineup. I seek projects where at least one member is trans/GNC, often transfeminine. I want more trans people on stage, I want them paid, and I want them on lineups that make sense where they're not being tokenised for the sake of it. I am trans, autistic, a lesbian, physically disabled, working class and proud of all of those things. Every venue I use will be step-free, and I will consider sensory accessibility (lighting, smoke, having quiet spaces etc) as much as possible. I want to make my gigs a safe space for everyone and will remain open to feedback wherever I may have missed the mark.

It is important to me that, as well as hearing music they love and being around their peers, those who come to my shows can access support that they may be too anxious to seek out or not know where to look. I aim to regularly have trans mutual aid groups table at my gigs to distribute resources such as information about accessing HRT outside of the often hostile NHS/private healthcare system, radar keys to access disabled/gender neutral bathrooms and information about our legal rights as trans people.

If you are interested in playing a show or having me distribute tapes for you, please email me: t4tunes23@gmail.com. Do not message me without sending me an example of your music, either with a Drive link or Tidal/Bandcamp/Soundcloud. I will listen to fully finished music and demos. I can assist with show booking in the UK and BC, Canada. I especially welcome being sent music from trans women/trans fems, POC, working-class trans people and Disabled/neurodivergent trans people. Please don't take it personally if I don't reply to your message.

Outside of T4Tunes, I work in the music industry in ways such as being a trustee for AMP, a youth music development charity, in accessibility roles, festival work and PA roles. I always want to work with other trans people, so if you would like any advice or to chat about anything, I'm more than happy to do so. I didn't attend university and left school young, so I'm especially interested in discussing ways into the music industry without formal qualifications.