From site: The Youth Music Exchange transforms schools, after-school programs, and community-based organizations into record labels owned and managed by youths. The children write and record the music, develop marketing strategies, design the artwork, and sustain their company by bringing a youth-generated product to the community. YME puts not only media but also the media network into the hands of children in order to reinforce academic learning, social development, and career skillsall of which children need for success in the modern world.