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this success and raise further awareness of the work of the Mental Health Foundation, we decided during early 2010 to go one step further and as well as organise the shows, create some new music to play at those shows too. It seemed natural that creating new music should be our way of getting further involved and getting people thinking and talking even more." The project is supported by Breathing Space Scotland.
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In 2010, the project became known as The Fruit Tree Foundation, with a post on the project's website stating: "Since 2008 the music events of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival, programmed under the banner 'Music Like A Vitamin', have been growing in size and popularity. To build on
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In 2011, the Foundation introduced a mentoring scheme for young musicians, entitled 'New Branch', with Jones noting, "We got 170 applicants within a week, which was amazing. I listened to them all but had to be very objective and think about the bigger picture, being very aware of my grumpy old man
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Prior to 2009's 'Music Like a Vitamin', Jones suggested that a full-length album featuring contributions from performers could be a possibility, noting, "The main idea is to have a more songwriter based project which will culminate in a record and then concerts as part of the festival. Something to
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keep people involved and talking about these things inbetween festivals. There is a set idea now, and a plan, but I'm just awaiting the right funding. I think the main thing is to keep momentum so that we're not backtracking every year when we start a new festival."
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To coincide with the album's release, there were two "launch gigs," with Jones noting, "I think the nerves and tension combined with the camaraderie that had been built through the process of writing and recording made for really special couple of evenings."
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curated concerts for Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival, entitled, 'Music Like a Vitamin'. The concerts featured notable Scottish
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Regarding The Fruit Tree Foundation's future, Jones noted, "I don't want to limit The Fruit Tree Foundation project to being just another
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or whatever, there's no reason we shouldn't have people who sound like that in the project."
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To date, the project has organised a number of live concerts, and released one studio album,
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project. It's supposed to include everybody, so just because I don't listen to
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Index

Scotland
Indie rock
folk
Chemikal Underground
Rod Jones
Emma Pollock
Scott Hutchison
James Graham
Karine Polwart
Jill O'Sullivan
Alasdair Roberts
James Yorkston
Idlewild
Rod Jones
Delgados
Emma Pollock
Mental Health Foundation
Frightened Rabbit
The Twilight Sad
Sparrow and the Workshop
Karine Polwart
Alasdair Roberts
James Yorkston
Idlewild
Rod Jones
Delgados
Emma Pollock
indie
Frightened Rabbit
The Twilight Sad

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