Recent News
Oct 06, 2014
National Live Music Association Launches with Naming of Executive Director
Music Canada Live, a new national association that will represent members of the live music community, has announced that Erin Benjamin will become its first Executive Director. Ms. Benjamin, formerly the Executive Director of both the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) and the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (now known as Folk Music Ontario), has […]
Oct 06, 2014
Sweden’s Tove Lo Receives Platinum Award For Single “Habits”
Following her headlining concert at Toronto, ON’s Phoenix Concert Theatre, Universal Music Canada recording artist Tove Lo was presented with a Canadian Platinum award plaque for her track “Habits (Stay High)” off her 2014 debut album Queen Of The Clouds. The Swedish singer took her to Instagram to thank the crowd for an amazing show and break […]
Oct 03, 2014
Chromeo Presented With Gold Plaques For Summer Hit “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”
After a busy summer touring the globe in support of their album 2014 White Women, Montreal, QC’s Chromeo paid a visit to Last Gang Records‘ Toronto headquarters where they were surprised with Gold and Platinum award plaques for their smash single “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”. The awards were the first ever for the “funks lords”, who […]
Sep 26, 2014
Tariff 8 Royalty Calculator
How does Tariff 8 affect you? In the box below, enter the number of times your song has been streamed on a non-interactive or semi-interactive streaming service to learn how much the Copyright Board of Canada thinks you deserve to be paid for your music:
Sep 23, 2014
Bob Ezrin: “Please don’t let this be the day the music died”
Esteemed Canadian music producer Bob Ezrin has published the following op-ed on the Copyright Board of Canada’s Tariff 8 decision in this week’s edition of The Hill Times. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE HILL TIMES, SEPT. 22, 2014 Please don’t let this be the day the music died By BOB EZRIN Published: Monday, 09/22/2014 12:00 […]
Sep 23, 2014
Nunavut Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq Wins 2014 Polaris Music Prize
On Monday night, the 2014 Polaris Music Prize was awarded to Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq for her album Animism. Tagaq, who received a standing ovation from the gala attendees following her uplifting performance, was awarded a cash prize of $30,000 for her Polaris win. The winner was decided by a panel of selected music critics and announced during the […]
Sep 19, 2014
Ontario Government launches Live Music Portal and announces recipients of the first year of the Ontario Music Fund
Today, the Hon. Michael Coteau, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, announced the recipients of the first year of the Ontario Music Fund, as well as the official launch of Ontario’s live music portal, http://ontariolivemusic.ca/. The first year of the Ontario Music Fund, which is administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), is […]
Sep 16, 2014
Clean Bandit Surprised With Platinum Awards For “Rather Be”
During a stop in Toronto for a sold-out show at The Virgin Mobile Mod Club, rising UK electronic act Clean Bandit were presented with Canadian Platinum Digital Download award plaques for their single “Rather Be”, from their debut album New Eyes (Warner Music Canada). The show marked the beginning of their first-ever North American tour and was also the only […]
Sep 15, 2014
Music Canada’s 2014 Annual General Meeting
The Lula Lounge in Toronto played host to Music Canada’s 2014 Annual General Meeting on September 10th, with more than 150 representatives from our member labels and industry partners in attendance. The event began with a State of the Industry conversation between acclaimed record producer Bob Ezrin and Music Canada President Graham Henderson. Much of […]