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Jul 22, 2014
USS Presented With Gold Plaques At Hometown Festival
Over the weekend, alt-dance duo Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS) were presented with their first official Canadian Gold award plaques in front of a hometown crowd at Toronto’s Echo Beach. The plaques commemorate their single “This Is The Best” selling over 40,000 digital downloads in Canada since it’s 2013 release. The headlining performance was part of rock station 102.1 The […]
Jul 17, 2014
Maclean’s editorial highlights value of music festivals in Canada
A new editorial in Maclean’s, Summertime, and the music is easy, highlights the value of music festivals in Canada, citing the economic benefits, artist development opportunities, use of historic and unique locations, and community building aspects of festivals. Music tourism is one of five areas identified as a critical area for development in Music Canada’s […]
Jul 17, 2014
Music Managers Forum Canada Announces New President
Music Managers Forum Canada officially announced their new President Meg Symsyk today. With over a decade of experience as a marketing executive at Universal Music Canada, Symsyk will take over as President of MMF Canada from Rhyna Thomson who is stepping down for professional and personal reasons. Meg Symsyk has been involved wide range of many key artist campaigns including […]
Jul 16, 2014
2014 Canadian Country Music Association Awards Nominees Announced
Congratulations to the 2014 Canadian Country Music Association Award nominees, which were announced today by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA). Flat Lake, Alberta’s Brett Kissel leads the nominations with eight, including Single of the Year, Album of the Year, and Male Artist of the Year. Dean Brody and Gord Bamford also received several nominations, […]
Jul 15, 2014
2014 Polaris Prize Short List Announced
The short list for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize was announced today at The Carlu in Toronto, ON. The Polaris Music Prize is an annual event that honours the works of Canadian artists over the past year regardless of genre, sales or record label. The Polaris Prize awards gala will take place at The Carlu on September […]
Jul 14, 2014
Backgrounder: The Copyright Board’s Tariff 8 Decision
On May 16, 2014, the Copyright Board of Canada issued its decision setting rates for Re:Sound’s Tariff 8 – Non-Interactive & Semi-Interactive Webcasts, 2009-2012. What is the Copyright Board? The Copyright Board of Canada is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to […]
Jul 11, 2014
Deane Cameron to receive the 2014 Hank Smith Award of Excellence at Country Music Week
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced that Deane Cameron will be honoured with the 2014 Hank Smith Award of Excellence, which recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond their job in contributing his or her time and talents for the advancement of Canadian country music nationally. “Deane Cameron has left an […]
Jul 10, 2014
The Rambler by Graham Henderson: Tariff 8 decision establishes “10% of Nothing Rates”
The Rambler is a column by Graham Henderson, President of Music Canada. Graham writes from time to time about developments in the music industry, new trends or just about music! Let’s face it, Graham has been around for a long time and has a lot to ramble on about. Six years (think about that people, […]
Jul 10, 2014
Q107 Toronto’s John Derringer on Tariff 8
John Derringer of Q107 Toronto discussed the Copyright Board of Canada’s Tariff 8 decision on his radio show this morning, riffing on our recent blog comparing the new royalty rates for webcasting services in Canada to items mentioned in the Barenaked Ladies‘ classic song “If I Had $1000000.” The new rates are so low, it […]