One of Canada’s top emerging artist festivals, Indie Week Canada, will be returning to Toronto from November 6-11, 2018 with 300+ artist, 25+ venues over 6 days. This is a great launch pad for artists who want to enter into American and Canadian markets.
Artist applications are now open for the music festival and will remain open until Monday, July 16. There is an application fee of $35.00USD.
Deadline: Monday, July 16, 2018 and go here to submit.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS. Registration for Music Matters Live 2018. Whether you are a band, singer-songwriter, DJ, or duo, we want to hear from you.
If you would like to be considered for MML 2018, all you have to do is complete and submit this application form below, and it’s FREE. Once you hit submit, you will receive a notification email confirming it has been officially recorded. Your application will then be reviewed by our bookings team and the artists selected to perform will be contacted directly over the following months. The Music Matters Live team are constantly monitoring and reviewing all submissions and will endeavour to be in touch with you. Given the sheer number of applications we receive, we cannot respond to everyone so if you have not heard from us by the end of June 2018, your act has not made this year’s selection. FINAL CALL FOR ARTIST REGISTRATION: Closes on Thursday May 31, 2018 at 23.59 (GMT+8).
Some important things to note down before you get started:
DATES IN 2018:
Music Matters Live festival: September, 7-8
Music Matters Live festival & Industry showcases: September, 10-12
All That Matters conference: September, 10-12
Once applications are closed, the festival team will be in touch if they require any further information to assist with reviewing your act for consideration. In the meantime please take note of these important dates below. If there are any changes, you will be notified via email.
*Your Application Updates:
Application closing date: EXTENDED to Thursday, May 31
Selected artists notification emails sent out by: Thursday, June 14
(Once selected) RSVP deadline: Thursday, June 28
*Please note the dates above could be subject to change)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT ALL THAT MATTERS:
Conference Passes:
All invited festival artists (band members only) will be given a complimentary pass to three days of All That Matters conference tracks. Please note that this is a content only pass and does not include VIP benefits, you can however pay to upgrade to a VIP pass (details will be available on our ticketing website).
Mentoring Workshops:
As a festival act, all artists are invited to attend the Music Matters Academy. This is a valuable part of the Music Matters experience and we encourage all of our artists to attend. The workshops are hosted by VIP Guest speakers, and access these sessions are strictly by invitation only. If you want access to the biggest names in the business and want to succeed in the music industry this a priceless opportunity.
Got it? Good. You can apply here!
This gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the US government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb. Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
In the aftermath of Cinco de Quatro, the Bluth family are all facing one question, that no one quite has the answer to; where is Lucille Two? As this Netflix (semi) original series returns on May 29th, the Bluths are back together, and finally getting the award they think they deserve – for family of the year. A development which will help Lindsay as she begins her campaign for Congress, to become ‘part of the problem’. But whatever happens, Michael will always come back to save the family. Probably.
https://youtu.be/gXg2_yExgVY
Confirmed today, Phil Collins Not Dead Yet, Live! tour is coming to North America this October for 15 shows only. This limited engagement by the legendary performer will feature Phil Collins accompanied by longtime guitarist Daryl Stuermer, keyboardist Brad Cole, bassist Leland Sklar, percussionist Luis Conte & his 16 year old son Nicolas on drums along with a horn section and backup singers. A fitting sequel to his recently released and much-awaited memoir “Not Dead Yet” Phil Collins Not Dead Yet, Live! will be a celebration of his epic career.
Kicking off October 5th in Ft. Lauderdale. the singer-songwriter will make stops in Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Newark, Brooklyn, Montreal, Cleveland, Columbus, Minneapolis, Chicago, Oakland and Las Vegas before the final performance October 28 a the Los Angeles Forum. With 100 million record sales and an unstoppable catalogue of Number 1 albums, Collins is one of the world’s most acclaimed hitmakers.
In Canada, American Express cardmembers will have access to a presale for the newly announced concert dates in Toronto and Montreal starting Thursday, May 10th at 10am through Saturday, May 12th at 10pm.
Additionally, fans may register now through Friday, May 11th at noon (local times) at www.philcollins.tmverifiedfan.com to unlock tickets for the Verified Fan on sale Monday, May 14th 10am through 11:50pm at www.ticketmaster.ca. If tickets remain, general sales begin Tuesday, May 15th at10am local time.
PHIL COLLINS NOT DEAD YET, LIVE! TOUR DATES:
Oct. 05 Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. BB&T Center
Oct. 07 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
Oct. 08 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 09 Boston, MA TD Garden
Oct. 11 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct. 13 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Oct. 14 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Oct. 16 Montreal, QC Centre Bell
Oct. 18 Cleveland, OH Quicken loans Arena
Oct 19 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
Oct. 21 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Oct. 22 Chicago, IL United Center
Oct. 25 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Oct. 27 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 28 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
AJ Ghent performs the greatest approximation to a human voice heard all year. Nice work!
https://youtu.be/ygG9uXvF9Ik
Canada’s hardest rockers, Billy Talent have announced that they have founded the Billy Talent Charity Trust. The charitable trust will be administered by the band’s drummer Aaron Solowoniuk.
“From our start 25 years ago, it’s been important to our band to give back” says Solowoniuk of the Charitable Trust. “Launching BTCT will give us the opportunity to give to a variety of organizations with values that we believe in. I’ve been living with MS for over 20 years now and I have seen what a great impact the MS Society of Canada has. I am happy to announce that they will be receiving the funds from our first project as BTCT.”
To launch BTCT, the band have teamed up with Funding Innovation to create a unique collectors plaque for fans. The plaques feature a gold record, with official artwork from Billy Talent’s singles, studio and live albums, as well as a limited edition photo of the band by Dustin Rabin. What’s more, the plaques will be hand signed in gold by each band member. The plaques will be on sale for just two weeks at a price of $299 CAD, and will be available at billytalentplaques.com. All proceeds from these plaques will go to the MS Society of Canada. More info about Billy Talent Charity Trust can be found at billytalentcharitytrust.com
Billy Talent are also being honored with a Legends of Live Special Achievement Award, presented by Canadian Music Week. Created by Canadian Music Week in partnership with the International Festival Network (IFN) and Music Canada Live, the trade association for the live music sector, the Live Music Industry Awards are a highlight of CMW’s Live Music Summit.
In the years since their inception, Billy Talent have sold nearly one million albums in Canada alone and nearly 3 million albums internationally. Their albums Billy Talent I and II and III have all received multi-platinum certifications, with platinum status for Dead Silence and gold for their latest, Afraid of Heights. Billy Talent have enjoyed tremendous success at Canadian rock radio where they have had three #1 hits that combined for 20 weeks at the top spot, six Top 5 hits, and six Top 10 hits. They have won 7 Juno Awards and have been nominated 23 times, including three nods for Afraid of Heights (Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, and Ian D’Sa for Producer of the Year). They have also been nominated for 32 MMVA Awards – taking home the prize 10 times.
dick clark productions and NBC announced today that music legend, Janet Jackson, will be honored with the prestigious ICON Award at the “2018 Billboard Music Awards,” and will deliver a highly-anticipated performance that will be her first on television in nine years.
Hosted by “The Voice” coach Kelly Clarkson, the “2018 Billboard Music Awards” will broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. The three-hour telecast will feature performances from this year’s hottest musical acts, unexpected collaborations and buzzworthy moments that celebrate 60 years of the Billboard Hot 100.
As a leading voice in music, Jackson has earned more than 100 No. 1s on Billboard’s charts in her career, spending more than 300 weeks at No. 1. She has 19 No. 1s on the Dance Club Songs charts. Jackson is one of only four artists to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in each of the last four decades. She was the first woman to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 (with “Scream,” her duet with brother Michael), and the only artist with seven Top five Hot 100 hits from one album (“Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814”). She owns a record of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and is also the only artist to have three different albums each contain at least five Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 (“Control,” “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” and “janet”).
Previous recipients of the ICON Award include Cher, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Prince and Stevie Wonder.
Janet Jackson is one of the most influential entertainers of the modern era. She has won six Grammy® Awards, a Golden Globe Award, earned two Emmy nominations, a nomination for an Academy Award as well as dozens of American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards. She has received accolades as an actress as well, including the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award. Jackson is a published author, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of the biggest-selling artists in popular music history. With sales of over 160 million records worldwide, Jackson stands as one of the best-selling artists of all time with a string of hits that have left an indelible impression on pop culture. Her music and artistry has opened doors through which other top artists have followed, many acknowledging her impact on their musical perceptions. For more information please visit janetjackson.com.
Faber and Faber announced that in Spring 2020 they will publish Remain in Love, the memoir of Chris Frantz, founding member of seminal bands Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.
Talking Heads started in the spring of ’73 with a line of cocaine and a long walk around the Rhode Island School of Design campus. Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne wanted to play a different kind of music – dance music for smart kids. From a rough loft on Chrystie Street to legendary CBGB, to touring with the Ramones, The Pretenders, B-52’s, The Police, Dire Straits and many others, Talking Heads wrote the soundtrack for the punk and new wave movement. Chris Frantz remembers it all in thrilling detail and proposes a memoir as eclectic – and electrifying – as Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.
Publication will fall around the time of the 40th anniversary of the release of Talking Heads’s masterpiece, Remain in Light.
Take care of your record collection with a record cleaning machine that is user friendly and innovative.
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All the maintenance you need to do with Degritter is to change the water in the detachable water tank (distilled water is recommended) from time to time (depends on how often you clean) and exchange the inline dirt filter after a few hundred cleaned records. The filter is easily accessible on the side of the machine.
Degritter uses high frequency ultrasonic cavitation to clean records. Cavitation means that the machine creates tens of thousands of little bubbles in the water that your record is cleaned in. As these bubbles collapse, they release energy which cleans the record. Bubble formation and collapsing happens over a hundred thousand times a second.
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