The Canadian Independent Music Association held its Annual General Meeting at Toronto’s Burdock last week, with some of their members, colleagues, friends, and general music industry in attendance.
CIMA’s 2015-2016 Board of Directors was elected – featuring some new faces and some old faces.
Please join us in welcoming our new Board of Directors: Chris Moncada (Last Gang Entertainment), Gord Dimitrieff (Aporia Records), Jake Gold (The Management Trust), Jim West (Justin Time Records), Justin West (Secret City Records), Kieran Roy (Arts & Crafts), Lisa Logutenkow (Dine Alone Records), Mathieu Drouin (Crystal Math Music Group), Mike Denney (MDM Recordings), Nick Blasko (Amelia Artists), Pegi Cecconi (SRO-Anthem), Ric Arboit (Nettwerk Productions), Rob Lanni (Coalition Music), Ron Kitchener (RGK Entertainment Group), Sandy Pandya (Pandyamonium Artist Management), Shauna de Cartier (Six Shooter Records), Tim Potocic (Sonic Unyon Records) and Tony Tarleton (MapleMusic Recordings)
“You have to fuck up in front of a million people till you get it right,” Kurt Vile says of playing new songs live. “Then all those people who saw you say on the Internet that they saw you once and you stinked. And I’m like, ‘No! I’m good now!'”
HBO has acquired the rights to the latest U2 concert film, iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris.
The network will premier the concert on November 14. Filmed at Bercy Arena in Paris, the show features music from their latest album along with classics from throughout the band’s career. The special also showcases the innovative set that allows the band move throughout the venue via multiple stages and includes a one-of-a-kind floor-to-ceiling arena-length LED screen.
U2 are scheduled to play the Bercy Arena on November 10, 11, 14 and 15.
The concert will be produced by Done And Dusted with executive producers Hamish Hamilton, Simon Pizey, Davis Guggenheim and Guy Oseary. It will be directed by Hamish Hamilton, who has worked with the band since 2001, including such collaborations as Elevation: Live from Boston, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, the Beautiful Day documentary, and Vertigo in 2005: Live from Chicago.
Mike Portnoy is primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. Known for his technical skill as a drummer, Portnoy has won 30 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He also has no problem getting behind a Hello Kitty drum kit.
“The Good Dinosaur” asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
And here’s the first trailer, just in case you haven’t cried yet.
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Michael Wekerle as our 2016 opening keynote on Thursday May 5 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. Michael is a rock star in the world of Canadian finance, known for his shrewd value spotting in the fields of tech, biotech and media. As the founder and Chairman of the merchant bank Difference Capital Financial Inc., he oversees a fund that includes such successful growth companies as Hootsuite, Vision Critical, BuildDirect and Blue Ant Media. He also holds significant real estate assets, including an impressive portfolio of high-tech commercial properties in Waterloo, Ontario, as well as the historic Toronto entertainment venue the El Mocambo. And he is a partner in the Canadian franchise of Wahlburgers -Paul, Donnie and Mark Wahlberg’s Boston-based burger chain.
Michael lives in Toronto and is a doting father to six children. He donates millions of dollars to a wide variety of philanthropic interests, including UHN, CAMH, SickKids and Holland Bloorview, as well as the youth outreach organization Seeds of Hope and the acclaimed Baroque opera company Opera Atelier. Michael is currently featured on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, highlighting his entrepreneurial spirit.
These three new orphan babies were abandoned by their mother, because she was disturbed in the shed where she gave birth. The hoglets were left alone for around 24 hours before they were brought to Wildlife Aid. We are now taking good care of them by keeping them warm and feeding them every few hours. They are able to roll, scratch themselves and even sneeze! These three siblings are joining our ever growing hedgehog population.
PronunciationManual is a YouTube channel that started on April 13, 2011 to help teach viewers how to accurately pronounce words. To date, PronunciationManual has taught English to millions of people worldwide and they claim, launched the career of Justin Bieber.
Roger Waters, in association with Fathom Events and Picturehouse Entertainment, announces that due to overwhelming fan demand, extra showings of Roger Waters The Wall have been added, giving fans additional chances to see the event in U.S. movie theaters starting October 15. A complete list of theater locations and dates can be found here.
Fathom Events will be presenting the encore showing in nearly 250 U.S. movie theaters on Sunday, October 18 only at 12:55 p.m. local time. To purchase tickets for this showtime, visit Fathom Events(theaters and participants are subject to change).
Roger Waters The Wall received its global debut on September 29, as part of an incredible, one-night cinematic event. Now, fans in the U.S. are being given a second chance to be part of the experience with new dates added starting October 15.
Roger Waters The Wall unfolds on many levels – as an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album, a road movie of Waters’ reckoning with the past and as a stirring anti-war feature, highlighting the human cost of conflict.
The feature was shot in 4K and mixed in Dolby Atmos during Waters’ sold-out 2010-2013 ‘The Wall Live’ tour – the biggest selling tour by any solo artist in history – seen by over 4 million fans worldwide over a period of three years in 219 shows. It features never before seen concert footage from this breathtaking tour and includes the hits ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part 2’, ‘Comfortably Numb’ and ‘Run Like Hell’. Audiences will also have a unique opportunity to see The Simple Facts, with Waters and Nick Mason – reunited, unscripted and in conversation to answer questions submitted by the fans from around the world.
John Rubey, Fathom Events CEO, said, “We were so pleased with the overwhelming response to the first broadcast of this event, and are ready to bring Roger Waters’ vision to fans a second time. Moviegoers will get a unique opportunity to see a new take on a beloved musical masterpiece.”
Marc Allenby, Director of Distribution at Picturehouse Entertainment, said, “With the overwhelming success of the premiere and the addition of encore showings of Roger Waters The Wall, we are thrilled this brilliant film will find an even broader audience.”
Roger Waters The Wall is a Rue 21 Productions presentation of a feature by Roger Waters and Sean Evans. Music by Roger Waters, music production by Nigel Godrich, edited by Katharine McQuerrey, photography by Brett Turnbull. Executive Producer is Mark Fenwick. Producers are Roger Waters and Clare Spencer. Directors are Sean Evans and Roger Waters.
