Gain a better understanding of the global music market and where opportunities for Canadian artists and industry exist with a presentation from Danny Keir, Co-Founder of Enki Music based in London, UK. Danny will share stats, standards, different companies and organizations working in the music export market as well as highlight some key showcasing and business development events valuable to Canadians ready to engage overseas. This presentation will be a great introduction to how best to approach export activities.
Discover this new module designed for new and emerging artists, managers or music professionals, and other free and on-demand video modules at foundations.musicbc.org
Thank you to Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia, FACTOR and the Government of Canada for helping make this series possible.
Treefort Music Festival is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most sonically diverse events, taking place annually in the heart of Boise, Idaho. This March, Music BC will be returning to Treefort with performance and networking opportunities for BC artists.
Artist applications are now being accepted until November 19th, 2022. Follow the link below to submit!
Thank you to Creative BC and The Province of British Columbia for their support in this initiative.
Music BC is offering an opportunity for BC-based music professionals, companies and artists to meet 1-on-1 with one of 11 professionals with experience in an array of skills and backgrounds in the industry. Learn more and sign-up for a free consultation to give your music-related project a jumpstart!
Women in Music is launching the third annual Entrepreneur Accelerator program, focused on supporting the next wave of female and gender diverse Canadian music industry leaders. After our successful first, Ontario based year, and a second year extended to National, we are excited to take the program to a new level yet again. Deadline for submission is November 14th.
FOCUS WALES 2023 APPLICATION FOCUS Wales is an international multi-venue showcase festival taking place in Wrexham, North Wales, which places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world, alongside a selection of the best new acts from across the globe. Deadline for submission is November 18th.
APPLY NOW TO THE GREAT ESCAPE The Great Escape welcomes artists from every genre across the globe to apply for a chance to play at the world’s most renowned festival for breaking new talent. The event happens annually in beautiful Brighton, where 450+ acts will be filling over 30 venues. Export ready artists from BC are encourage to apply as soon as possible. Deadline for submission is February 15th, 2023.
Dan Mangan’s Side Door Startup Gets $500K Offer on ‘Dragons’ Den’ Armed with an acoustic guitar and a dream, Vancouver scene mainstay Dan Mangan bravely ventured forth into the belly of the beast Dragons’ Den alongside business partner Laura Simpson. They brought their DIY touring company Side Door to the entrepreneurial reality show’s dungeons, having co-founded the startup in 2017 and it having become an epicentre for lockdown-era livestream concerts in 2020. Mangan and Simpson’s pitch was likewise a great success, with Dragon Arlene Dickinson offering them $500,000 in a convertible note. Mangan shared the news on TikTok, in a video that sees him both watching the offer happen on the episode in real-time and also giving a quick explainer about Side Door before revealing that — drumroll, please — he and Simpson agreed to make a deal with Dickinson.- READ MORE
Early Onset Records pushes local punk to new places Vancouver has had a healthy punk rock scene since the late 1970s. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t a lot of challenges facing artists working in the genre. One of the biggest is earning enough to record music to be heard outside the insular local scene. Now a new Vancouver label has hit upon a unique way of giving artists a leg-up through a patron-based batch series of releases paid in advance. The Early Onset Records Artist Preservation Society, commonly referred to as Early Onset Records or EOR, is a non-profit, volunteer run group formed by a core of five punk fans and players who want their local scene celebrated. Through a patron-based model where cash is collected on the front end to finance the production process, fans can get five new releases from local bands carefully curated by the team. – READ MORE
Over 44M People Attended Live Nation Concerts In Q3 2022 – Its Highest Quarterly Attendance Ever Concerts giant Live Nation just delivered what it says was the “biggest summer concert season in history”. According to new investor filings, the company generated Q3 revenues of $6.15 Billion in the three months to end of September, up 63% YoY. Those revenues were generated across all divisions, including concerts, ticketing and advertising & sponsorship. Live Nation delivered these results, according to President and CEO Michael Rapino, writing to investors this week, “despite varying economic headwinds including inflation”. He added: “Fans around the world continue prioritizing their spend on live events, particularly concerts.” – READ MORE
Pressure mounts on TikTok over its music royalties payments There has been a steady increase in the chorus of grumbling from music rightsholders about how TikTok pays royalties for music used on its platform – and how much it pays. Now those complaints are being accompanied by the receipts. Billboard’s latest feature on TikTok offers some figures that are calculated to startle. One track that was used in around 500k TikTok videos which collectively generated billions of views “took home less than $5,000 from the platform” for example. Another independent label shared figures with Billboard showing royalties of $8 from 1m views on TikTok: “actually a better rate than the one exhibited on three other indie labels’ most recent statements that were shared with Billboard,” as the publication noted. – READ MORE
Jury Awards Major Labels $46.8 Million In Grande Communications Copyright Infringement Verdict An Austin federal jury has found Grande Communications liable for willful infringement of 1,403 copyrighted sound recordings. The Texas-based internet provider must pay $46,766,200 in damages to a group of prominent record label plaintiffs represented by the RIAA (which includes Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, among others.) The jury found that Grande Communications failed to meet its federal legal obligations regarding online piracy on its network and therefore was liable for willful infringement. – READ MORE
Musicians reconsider value of touring as competition soars, prices surge Concertgoers are rushing back to shows and more musicians are on the road than venues can schedule. At first glance, it might seem like the live music scene is booming for everyone. “That’s not the case,” says music manager Sheri Jones. “It’s much harder to sell tickets.” With almost three years of postponed shows backed up and many musicians promoting pandemic-era albums, Jones says the market is flooded with “a ton of options” for ticket buyer. But industry players say the world’s biggest touring names are cannibalizing ticket sales for everyone else, particularly artists without the promotional heft of a major label and sponsorship deals. – READ MORE
What Can the Music Industry Do About Gun Violence in the Black Community? A famous rapper is gunned down, the music industry mourns, makes a few statements, and then returns to business as usual, promoting content that glorifies Black murder and trauma. How could anyone believe that these images and lyrics don’t impact the already traumatized psyche of Black America, and perpetuate harmful stereotypes about Black people? I recently posted a clip from Pastor Michael T. Smith’s TEDx Talk on my Instagram, where he speaks on how Black murder is a marketing strategy. Could the music industry prove him wrong? Unfortunately, right now, the answer is no. He says, “It doesn’t take action to keep racism going. It takes inaction.” – READ MORE
Artists, Industry Leaders, Legal Experts Join Together to ‘Protect Black Art’ The open letter was published in The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and urges legislators across the United States to limit how creative expression can be used against defendants on trial. The open letter specifically addresses the use of treating rap lyrics as criminal confessions. The lengthy list of diverse signatories includes the Big Three (Warner, Sony, Universal) as well as BMG, Kobalt, Atlanta-based LVRN and Quality Control, AEG Presents, Audiomack, Deezer, Live Nation Entertainment, SiriusXM, SoundCloud, Spotify, TIDAL, TikTok, and YouTube Music, among many other industry bodies and associations. – READ MORE
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Vox Rea supplies a soundtrack to the confusion and euphoria of coming of age in a postmodern world. With a sound as impulsive and fluctuating as the life of the 20-somethings they are, their special brand of noir pop blends string arrangements and harmonies into the dreamy collection of songs on their self-titled debut.
Citing influences that range from Florence and the Machine to Friedrich Nietzsche, the band draws inspiration from a mix of nostalgia for times past and life in a modern day world in turmoil. Fascinated by the contradictions inherent in the human experience, their music is a celebration of free will and an ode to the paralyzing nature of choice. It is both the intoxicating night roaming and the guilty morning after, a revelry in excess and an exercise in solemn self-reflection. Vox Rea chronicles the odyssey of a group of artists trying to come to terms with their generation’s place in the human story. Themes of addiction, self-doubt, lust, identity, independence and grief form the undercurrent of lyrics that are deeply introspective. Hell bent on creating a meaningful life amidst the siren songs of consumerism and efficiency, Vox Rea wonders what it really means to be free.
Vox Rea was written for you; this is not a product.
Reach out to info@musicbc.org if you would like to include an upcoming application or funding deadline.
ROLLING DEADLINES
Music BCLet’s Hear It! Live – 2022 Concert Series, International Showcase Application – Artist & Business FACTOR:Live Performance, Industry Events, Collective Initiatives – Showcase Production for Artists from Official Language Minority, Collective Initiatives – Showcase Production for Export-Ready Artists, Comprehensive Artist, Comprehensive Music Company, Business Travel, Marketing & Promo for Non-FACTOR Funded Sound Recordings, Songwriter Development, Sponsorship, Video
SOCAN:Travel Assistance, Professional Development Assistance, SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund
Canada Council:Travel, Residencies, Professional Development for Artists, Research and Creation
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.
Music BC is located on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Our mailing address is:
Music BC Industry Association
#201 – 196 W 3rd Ave.
Vancouver, British Columbia V5Y 1E9
Canada
You are receiving this email because you are either a Music BC member, signed up for our mailing list or submitted an RSVP for any of our events or surveys as well as funding and or showcasing opportunities.
