Music BC is now taking submissions for a chance to perform at Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) in the heart of Seattle, WA this July!
CHBP is an annual 3-day festival celebrating art and music from across the PNW. Some of the industry’s biggest names have performed their stages – including Lizzo, Brockhampton, Dillon Francis, Diplo and many more. Learn more about past performers here: capitolhillblockparty.com/past-lineups
Submissions close Thursday Jan 20th, 2022.
Thank you to Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia for their support in this initiative.
We are still accepting applications for our Artist and Business Travel Grant Program for both domestic and international destinations – including showcase, touring and business travel. The deadline is approaching quickly, so ensure to plan your submission for tours, travel or showcasing this Winter / Early Spring.
Deadline: Friday January 14th, 2021 (5pm PST)
*Please monitor our weekly industry newsletter for further announcements on upcoming deadlines for 2022
FACTOR Canada’s Envelope Funding for Music Companies applications are open now! The program is allocated once a year for a recipient to undertake a suite of activities fostering the development of Canadian artists and the promotion of their music. This can include expenses related to the production and marketing of sound recordings, domestic and international tours and showcases, music publishing, artist management and business development activities. The deadline to apply is Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at 2pm (pST).
COVID-19 UPDATE AND RESOURCES PAGE
With the situation ever-evolving during this part of the pandemic, we’ve updated our listing of current restrictions and public health orders, as well as some resources currently available for artists, professionals and alike.
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE APPLICATIONS: ARTIST & BUSINESS
We are now accepting artist applications for upcoming International showcase opportunities. Applications are accepted on a rolling deadline, but artists and their teams are encouraged to apply as soon as they are able.
How Much Do Artists Make Per Stream? Here’s the Latest Breakdown From Rapper T-Pain T-Pain (full name Faheem Rasheed Najm) spurred conversation among artists, music industry professionals, and fans with a recent Instagram post and tweet, which include a chart that purportedly shows the number of streams required to earn $1 on leading platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. –READ MORE
Making Ends Meet Is Just Part Of The Pandemic Process For Arts Venues Vancouver venues, arts presenters, organizations and operators have been forced to pivot once again as recent provincial health protocols push capacity levels back to 50 per cent. “We are certainly better prepared this time around, but it still really hurts to have this come when the annual East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland is doing so well,” said The Cultch’s Heather Redfern. – READ MORE
Canadians Do Well On TikTok…Or So TikTok Claims Up to this point, the biggest Canadian success story has been Tate McRae, who domestically owned TikTok in 2020 and was promptly snapped up by Sony Music. For 2021, TikTok says that a pair of Canadian artists – Vancouver rapper bbno$ and 17-year-old Torontonian RealestK have been the greatest domestic beneficiaries of TikTok’s viral exposure. – READ MORE
Shazam Reveals Its 5 Artists to Watch in 2022 At the top of every year, Shazam uses its data to predict five artists to watch — last year it did pretty well with Masked Wolf and Tai Verdes — and on Tuesday the song-identifying app used a combination of its its “uniquely predictive data and algorithms” as well as some selections from its parent company Apple Music’s global editorial team to pick five “artists to watch” in 2022.– READ MORE
Concerts in the Metaverse could lead to a new wave of adoption Colin Fitzpatrick is a Dubliner based in Dubai who turned a bad time during quarantine into a business that promises to bring your favorite artists to a metaverse near you. His company Animal Concerts, which launches in January, is in the process of signing world-class artists to perform in the decentralized worlds of the Metaverse. – READ MORE
Grammy Awards Postponed Due to Omicron Variant This would be the second year in a row that the Grammys have been postponed due to COVID-19. Last year’s show was originally set for Jan. 31, 2021, but on Jan. 5, 2021, it was delayed to March 14 due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles. At that time, the show was also relocated from Staples Center (the former name of Crypto.com Arena) to the nearby Los Angeles Convention Center, which allowed for less crowding. – READ MORE
Vinyl Pressing Plants Deal With Rising Costs, Supply Chain Pain Supply chain snags and increasing costs are making it a struggle not only for artists to release a timely vinyl version of their album, EP or single, but also for the companies that produce the records themselves. But, one way or another, vinyl pressing plants are still churning out finished products for fans and collectors alike despite the delays. – READ MORE
David Bowie’s Music Catalog Sold To Warner Music For $250 Million Warner Music Group’s publishing unit has bought late British rock star David Bowie’s entire catalog spanning six decades, including hits such as “Heroes” and “Let’s Dance.”Bowie, who pushed the boundaries of music and his own sanity to produce some of the most innovative songs of his generation, died in 2016 aged 69. – READ MORE
MEMBER OF THE WEEK
JC is an alternative acoustic musician from Vancouver. He released “Bonefires”, his second EP of original works, on December 17, 2021. Bonefires was recorded at Rain City Recorders and is a stripped down, raw, honest, and vulnerable record. JC is influenced by genres which include post hardcore, post punk, grunge, classic rock, and various acoustic songwriters. JC is excited to be writing and performing as a solo acoustic artist following years of recording and touring with heavier music projects from Alberta and British Columbia. He brings his energy and much of what he learned along the way to the delivery of his new original material.
JC writes from his heart, and lived experience, as a person who survived childhood trauma, loss, mental health struggles, drug and alcohol addiction. He is currently performing on the West Coast of Canada.
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.
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