SUBMISSIONS
NOW OPEN
Submissions Open for CMW Startup
Launch Pad
BreakOut West Artist
Submissions Now Open
Showcase
submissions
are now being
accepted
for the 2018
BreakOut
West Festival,
which is
ARLO MAVERICK AT BREAKOUT WEST
taking place
from Oct. 10-14 in Kelowna, BC. Submissions close on
March 21, 2018.
All showcase artists must be residents of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon,
and/or the Northwest Territories, for at least six months
between Jan. 1, 2017 and March 21, 2018. In the case
of groups, 50 per cent of the members must meet the
residency requirement.
BreakOut West gives artists the opportunity to
showcase in front of over 3,000 music fans and more
than 500 national and international music industry
professionals, including music supervisors, managers,
festival buyers, agents, publicists, social marketing
experts, and more.
For more information, go to www.breakoutwest.ca.
Submissions are now being accepted for Canadian Music Week’s Startup Launch Pad, a
pitch competition for new businesses that are based in or connected to the music in-
dustry. The deadline for submissions is March 19, 2018. The competition will take place
during this year’s CMW conference on May 9 th at the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
The competition will offer startups an opportunity for exposure and investment, as
well as advice from top industry professionals. All startups selected to participate will
receive CMW Conference passes and will be included in pre-show marketing materials.
For more information, go to www.cmw.net/events/start-up-launch-pad.
Entries Open for It’s Your Shot Songwriting &
Artist Development Competition
Slaight Music has announced the launch of the It’s Your Shot songwriting and artist
development competition. The contest, which is open to all musical genres, encourag-
es Canadian artists to submit a song and/or video to ItsYourShot.ca for a chance to win
a grand prize valued at $100,000 in total.
The winning artist this year will receive recording, distribution, radio promotion,
publicity, and marketing support via Hidden Pony/Universal Music Canada, along
with a professionally produced photo shoot, artist biography, and two music videos.
Additionally, the winner will receive business mentoring, brand development including
website and social media work, and opportunities to perform live in 2018, including a
show at Indie Week Canada in November 2018.
The competition is open until March 15, 2018, with the winner being announced
in May.
For more information, go to www.itsyourshot.ca.
Digital Tools
Survey
In order to help our readers help each other, Canadian Musician asked them to share the
mobile apps and online tools/services that they find most useful in their music-making and
professional lives. Here are some of the responses…
For what purposes do you often use mobile apps or
online tools/services to make your music making/
career easier or more productive?
Tuner/metronome
15%
Making music (sequencers, mobile synth apps, etc.)
5%
Mobile sheet music or related music reading/storing purposes 9%
Technique tutorials/lessons 17%
Recording song ideas 22%
Music career-related finances
4%
Staying organized/scheduling 12%
Connecting professionally with other musicians
12%
Analytics (social media, website sales, etc.)
8%
Forums/message boards 9%
Other (s) 4%
What specific apps/online services do
you regularly use to make your music
making/career easier or more produc-
tive? What’s useful about them?
“Google Calendar for
scheduling amongst
clients; Freshbooks for
tracking time spent and
invoicing clients; OnSong
and/or ForScore on iPad for
handling charts for 12+ projects.”
“GarageBand, Musicator, and Band in a Box. All
very useful to get ideas recorded and filled out, and
print music.”
“YouTube and Udemy for music instruction. Dropbox and MusicNotes for sheet
music or chord charts. I have tuner, metronome, and pitch pipe apps on my
phone. Ear For Life app on phone for ear training.”
“Pro Tuner is a great iPhone-based tuner with a metronome. Voice Memo
is easy to record quick idea sessions. Facebook/Pages to maintain FB group
and pages. Weebly to edit website on the fly, including blogging. Week Cal
for scheduling and links with all band members and devices. Riff Station for
figuring out chord patterns.”
“One Note app. I’m a booking agent/manager. Used this app to track leads and
info and keep files, pics, links, etc. SplenDo app, a to-do list app. And Google
Calendar to set reminders and list gigs with rates and info to track.”
“YNAB - personal finance software that I use to track expenses and income.
Everything Google...”
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