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Canadian Songwriter Challenge 2020

July 29, 2020

2020 Alberta Juno Winners & Polaris Prize Short List

WILDFEST 2020

Alberta Artists, Wares and nêhiyawak on Polaris Music Prize Long List

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Coalition Music in partnership with The Aboriginal

Coalition Music in partnership with The Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN) just announced the launch of their new Indigenous music company, Red Music Rising. Red Music Rising is owned, managed and operated entirely by Indigenous individuals.

Their mission is to help develop robust, sustainable, life-long careers for Indigenous artists and industry members.

A reminder that the CMF Emergency Support Fund Pha

A reminder that the CMF Emergency Support Fund Phase 2, Part 1 (venues, booking agents, artist managers, and for-profit festivals) deadline is this Wednesday, August 12th! More info at factor.ca

The deadline to apply is today at 11:59 PM MT! Ge

The deadline to apply is today at 11:59 PM MT!
Get your application in and join us from August 27- 30 for song-writing sessions, mentorships, info sessions, and connecting with other songwriters! If you're an aspiring musician and want to develop your songwriting skills, this is an amazing opportunity for you! Link in bio to apply.

Emily Bachynski is the producer for our upcoming C

Emily Bachynski is the producer for our upcoming Canadian Songwriter Competition! She will be mixing the final tracks created by our participants.

Emily Bachynski literally tripped into her career as a sound engineer at the age of twenty-one. After stumbling into the sound booth at a local venue, she has been working non-stop as a live sound engineer, owner and operator of Bitter North Studios, and a producer. Spending most of her early career as a touring engineer, she has taken the last couple years to make music of her own, and focus on the production side of the business.

Bachynski is sought after for her vintage twist on modern music, drawing inspiration from Motown recording techniques. She is about performance over perfection, lives for a good hang, and is still in Edmonton.

Calgary's Ben Nixon will be running a session on r

Calgary's Ben Nixon will be running a session on recording online and all the tips and tricks to do so for our Canadian Songwriter Competition!

Ben Nixon is a recording engineer, live event technician, video producer, production manager, educator, and musician. He is currently the head of audio at the Bella Concert Hall in Calgary, Alberta and has been running his own production company since 2009.

Ben’s past experience includes recording, mixing, and producing a wide range of music and speech projects, mixing music festivals throughout western Canada, touring with a variety of musical acts, and working as a lighting designer for dance, theatre, and concert events. In addition to directly supporting creative projects, Ben has also been tutoring audio recording and presenting live sound workshops for over a decade.

We are lucky to have some wonderful leaders for ou

We are lucky to have some wonderful leaders for our information sessions at this year's Canadian Songwriter Challenge! Tim Hardy will be running a session all about royalties!

Tim Hardy is the co-owner of Sound of Pop, an ECMA award-winning music publishing & master/sync representation company, operates an independent rights management / music consulting company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Aspenway Music) and previously worked with SOCAN for over 22 years in Toronto and Halifax.

Sound of Pop Publishing currently represents 3000+ songs in a one-stop capacity for sync representation and/or publishing and is the Canadian sub-publisher for the US-based company Figure and Groove.

We are continuing the 2020 stellar songwriting men

We are continuing the 2020 stellar songwriting mentor lineup with Nuela Charles!

Nuela Charles is an alternative soul singer/songwriter based in Edmonton, Canada, known for her soulful vocals and captivating stage presence. Noted as “one to watch” by the legendary SoulTrain.com, Nuela has become an indie synch darling, landing 11 TV placements off of her debut album “Aware” alone!

Cited by the U.K.’s Metro publication as “cocked, locked and ready to be shot onto the world stage with a soulful voice that may one day fill the Amy Winehouse-shaped holes in everyone’s hearts,” Nuela has brought her distinct voice to various stages across North America. Over the last several years she has showcased at Canadian Music Week multiple times, headlined an evening at the Edmonton Jazz Festival, and even landed an opening support slot for Ziggy Marley.

To celebrate what would have been a fabulous Edmon

To celebrate what would have been a fabulous Edmonton Folk Music Festival weekend, this week's #ABSpotlight lineup features music from 5 past EFMF performers: Mariel Buckley, Jay Gilday, Joe Nolan, Justine Vandergrift, and Scott Cook!

Visit CKUA.com/albertaspotlight every Thursday, at the same time to watch performances by Alberta’s top musical talent and catch up on past performances.

The #ABSpotlight online concert series is proudly presented by @youralberta, @alberta_music, @nmc_canada, @ckuaradio, and @stagehandlive

The list of incredible songwriting mentors continu

The list of incredible songwriting mentors continues! Celeigh Cardinal will be helping to guide our 2020 Canadian Songwriting Camp participants!

“I’ve always connected with artists whose voices resonate; you can feel it in your body. That is what I’ve always wanted to be.”

With a confident voice and boundless energy, Celeigh Cardinal owns a stage connecting deeply with her audience through humour, passion and love. Whether sweetly strumming an acoustic guitar or leading her band in a rocking rave-up, she commands our attention. Her singing is rich and deep with a burnished maturity and a nimble technical virtuosity that wraps itself around notes with a purr, a snarl or something in the middle. Her songs are authentic and heartfelt and connect us to the healing power of music.

Cardinal has received multiple awards for her two full-length albums. Most recently, she was the recipient of the 2020 Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year and received nominations at the Western Canadian Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Artist of the Year.

Get your application in before Sunday, Aug 9th! Link in bio.

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