Events
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Folk Music Ontario Conference
The Folk Music Ontario Conference ((Formerly the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals!)) is an annual event that draws just under a thousand artists, presenters, and other music industry people to hang out together, jamming, learning, and talking music for four days every October. It’s always a highlight of the year, a chance for bookers, promoters, writers, and DJs to hear some of the best emerging touring acts in one place over one weekend in one hotel. This year, the conference takes place in Mississauga, Ontario. Secret Frequency founder and writer Candace Shaw will be in all of her usual haunts at the conference – wherever there’s good music or good…
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Ideas: A small-town musical roadshow
Ideas is a series talking about the communities, people, and ideas surrounding the music and culture industries. I love Ontario’s small towns; I grew up in one, a tiny village called Keene that, even today, is home to only about 500 people. I’ve got no illusions about small-town life – it can be stifling and tortuous, especially for a young woman with unusual tastes who doesn’t fit in. But there’s lots to be said for their sometimes-fading charms; heritage downtowns, odd little shops, idiosyncratic bits of architecture. They’re monuments to a time when our country was more sparsely populated but prosperous, when travel was slower, and when even a small…
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Music Marketing Web Seminar
Monday, November 26, 2012, 6:30pm EST – Online! Register now on Eventbrite! Members of Folk Alliance International, Folk Music Canada, the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Manitoba Music can receive $5 off the seminar price with their promo code. What goes in a bio, and what doesn’t? How do you approach bookers? Does your website have the right content and resources? Do your photos tell your audience who you are? If you’re an independent musician, chances are you’ve asked yourself these questions and more while trying to market your work. With a plethora of music promotion apps online, social media, and countless other platforms, music marketing has never been…
