Music Industry Events

Wed Oct 12

Indie Week Town Hall

Czehoski’s

678 Queen Street West

Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm

Cover: FREE

Definition: A town hall meeting is an informal public meeting. Everybody in a town community is invited to attend, not always to voice their opinions, but to hear the responses from public figures about shared subjects of interest.

Topic: Building a New Business Model – Come listen, participate and discuss the building of the new music business model. With members of the music industry, this special event is FREE TO ATTEND.

Participants: Noah Mintz (Engineer/Artist, Laquer Channel Mastering), Cam Carpenter (Manager, Cool Planet Entertainment), Thomas McKay (Producer, Guerilla Remote), Jane Harbury (Publicist, Jane Harbury), Jennifer Beavis, (Publishing, Librascor), Chris Hah (Manager), Sari Delmar (Audioblood), Brian Hetherman (Liberty Sutdios/Cerubus), Todd Arkell (Cool Planet)

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Thur Oct 13

Indie Week Mentorships

Hot Wings

563 Queen Street West

Time: 6:00-8:00pm

Cover: FREE

Your chance to talk one-on-one with a music industry professional, speed-dating style! 15 mins at a time.

Arrive early, as space is limited!

Participants: Dave Thompson, (Producer/Engineer, Digital Underdog), Chris Hahn (Manager), Shannon Martin (Label & Distribution Manager, Aporia Records), Mike Langford (Engineer/Producer,The Pawnshop), Todd Arkell (Cool Planet Entertainment)

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Fri Oct 14

Indie Week Mentorships

Hot Wings

563 Queen Street West

Time: 6:00-8:00pm

Cover: FREE

Your chance to talk one-on-one with a music industry professional, speed-dating style! 15 mins at a time.

Arrive early, as space is limited!

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Sat Oct 15

Panels

Gibson Guitar Artist Studio

1205 King Street West

Cover: $20 Students: $15

FREE WITH INDIE WEEK WRISTBAND

1:00 – 1:45pm – Sponsorship and Funding

Your talent and good looks can only get you so far. Music is your business and like any other business, it takes money to make money. We have put together a panel of experts to explore your options and help to guide you through the maze of funding programs and sponsorship opportunities available.

2:00 – 2:45pm – DIY Touring

Topics to include: How to book venues and festivals, routing strategies, tour funding, PR and Publicity, insurance and liability, alternative accommodations, first- hand Road Warrior stories and more…

3:00 – 3:45 – Songwriting – Licensing – Publishing

4:00 – 5:00pm – Demo Listening

The always popular, Indie Week Demo listening Session is a unique opportunity for indie artists to have their songs critiqued and judged by top music producers and music industry gatekeepers. This year‘s panel is bigger and better then ever! The artist with the top ranking demo of the session will be awarded a day of recording and a day of mixing at Revolution Recording plus one song mastering at Joao Carvalho Mastering.

5:15 – 6:00pm – Singer/Songwriter Circle

What makes a great song? What exactly does a publisher do, and can I self-publish? How good does my “demo” really have to be? From the initial creative spark, recording , to publishing and licensing, our panel of top songwriters, publishers and producers will answer these and other probing questions!