Songwriting / Licensing / Publishing

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Moderator

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Steve York[/dcs_fancy_header]
Steve York is a Canadian singer-songwriter and roots rock artist. He is lead vocalist of the indie group Mercy Flight and host of the ever-popular Freefall Sundays at Supermarket in Toronto’s Kensington Market. Steve started fronting and playing keyboards in many bands, such as SST, The Shoes, and The Pinch. “Mercy Flight is the natural outcome of Free F’all”, says York. “The nights inspired free flowing collaborations which formed the heart of the band: a love of shared music.” Mercy Flight provides “an experience, not a performance” in which its host of talented members “celebrate sonic unity in a divided world.”
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Born in the First Nations village of Bella Bella, BC and raised in Toronto, Steve started to perform live and on radio in his teens. His father was a minister whose sense of mysticism and community formed an early influence. As a solo artist, Steve often supports charities with his shows. Known for his unusual compositions and distinctive melodies, York also plays blues harp, piano, guitar, violin and horns.
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Panelists

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Since 2005 Jeff has owned and operated The Post Office/Dieselmusic, developing artists, writing and producing major label records and singles, co-writing songs for record placement, writing music for TV and Film. (Rex Goudie, Melissa O’Neil, Tupelo Honey, Ten Second Epic, Brian Melo, Thornley, Dane Hartsell, Fefe Dobson, Shiloh, Alyssa Reid, Mad June, Adriana Lombardo, and many many more).
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From (2000-2005) Jeff was in-house producer for Sony Music Canada, developing and producing for Sony’s domestic roster and special projects. (Philosopher Kings, Prozzak, B4-4, Adam Gregory, Tom Wilson, Project Wyze, Dead Celebrity Status, Edwin, Liam Titcomb, War Child).
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Since 2000, Jeff has been a Sony/ATV Music Publishing writer and has written with, and produced/co-produced, many artists outside the Sony roster (Amanda Stott, Minx, Jacksoul, Esthero, Kalan Porter).
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From (1995-2000) Dalziel was a drummer/co-writer for Canadian bands Britton (CBS) and Harem Scarem (Warner), as well, maintained a successful career in music for film, television and commercials. (Memory Run, Expect No Mercy, Tiger Claws, YTV-Streetnoise, YTV- News, Mysterious Island, TC-2000, Memory Run, Speedy, Huntington’s Disease, Canadian Literacy Campaign).
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Link to current Press Release

http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=4566
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Julian Taylor[/dcs_fancy_header]
Julian Taylor is an award winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter. He began playing and performing music when he was four years old. A truly gifted performer Julian seems to be in his element when he is up on stage-where is natural charisma and musicality thrives. In 1999 his former band Toronto based Staggered Crossing was signed to a publishing deal with The Music Publisher while he was still in high school. That deal led to the band getting signed to Warner Music Canada the next year. The band released their self-titled debut record in 2001 when Taylor was 22 years old. That album spawned the hits Further Again and A Million Works of Art as well as a COCA Award for Best Contemporary Recording. The band parted ways with Warner later that year but continued to make music and released two more albums independently. The band folded in 2006.
In 2003 Taylor co-founded Bent Penny Records- A Toronto based indie label dedicated to helping independent artist like himself. Bent Penny was instrumental in breaking artists, including Juno Award Nominee Suzie McNeil, indie rock band Hello Beautiful and Canadian Smooth Jazz Award Nominee Julie Crochetiere. In August 2010 Taylor sold his majority share in the company and today continues to act as a consultant.
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Taylor has toured across the country a handful of times and has shared the stage with such world-renowned acts like Nickleback, Jeff Healy, Midnight Oil, Collective Soul, Blue Rodeo and many others. He was personally invited to perform at both the 2002 and 2010 Olympic games.
A true music fan, Taylor’s sound is a culmination of every musical genre that has touched him throughout is life. Equal parts troubadour and soul singer, he has a raw emotive and distinct delivery. With his fair share of stories and battle scars from being actively involved in the music industry for the past twenty years he has enjoyed the rewarding successes that come from witnessing a lifelong dream blossom into fruition. In short, there aren’t too many parts on the music business that Taylor hasn’t been involved in. These days he puts all of his experience and talent into being a dynamic solo performer and front man of the new band that bears his name. He released his debut solo album Blank Tape Levy in 2009 and is hard at work recording a follow up solo album and release with his band.
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Neville Quinlan: Managing Director of Peermusic Canada Inc (the Canadian branch of one of the world’s largest independent music publishing companies). Peermusic Canada represents The Tragically Hip, Tom Waits, Hawksley Workman, Kathleen Edwards, Sebastien Grainger, ZZ Top, Areosmith, David Foster, as well as some of the richest song writer catalogues from around the world.
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Website: http://www.peermusic.com
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Nicole Hughes[/dcs_fancy_header]
Nicole Hughes is a songwriter from Toronto, Canada known for her edgy lyrics and contagious hooks.
She became heavily involved in writing for Canadian Idol, landing numerous song placements for multiple Canadian Idol artists including the 2007 Canadian Idol Winner’s single ‘All I Ever Wanted’ for winner Brian Melo (which stayed on Canadian A/C radio charts for 14 months) and was used heavily in the Beijing Olympic television coverage.
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Nicole recently co-wrote 3 songs for Fefe Dobson’s Gold-certified ‘Joy’ record (with Fefe), including the title track.
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Her direct work with artists has resulted in getting cuts and singles with Stereos, Fefe Dobson, Canadian Idol, The Next Star, Tara Oram as well as International acts such as Chinese superstar Wanting Qu and Swedish pop sensations Play.
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Nicole’s songs have been used extensively in Film and TV.
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She has been a music producer/songwriter for the past 2 seasons of YTV’s hit reality singing show ‘The Next Star’.
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Nicole is published worldwide by Uomo/Nettwerk.
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Website: www.nicolehughes.com
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Shannon O’neill[/dcs_fancy_header]
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Website: http://www.songwriters.ca
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