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Winnipeg singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk is scheduled to be part of Manitoba Music’s MusicWorks fall professional development workshops.
Attention all aspiring and working musicians in the Westman area: Do you ever wish you were busier doing what you love doing?
If your passion is playing your music in front of people and you’d like to pursue that passion a little more regularly while increasing your audience, perhaps a Manitoba Music Musicworks Workshop is what you require.
Hosted in the Manitoba Music Resource Centre in Winnipeg, MusicWorks presents experienced music industry veterans, hot new trendsetters, and tastemakers speaking on the most important topics for today’s artists and music industry entrepreneurs.
This season, MusicWorks will focus on timely topics such as effective live performance, publicity and release planning, producing viral videos, DIY touring, co-writing, merchandising, and more.
The series brings to Manitoba some of the most influential music professionals from across Canada and beyond, including: publicity mavens Tonni Maruyama of Anti-/Epitaph Records (Tom Waits, The Weakerthans) and Joanne Setterington of Indoor Recess (Arcade Fire, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Metric); Nylon’s Micah Barnes; Bandzoogle’s artist relations rep Dave Cool; the team behind acclaimed recording act Library Voices’ success — Nevado Records’ Nick Bernal, Freshly Pressed PR’s Julie Booth, and The Agency Group’s Eli Klein; and more.
MusicWorks will also draw on the considerable expertise of Manitoba-based pros like Pocketgigs’ Chris Gaudry, Comeback Kid’s Jeremy Hiebert; and songwriter/producer Chris Burke-Gaffney.
Most workshops will take place in Winnipg at the Manitoba Music Industry Resource Centre, 1-376 Donald Street. Perhaps you can arrange a road trip with your band or a group of like-minded individuals on your contacts list?
In the meantime, you should know that space is limited and advance registration is strongly encouraged. Please take the time to peruse the following workshops to see which best suits your needs.
Frank McGwire is a radio personality and booster of the music scene in Brandon and Westman.
» Frank@kx96.astral.com.
Musicworks Fall 2012 schedule
DON’T LOSE YOUR SHIRT: BAND MERCHANDISE
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m.
$10 Members, $25 Non-Members
With Jeremy Hiebert, Comeback Kid
Randy Ortiz, illustrator
BREAK A RECORD: MARKETING AN ALBUM RELEASE & BEYOND
Saturday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m.
$15 Members, $30 Non-Members
With Tonni Maruyama, Canadian publicity, Anti-/Epitaph Records (Tom Waits, Weakerthans, Pennywise) Joanne Setterington, owner, Indoor Recess (Arcade Fire, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Metric)
WritersConnect: A GUIDED INTRODUCTION TO CO-WRITING
Friday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m.
Free
With Chris Burke-Gaffney, songwriter/producer, CBG Artist Develo p.m.ent (Chantel Kreviazuk, The Keats) Jaylene Johnson, singer/songwriter
Bryce Pallister, singer/songwriter
Presented with Songwriters Association of Canada and Culture Days
MANITOBA SHOWCASE CONTACT 2012
(presented in Virden)
Friday, Oct. 12
Facing Facebook and Twitter Tweeting — 10 a.m.
Sound Tech Basics — 1:30 p.m.
Presented with the Manitoba Arts Network
POINT OF VIEWS: VIRAL VIDEOS
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m.
$10 Members, $25 Non-Members
With Chris Gaudry, Pocketgigs
More panelists to be announced
SOUND ADVICE: MUSIC MANAGEMENT
Saturday, Oct. 20, 1 p.m.
$25 Members, $40 Non-Members
With Various Music Managers from Canada TBA
BE SOCIABLE: FAN INTERACTION FROM BLOGS TO TWITTER
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m.
$10 Members, $25 Non-Members
with Dave Cool, Bandzoogle and davecool.ca
CASE STUDY: TAKING YOUR MUSIC GLOBAL with LIBRARY VOICES
Saturday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m.
$25 Members, $40 Non-Members
With Michael Dawson, Library Voices
Nick Bernal, owner, Nevado Records (Library Voices, Yukon Blonde, Bahamas)
Julie Booth, Freshly Pressed PR (Hey Rosetta!, Hannah Georgas, Said the Whale, Metric) Eli Klein, The Agency Group (Islands, Young Empires, Kele)
CREATIVE LICENSING: CAPITALIZING ON SYNC PLACEMENTS
Saturday, Nov. 3, 1 p.m.
$15 Members, $30 Non-Members
With Michael Perlmutter, music supervisor, Instinct Entertainment (CTV Olympic Games Coverage, Degrassi) Chris Budd, resident, Bearsuit Publishing (Grey’s Anatomy, Adidas, West 49, Rogers)
WRITING PROS: COMPELLING BIOS AND PRESS RELEASES
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m.
$10 Members, $25 Non-Members
With Karen Bliss, music journalist (Billboard, Rolling Stone, MSN, AOL)
MEDIA BLAST: INDIE RADIO AND PRESS CAMPAIGNS
Saturday, Nov. 24, 1 p.m.
$15 Members, $30 Non-Members
With Ken Beattie, founder, Killbeat Music (Dan Mangan, Yukon Blonde, The Deep Dark Woods)
MARCH TO YOUR OWN BEAT: DIY TOURING
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m.
$10 Members, $25 Non-Members
With Lindsey Collins, Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers
Eric Lemoine, The F-Holes
Times or dates subject to change without notice.
MusicWorks is made possible by the generous support of the Province of Manitoba through Industry Workforce Develo p.m.ent of Manitoba Competitiveness, Training and Trade; The SOCAN Foundation; the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR) through the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.
For complete workshop descriptions, please visit: manitobamusic.com/workshops.
For more information or to register, please call 204.942.8650
or email training@manitobamusic.com.
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 6, 2012
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Attention all aspiring and working musicians in the Westman area: Do you ever wish you were busier doing what you love doing?
If your passion is playing your music in front of people and you’d like to pursue that passion a little more regularly while increasing your audience, perhaps a Manitoba Music Musicworks Workshop is what you require.
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Attention all aspiring and working musicians in the Westman area: Do you ever wish you were busier doing what you love doing?
If your passion is playing your music in front of people and you’d like to pursue that passion a little more regularly while increasing your audience, perhaps a Manitoba Music Musicworks Workshop is what you require.
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