The Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) is partnering with Nordicity (with support from provincial and territorial Music Industry Associations) to launch an important study about Canada’s independent music community. This study will firmly establish the actual economic impact that independent music has in Canada, both from a regional and national [...]

This gem of a live session with Sean Carey and Justin Vernon makes you realize that some people are just meant to make music – I’m so grateful that these two guys decided to give it a go. Thanks to 4AD and Jagjaguwar for making it happen. 4AD and Jagjaguwar have collaborated [...]

                Washington, DC-based nonprofit Future of Music Coalition interviewed 80 different musicians and composers, conducted nearly a dozen financial case studies, and ran an online survey completed by over 5000 musicians to uncover . . .                 [...]

Do you use Twitter? Rdio? Spotify? iTunes? Do you want to discover new music? Do you want to know what’s trending right now amongst other music listeners around the world? Do you want a comprehensive page that let’s your social network know what you’re listening to and sharing via social [...]

IFPI Publishes Digital Music Report 2012   Download the IFPI Digital Music Report 2012 HERE Download the IFPI Digital Music Report 2012: Key Facts and Figures HERE   The following is from the website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) London, 23rd January 2012   “Digital music goes global in [...]

A great minimal electronic album that I’ve often returned to over the years… Xela “For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights” Check out John Twells (a.k.a. Xela and co-founder of Type Records) on Twitter.

The following is a keynote address by Michael Geist (Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law) at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg on January 27, 2012 that discusses the role of digital activism in countering bills like SOPA and the ongoing copyfight over the use of WIPO, [...]

Check out Future of Music Coalition‘s Kristin Thomson speak about the Artist Revenue Streams research project at MIDEM 2012: Future of Music Coalition: The New Power Trio: Brands Bands and Revenue – midem 2012 presentation View more presentations from midem

2012 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES   JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD Arcade Fire Sonovox*F>A>B Avril Lavigne RCA*Sony City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal Deadmau5 Ultra*EMI Drake Cash Money*Universal Ginette Reno Melon Miel*Sélect Hedley Universal Justin Bieber Def Jam*Universal Michael Bublé Reprise*Warner Nickelback Universal   SINGLE OF THE YEAR City and Colour Dine Alone*Universal Fragile Bird Hedley Universal Invincible Johnny Reid Johnny Mac*EMI Let’s Go Higher Nickelback Universal [...]

2011 was a big year — there was a cross-country move from rainy Vancouver to cosmopolitan Toronto; adjusting to the food science that is vegan and gluten-free cooking and baking; my return to academia in pursuit of a vision to better support music rights holders worldwide; and the rising popularity [...]