Package holiday company TravelBird has released the Most Travelled Musicians Ranking, presenting a comprehensive insight into the travel miles of the world’s most popular artists. TravelBird combined music, travel, and curiosity within the study of 36 popular artists. The ranking reveals which bands and musicians have the greatest number of travel miles under their belt and who holds the title of the world’s most travelled. In addition to presenting the most travelled artists, TravelBird also calculated how much it would cost an ultimate superfan to have followed each musician throughout their career.

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All musicians and their teams are invited to join Canadian Musician Editor-in-Cheif Andrew King and Dave Cool, Director of Artist & Industry Outreach at Bandzoogle, as they discuss how to create a killer artist website.

Having a killer web presence as an artist is more important now than ever before, and that grows truer by the day.

Your website is often someone’s first point of contact with your brand and art. It connects you with your audience, lets you share your songs and other media, offers a platform to sell your music, merch, and tickets, and a whole lot more.

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West coast folk rockers Lion Bear Fox have been described as a “musical force of nature,” and the songs from their upcoming self-titled LP certainly support that case. The record drops Friday, Feb. 17th, but we’re bringing you an early listen in this exclusive #CMPremiere.

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Acclaimed Toronto producer and composer Mike Rocha is releasing his debut album, Finale, on Feb. 10th via Pirates Blend Records, but Canadian Musician is bringing you the collection a few days early in this exclusive #CMPremiere.

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We’re excited about our latest issue of Canadian Musician magazine and very excited about the prize we have for Mother Mother  fans.

Here’s your chance to win a VINYL copy of Mother Mother’s latest release, NO CULTURE. You will also win a NO CULTURE poster, and a copy of the latest Canadian Musician magazine featuring Mother Mother.

Winning is super easy — just enter your name and email address and you’re entered to win!!

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There are only five days left to get your nominations in for the 2017 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards, which will be given out at a gala during Canadian Music Week (CMW) at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto on April 20, 2017. The CMBIAs have become a highlight of CMW as a grand celebration of Canadian broadcasters and music industry standouts.

The awards cover all area of the music industry. The categories include:

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CBC Music has announced the industry panel for Searchlight 2017 and it include none other than Canadian Musician’s own Editor-in-Chief, Andrew King, alongside a host of prominent personalities from around the Canadian music scene and industry. Through the Searchlight contest, CBC Music is searching for “Canada’s next great music act,” and submissions are currently being accepted until Feb. 7, 2017.

The industry panel for Searchlight 2017 is comprised of top artists, music producers and radio hosts, as well as other music industry professionals in A&R, artist management, music publishing, concert promotion, music journalism, publicity and music festival production. Our panelists will be grading the submissions that make it to the regional finals to help determine the 23 winners who will advance to the national round. Meet the judges who are on this year’s panel, listed below in alphabetical order according to their first names.

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The deadline for submissions for the 2017 CCMA Discovery Program has been EXTENDED to Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

The 2017 CCMA Discovery Program will see six jury-selected finalists flown to Toronto for Music Industry Discovery Week this spring, where they’ll learn in-depth about the music business, meet key players in the industry, perform at an exclusive showcase, and so much more. Each finalist will also be paired with an established Canadian country artist for a mentorship opportunity, in addition to performing at the CCMA Discovery Showcase, an official PotashCorp Country Music Week event. One finalist will be presented with the 2017 CCMA Discovery Award at the CCMA Gala Dinner & Awards, as part of PotashCorp Country Music Week 2017 in Saskatoon.

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CBC Music’s annual contest to find Canada’s next big music act kicks-off today, Jan. 17, 2017. Submissions for Searchlight 2017 are officially open, with the deadline for entry being Feb. 7, 2017. Musicians of all types, including solo artists, duos, and groups from all genres are encouraged to enter via cbcmusic.ca/searchlight.

Similar to last year, the competition will come to life on CBC, as the top four finalists compete on a live broadcast for the Searchlight title.

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Submissions are now open for The 2017 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Discovery Program. The program was formed to provide Canadian country music artists with career opportunities and build music industry connections.

The 2017 initiative includes the following opportunities:

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