April 2004

Canadian Music Industry In Jeopardy

The Canadian Music Industry is standing on the edge of jeopardy, (and no, unfortunately we’re not talking about Rock’n’Roll Jeopardy). FACTOR’s contract with the Department of Canadian Heritage, whose program and funding is what stabilizes the Canadian Music Industry, expires on March 31, 2005.

With this instability, many aspects of the Canadian Music Industry will come crashing down; many albums will not be recorded, national and international tours will be near unfeasible, and Canadian music won’t be showcased nor supported internationally like it is today. This change will also affect recording studios, engineers, video producers and directors, agents, managers, independent labels, publicists and publishers, concert promoters, club venues from coast to coast, CD manufacturers and distributors, live production companies and crews, vehicle rental companies, hotel and accommodation providers, equipment manufacturers, retail music stores … get the idea? It won’t be pretty. FACTOR is a place where artists can receive a firm starting point and enhance their budgets on marketing and promotion, touring, recording, press kits, small business development and the list goes on. A group of industry companions have united in order to see what can be done about persuading the new Liberal Government to continue the funding – clearly not an easy task, but the commitment is deep and all outside help is much appreciated and encouraged. Next time you’re surfing the Web, hop onto www.savecanadianmusic.com. On this site you will find all of the tools that you need in order to get involved – contact information for your local MP, stats on what FACTOR gives to the industry and what the committee is committing to do, and a discussion forum where everyone and anyone is welcome to put in their two cents.

For more information, visit: www.savecanadianmusic.com.

SF Marketing Hosts Shure Events

SF Marketing, the Canadian distributor of Shure Microphones, is bringing the latest products to a location near you!

Shure’s new SLX wireless microphone systems, recently launched at the Winter NAMM show, will be shown at Canadian cities in the months of May and June. The wireless system, designed for use in houses of worship, corporate boardrooms, lecture halls and portable road cases, features Shure’s patented Audio Reference Companding technology along with automatic synchronization. It can support up to 20 compatible systems at one time, depending on the area.

To help launch the new wireless system, a cross-Canada introductory tour in May and June 2004 at locations still to be announced. For full details, visit www.sfm.ca/pages/slx_party.html.

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