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Welcome to the Artists' Bulletin Board!
This area is specially designed to be a resource for artists. Our
goal is to collect and post information that will be of interest
to you and your peers.
CanWrite! 2008
Conference
CanWrite! celebrates Canadian literature, provides an educational
forum for professional and emerging writers from across Canada,
and supports writers in the development and promotion of their work.The
conference takes place in Edmonton, July 3-6, 2008 and features
keynote addresses by Ian Ferguson (How to be a Canadian)
and Ralph Keyes (The Courage to Write).
This year, choose from three streams to create the conference experience
you need at whatever stage of your career:
Source sessions provide tools for mining for material, generating
ideas, bringing them to the page, and giving them form and life.
Refine sessions focus on the process of revision, re-writing,
editing, mentoring and finding readers for your work.
Surge sessions prepare you to move forward in the world
of successful publication. It includes the business side of the
creative work: agents, publishing, marketing, and pushing your work
through borders of genre and geography.
Whether you swim in one stream all day, or dip back and forth,
it’s all up to you. Come be inspired by CanWrite!, the 87th annual
conference of the Canadian Authors Association.
CKUA's Ken Davis, host of
Bookmark, will be moderator
of the "Hot Trends, Hot Markets" panel at the conference.
For more information, visit canauthorsalberta.ca/CanWrite.
World Quest Music
Songwriting Contest 2008
The World Quest Music Songwriting Contest is a new Canadian
songwriting contest that was launched on Wednesday, March 26th for
the general public. Professional entries began March 17th. Everyone
is eligible, any genre of music is welcome
There are cash and product prizes to be won, the contest is free
of charge to the general public, and $10 for professional entries.
The contest itself is open to professional and non-professional
songwriters who submit entries at worldquestmusic.com.
Professional and Non-Professional entries are paired off into two
independently running contests. There are no musical categories
in this competition, which makes this contest rather unique, there
is a public voting area and a unique wild card vote by select judges.
The contest runs for five months and entrants can enter up to five
songs in the Non-Professional grouping and up to ten songs in the
Professional grouping. Both groupings run together, the Professional
March 17 through July 26, and the Non-Professional March 26 through
August 8. Contestants go head to head online where fans vote for
their favorite entries. Semi-Finalists, Finalists and Grand Prize
Winners are chosen based on these tallied online votes.
For more information, visit worldquestmusic.com.
Alberta Music
Grows Into the Future
The Alberta Recording Industries Association (ARIA) recently made
changes at a Special Resolution Meeting that will benefit the music
industry in Alberta. The members voted in favour that the Association
will now legally be called The Alberta Music Industry Association
(“Alberta Music” for short). There are also positive
revisions to the Membership By-Laws; amendments in existing Full
and Associate Memberships as well as the addition of Band and Student
Memberships.
“These changes to ARIA’s membership will help the
growth of our vibrant music industry in Alberta by being more inclusive
while still maintaining a professional objective.” - Gerry
Stoll, President
There have been other changes over the last year such as hiring
Kennedy Jenson for the first ever full-time position as Executive
Director. Kennedy brings to the table, years of experience from
both the performing and business sides of the music industry.The
launch of a brand new travel grant and new season of our Industry
Info Series’ (previously known as Networking Nights) along
with other special events being planned is only the beginning of
how we plan to go forward. The excitement continues with a new office
location in October, a new website under construction and a complete
re-branding of the Association. Alberta Music once again is offering
their half-price membership sale this Fall.
“I couldn’t be more excited. With a new image and
a stronger voice, this Association will provide much needed services
for our industry” - Kennedy Jenson, Executive Director
ARIA was incorporated in 1984. Our current membership is at 400
- an increase from 300 a year ago. The Association always had an
annual awards show until it formed an alliance with the other western
provinces now known as the Western Canadian Music Alliance (WCMA).
October 2008, the WCMAs will be held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Current Board Members include:
Gerry Stoll – President
Christine Rogerson – Vice-President
Ron Harwood – Secretary
John Reid – Treasurer
Alvin Jahns
Rick Mizzoni
Chris Martin
Josh Boser
Rich Stenson
Among the current sponsors are Alberta Foundation for the Arts
and FACTOR.
“By collaborating with the rest of the provinces we can
continue to build the music industry by sharing ideas, lobbying
the government, and listening and acting upon the needs and desires
of our industry members” - Kennedy Jenson
For more information, contact the Alberta Music office at info@aria.ab.ca
or call 780-428-3372 / 1-800-465-3117.
Help Support
ArtsCan Circle
ArtsCan Circle was founded by Mike Stevens, a talented
harmonica player, who has dedicated over 10 years of his life to
this worthwhile cause. ArtsCan Circle helps youths in Northern Canada
who are plagued by poverty, drug abuse, teen pregnancy and suicide.
Using the incredible power of music, Arts Can Circle sends artists
to perform in the far North and supplies musical instruments to
these kids so they can learn to play. The results to date have been
very encouraging.
As a member of Canada's musical community, ArtsCan Circle needs
your help. You can donate new or used musical instruments or make
a financial donation.
Most needed are guitars, basses, amps, accessories, keyboards,
harmonicas, recorders, percussion instruments, recording gear, instructional
books and videos.
Donations over $25.00 are tax deductible. For information on donating
instruments or funds, visit artscancircle.ca.
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