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BreakOut West 2015 Announces Lineup

Jul 22, 2015

BreakOut West has revealed its full lineup for this year’s festival, and it’s a big one – featuring 60+ artists across multiple genres, showcasing the very best in emerging Western Canadian talent.

Here’s the full-lineup for BreakOut West 2015:

36? (AB), Acres Of Lions (BC), Alex Mahé (AB), Annette (SK), Attica Riots (MB), Belle Plaine (SK), Bend Sinister (BC), BESTiE (BC), Blake Berglund (SK), Boreal Sons (AB), Carmanah (BC), Chris Henderson (SK), Claire Ness (YT), Close Talker (SK), Dee Erin Band (MB), Def3 (SK), Delhi 2 Dublin (BC), Digawolf (YT), Economics (SK), Evil Ebenezer (BC), Fish & Bird (BC) Gay Nineties (BC), HUMANS DJ Set (BC), Immaculate (BC), Iskwé (MB), Isobel Trigger (BC), JPNSGRLS (BC), Kytami (BC), Leela Gilday (NT), Leeroy Stagger (AB), LONGNUS (BC), Luca Fogale (BC), Matthew Lien (YT), Me and Mae (BC), Mark Takeshi McGregor (BC) , Mike Edel (BC), Paul Cournoyer (AB), PEP (Piano and Erhu Project) (AB), PORT JUVEE (AB), Ridley Bent (MB) , Rococode (BC), Ryan Boldt (SK), Ryan McNally (YT), Sam Weber (BC), Samantha Savage Smith (AB), Sarah MacDougall (YT), SAVVIE (BC), Sc Mira (MB), Sea and Sky Duo (BC) , Shred Kelly (BC), Stella Swanson (BC), The Bennett Sun (YT), The Kerplunks (BC), The Matinee (BC), The Midnight Sons Band (YT), The Noble Thiefs (MB), The Nu:BC Collective (BC), The Pistolwhips (SK), The Provincial Archive (AB), The Treble (MB), The Tumblin’ Dice (BC), The Wet Secrets (AB), Towers and Trees (BC), Transit (AB), Two Bears North (AB), Tyler Hornby (AB), Victoria Baroque Players (BC), Weird Party (BC) and Yes We Mystic (MB).

BreakOut West has also announced that the CBC’s Grant Lawrence will be hosting their 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards Gala, and that Tanya Tagaq, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murdered, Annette, Sarah MacDougall and NoMeansNo are among the nominated artists slated for performance at the Gala.

Ticket and registration information:

Wristbands: This year, a wristband for all shows can be purchased at Rifflandia’s website, as all BOW showcases will be included in the Rifflandia weekend pass.

Full delegate registration: This year, it also includes the Festival showcases + access to Rifflandia shows, and can be picked up at breakoutwest.ca. The full delegate package also includes a ticket to the WCMA’s.

Earl bird registration for the 2015 Conference kicks off today until August 10, full details on what that entails over at breakoutwest.ca.

Bond…James Bond Is Back In ‘SPECTRE’

Jul 22, 2015

Watch the new trailer for SPECTRE. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE.

Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot.

As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.

Released in the UK on October 26, and in the US on November 6, 2015.

Canadian Wins Lottery And Gets Hit By Lightning Strike. The Odds? 1 in 2.6 Trillion

Jul 22, 2015

ABC US News | World News

Lucky would be an understatement to describe one man in Canada.

Peter McCathie survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he’s won the lottery — both events combined come to about a 1 in 2.6 trillion chance.

McCathie is splitting the $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize with co-worker Diana Miller, the Atlantic Lottery told ABC News today.

He’s getting an additional $10,000 since he owns the Amherst Shore Country Store in Amherst Shore, Nova Scotia, where the duo bought the $3 ticket.

McCathie’s first experience of defying odds — a nearly one in one million chance — happened when he was 14 years old and wading through shallow waters.

“I was trying to lock the boat up, it was a very sunny day, there was one big, white cloud in the sky and the lightning bolt came through the trees and hit me,” McCathie told CTV.

McCathie survived the lightning strike and now years later, he told CTV he plans to use his unexpected winnings to take his wife of 30 years on a second honeymoon.

Via ABC

Infographic: 23 Little Things That Will Help You Nail Your Next Gig

Jul 22, 2015

Please include attribution to TakeLessons with this graphic.

Go to Take Lessons for more tips leading up to your soon-to-be sold out show.

That Time Bernie Sanders Recorded a Folk Music Album in the 80s

Jul 22, 2015

It would appear that politics is not Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sander’s (D-VT) only passion. Apparently, the self-described socialist was also, at one point, an aspiring folk singer.

In fact, he loved folk music so much that, in 1987, he recorded his very own folk album. The six track album entitled “We Shall Overcome” was recorded in-studio with the help of 30 other Vermont folk singers.

Side one includes five traditional folk standards with a “conversation” with Sanders on the second side.

According to to one Vermont political blog, the album was recorded while Sanders was serving as the mayor of Burlington.

https://youtu.be/LK-Kem7fR6o

Via MRCTV

A Tribe Called Red Announces First Nations Reserve Tour

Jul 22, 2015

With the release of their Suplex EP under their belts, A Tribe Called Red is ready to bring their live show to First Nations fans across Ontario. The Juno Award-winning, Polaris Music Prize-nominated group will embark on a special tour this August, performing at First Nations reserves (details below).

The tour is made possible with the help of the Ontario Arts Council. The goal is to present top quality shows directly on reserve, by partnering with communities and bringing a mobile stage and lighting on site. The band will perform a show and workshop in most of the communities. Both shows and workshops will be free for the audience and aimed at youth.
Tribe dropped their new EP, Suplex on May 19th (via Pirates Blend in Canada, and internationally on the band’s own brand new label, Radicalized Records). The four-song EP features the group’s signature unique style of traditional Pow Wow music mixed with club sound. This week, iPhone launched their latest commercial, which features the album track, The People’s Champ ft. Hellnback.

https://youtu.be/E3AIeOBTN0g.

Upcoming Canadian Tour Dates:
July 23rd – Peguis First Nation, MB – Peguis Multiplex
July 24th – Brandon, MB – Brandon Folk Music & Art Festival
July 25th – Hamilton, ON – PAN AM Cultural Celebration – Pier 4 Park Bayfront
July 31st – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
August 1st – Maliotenam, QC – Festival Innu Nikamu
August 12th – Toronto, ON – Nathan Phillips Square
August 13th – Six Nations of the Grand River, ON – Six Nations Community Hall
August 15th – Sudbury, ON – UP FEST, Durham Playgrounds
August 21st – Moose Factory, ON
August 23rd – Thunder Bay, ON (Lac Des Milles Lacs First Nation) – Fort Williams Historical Park
August 25th – Sault Ste Marie, ON (Batchewana First Nation) – Rankin Arena
August 27th – Manitoulin Island, ON (Wikwemikong First Nation) – Thunderbird Park
August 29th – North Bay, ON (Nipissing First Nation) – NFN Administration Office
September 17th-20th – Victoria, BC – Rifflandia Festival

What Jazz Legend Bill Evans Can Teach You About Being Creative In Problem-Solving

Jul 22, 2015

In 1966, legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans sat down with his composer brother, Harry Evans and filmmaker William Meier for a conversation worth sharing later released as Universal Mind of Bill Evans: The Creative Process and Self-Teaching.

The whole process of learning the facility of being able to play jazz is to take these problems from the outer level in, one by one, and to stay with it at a very intense, conscious-concentration level until that process becomes secondary and subconscious. Now, when that becomes subconscious, then you can begin concentrating on that next problem, which will allow you to do a little bit more.

I don’t consider myself as talented as many people but in some ways that was an advantage because I didn’t have a great facility immediately so I had to be more analytical and in a way — that forced me to build something.

Most people just don’t realize the immensity of the problem and, either because they can’t conquer it immediately, think that they haven’t got the ability, or they’re so impatient to conquer it that they never do see it through. If you do understand the problem then you can enjoy your whole trip through.

People tend to approximate the product rather than attacking it in a realistic, true way at any elementary level — regardless of how elementary — but it must be entirely true and entirely real and entirely accurate. They would rather approximate the entire problem than to take a small part of it and be real and true about it. To approximate the whole thing in a vague way gives you a feeling that you’ve more or less touched the thing, but in this way you just lead yourself toward confusion and ultimately you’re going to get so confused that you’ll never find your way out.

It is true of any subject that the person that succeeds in anything has the realistic viewpoint at the beginning and [knows] that the problem is large and that he has to take it a step at a time and that he has to enjoy the step-by-step learning procedure. They’re trying to do a thing in a way that is so general [that] they can’t possibly build on that. If they build on that, they’re building on top of confusion and vagueness and they can’t possibly progress. If you try to approximate something that is very advanced and don’t know what you’re doing, you can’t advance.

The Batman Credit Card

Jul 22, 2015

The Batman Credit Card – Delinquent accounts result in loss of credit privileges and a big spanking. (1966)

Ah, those reel to reels…

Jul 22, 2015

CRTC reviews rules for French-language music on the radio

Jul 22, 2015

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today launched a proceeding to ensure that French-language music is better supported in the current digital context.

The CRTC wants to examine the current regulatory framework for French-language vocal music to ensure that it takes into account the current and future environment. In light of industry transformations and changing consumption habits, this proceeding aims to ensure better discovery, promotion, creation and consumption of French-language vocal music.

Canadians’ consumption habits are changing with the advent of new broadband-driven technologies. Canadians continue to appreciate commercial radio, but many, particularly young people, are moving away from it to listen to and discover music on other platforms.

In certain markets such as Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau, listeners are migrating from French-language stations to English-language stations. In addition, more and more streaming music services are available in Canada, creating changes in listeners’ habits.

The places where listeners used to enjoy commercial radio (in the car, at work, at home) now have access to broadband and provide several options for listening to music.

This proceeding will serve to ensure that French-language content is present in music programming and to provide French-language vocal music listeners with access to programming that reflects their needs, interests and culture.

Comments regarding these issues must be submitted to the CRTC by September 3, 2015, in one of the following ways:
by filling out the online form or by writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, or by sending a fax to 819-994-0218.

The CRTC will hold a public hearing as part of this proceeding starting on November 16, 2015, in Quebec City.