Canadian Music Week is looking for a Marketing and Sponsorship Coordinator.
Canadian Arts/Media Job Posts For December 3, 2014
Rogers TV Kitchener Cable 20 is looking for a Producer.
Showmi in Toronto is looking for their first Communications Manager.
Last Gang is looking for a distributed labels and e-‐commerce manager to join its Toronto team. Email Matt Smallwood for details: matt@lastgangentertainment.com
Shaw has an exciting opportunity for a Video Journalist working in their Squamish Shaw TV office. Reporting to the Vancouver Manager of Programming, the successful candidate will be accountable for producing community stories from the Sea To Sky and North Shore areas.
Kids Help Phone is looking for a Senior Development Officer overseeing a portfolio of individual, corporate (philanthropic), foundation and other donors and prospective donors through identification, stewardship, and cultivation and develops and executes solicitation strategies with the Director and other senior staff, aligning donor interests with Kids Help Phone’s strategic funding priorities
Rogers Broadcasting in Toronto has an opening for a Satellite & Dub Operator.
Pleasant Solutions in Edmonton, AB has an opening for a Media Relations Specialist.
CBC Radio-Canada in Windsor, ON has an opening for a Supervising Technician.
Canadian Arts/Media Job Posts For December 2, 2014
Newcap Calgary is looking for a Creative Director.
CityNews and 680News are looking for a news leader to oversee their growing digital properties.
The Airdrie City View and Rocky View Weekly newspapers are looking for a full time sports reporter.
Shaw have an exciting opportunity for a Video Journalist working in their Squamish Shaw TV office.
How They Listen: First 10 Cities with Uber + Spotify
Earlier this week, Spotify and Uber, two leaders of their respective categories, joined forces to allow riders to hop into Uber cars with their Spotify music of choice already playing.
Riders with Spotify premium can simply connect the two apps to add a playlist to their Spotify-enabled Uber. The program kicks off this Friday, November 21, with more cities and cars to come, as announced on Monday.
Uber is personalized access to cars. Spotify is personalized access to music. It all happens seamlessly. This should work well.
So, what music are people going to play a lot in each of these cities, relative to the other Spotify/Uber launch cities?
If history is any indication, we have the answers below, in the form of 10 playlists — one for each launch city where Uber riders can seamlessly access the sweet sounds of their own Spotify playlists. These playlists make for some great, adventurous listening — especially if you’re into the geography of music:
The Distinctive Sound of Spotify/Uber Launch Cities
Here’s the music Uber drivers can expect to hear a lot of in these locations, proportional to the drivers elsewhere:
London
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Nashville
New York City
San Francisco
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Toronto
Hedley, Kiesza, MAGIC!, and Shawn Mendes To Perform at 2015 JUNO AWARDS
At a press conference held today, CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) revealed the first four show-stopping artists confirmed to perform on CTV’s broadcast of THE 2015 JUNO AWARDS. Performers set to rock the JUNO stage include multi-platinum hit-makers Hedley, retro-electro dance starlet Kiesza, rock-reggae collective MAGIC!, and international breakout sensation Shawn Mendes. THE 2015 JUNO AWARDS air Sunday, March 15 on CTV and CTV GO from Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre, with additional broadcast details to follow.
Each of the artists announced today provided a video message to Canadian fans, through JUNOTV, about their upcoming JUNO Awards performance in Hamilton. To view the videos, click here.
“This list of exciting young artists at the top of their game sets the stage for an electric JUNO broadcast,” said Phil King, President – CTV, Sports, and Entertainment Programming. “With more must-see artists yet to be announced, viewers will want to start their countdown to March 15.”
“The JUNO Awards continue to attract some of Canada’s most illustrious talent,” said Allan Reid, President & CEO, CARAS, The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts. “Today’s announcement is an example of the incredible young talent exploding around the world and sets the pace for what will undoubtedly be the biggest night in Canadian music this year.”
Tickets for THE 2015 JUNO AWARDS go on sale this Friday. Tickets range from $39 to $149 (plus service charges) and are available through the FirstOntario Centre Box Office, by phone at 1-855-872-5000, and online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Additional performer and presenter announcements will be released in the coming weeks.
2015 JUNO Week Official Venues and Ticket On Sale Announced
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the official venue details for 2015 JUNO Week celebrations to be held in Hamilton, Ontario, March 9-15.
Tickets for The 2015 JUNO Awards go on sale this Friday, December 5 at 10:00am ET. Tickets range from $39 to $149 (plus service charges) and are available through the FirstOntario Centre Box Office, by phone at 1-855-872-5000, and online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Key JUNO Week signature events and official venue announcements include:
- The Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena to host JUNO Cup on March 13. The annual celebrity hockey game pits musicians against former NHL greats in support of MusiCounts, Canada’s national music education charity. Ticket and participating artist information will be available in January 2015.
- Lime Ridge Mall to host JUNO Fan Fare presented by hmv Canada on March 14. Fans will have a chance to meet their favourite artists during this afternoon autograph signing. Ticketing and participating artist information for this free event will be available in the February 2015.
- The Great Hall at Hamilton Place to host JUNO Songwriters’ Circle presented by SOCAN and Yamaha on March 15. Close to 15,000 fans have attended this show that has raised over $400,000 for MusiCounts. Some of Canada’s most talented singer/songwriters share songs and stories in an intimate setting.
- FirstOntario Centre to host The 2015 JUNO Awards Broadcast on March 15. A concert that brings together, for one show only, a variety of artists, performances and many high profile nominees.
- Plus over 15 venues across the city to host JUNOfest presented by CBCMusic.ca on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14. A showcase of over 100 local, regional, and national acts, nightly line-ups will feature three or four acts per venue with JUNO nominees, national touring acts and the best of Hamilton sharing the stage. Venue details to be announced at a later date.
Also announced were partnerships with local cultural institutions for the 2015 JUNO Awards ancillary events, which include:
- Hamilton Public Library to host Junior JUNOS, a concert with Children’s Album of the Year nominees on Saturday March 14, 2015.
- Art Gallery of Hamilton to host the JUNO Photography Exhibition from January 24-April 19, 2015.
- And the Art Gallery of Hamilton to also host The JUNO Tour of Canadian Art sponsored by La Piazza Allegra from January 24 to April 26, 2015.
Additional details and information about 2015 JUNO Week events, including participants, will be released in the New Year.
Foster The People’s Isolated Vocals For “Pumped Up Kicks”
Released originally prior to their first album as a single, “Pumped Up Kicks” was the massive hit from Foster The People’s 2011 debut release Torches. The album rose to #8 on the Billboard 200 Album charts and garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. While the album included production from such notables as Paul Epworth (who also worked with Adele), Greg Kurstin, Rich Costey, and Tony Hoffer, it was group leader Mark Foster who produced this track, which was actually the demo version. One of the most misunderstood songs of the last 20 years, the lyrics to “Pumped Up Kicks” are written from the perspective of a troubled and delusional youth with homicidal thoughts. The lines in the chorus warn potential victims to “outrun my gun” and that they “better run, better run, faster than my bullet.” Foster said in a statement to CNN.com, “I wrote ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn’t start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation.” In writing the song, Foster wanted to “get inside the head of an isolated, psychotic kid” and “bring awareness” to the issue of gun violence amongst youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by “lack of family, lack of love, and isolation.” The song’s title refers to shoes that the narrator’s peers wear as a status symbol.
For play on the television channels MTV and MTVu, the words “gun” and “bullet” were removed from the song’s chorus. Foster believes many have misinterpreted the song’s meaning, and have written letters to his record label and called radio stations to complain. He explained, “The song is not about condoning violence at all. It’s the complete opposite. The song is an amazing platform to have a conversation with your kids about something that shouldn’t be ignored, to talk about it in a loving way.”
Having Fun With Elvis On Stage
The album is unique among Elvis’ recordings as it does not contain any actual songs: it consists entirely of byplay recorded between numbers, although Elvis is frequently heard humming or singing “Well…”, which during the actual performances led into songs that have been edited out of this recording. Much of the album consists of Elvis making jokes, with the material spliced in a manner that just bizarre.
The album came to be as a ploy by Colonel Tom Parker, Presley’s manager, to release an album to which RCA Records would own no rights. Parker initially released the album on his own label, Box Car Records, and it was initially sold only at Presley’s concerts. (It is the Box Car release that is illustrated at right.) The album was later packaged and marketed by RCA as a legitimate concert album, with the only warning for the buyer being the subtitle “A Talking Album Only” on the cover. Presley is credited on the back sleeve as the album’s executive producer.
The album managed to make it up to #130 on the Billboard album charts, and even as high as #9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, even though there’s no music on it.
Amanda Palmer and I interviewing one another – here’s the video
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world’s most successful music Kickstarter.
Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn’t alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In her New York Times best-selling book, The Art Of Asking, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of THE ART OF ASKING.
Amanda went on a sold-out book tour (read that again, SOLD OUT? A BOOK TOUR?) and I had the honour to interview her, onstage, at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on November 25th. And yes, I brought donuts.
