BC musicians
We must support this music copyright bill to ensure fair play
Having worked in the music business for 20 years, I have witnessed profound changes. For the most part, these changes have been driven by the massive influence of the Internet. Music was hit early on by the phenomenon of file-sharing on Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, due to compression technology and small file sizes. The first big [...]
Grand Forks: No more concerts at Jogas
Musicians from out of town won’t be playing at Jogas Espresso Cafe for the foreseeable future say owners Roger and Donna Soviskov. Acts from out of town had been booking gigs at the cafe and the Soviskov’s say that while there have been crowds of as many as 50 people in the past, there is [...]
Music icons autograph auction items for Vancouver Music Industry’s award gala
On July 28 and 29, the Vancouver Music Industry (VMI) will host its fifth annual award gala and charity golf tournament to help raise money for the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach and Music BC. This year’s event will be the biggest in the organization’s history, and it includes an auction with some big-ticket items going [...]
Rhythm, roots, and rebellion at the 2010 Vancouver Folk Music Festival: The 2010 Vancouver Folk Music Festival is a showcase for artists who use songs as tools for social change
Country songwriter Harlan Howard once defined his chosen genre as “three chords and the truth”, but that was before Nashville became just one more branch plant for the global entertainment industry. It’s still a great slogan, though, especially when applied to a lot of the acts booked for the 2010 edition of the Vancouver Folk [...]
Vancouver: Mile Long Jam To Take Over Main Street this Sat
The inaugural Mile Long Jam happens this Saturday. This kind of organic self-organized street festival is inspired by regular events that happen in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park. The Mile Long Jam aims to bring live music to Main Street all the way from Science World to King Edward Ave. Musicians and performers will be playing in [...]
West Kelowna: 50th Anniversary of the Okanagan Symphony is Golden Midsummer Magic Music and Wine Gala Celebration at Mission Hill Family Estate
The Okanagan Symphony is celebrating their 50th year with a gala benefit this weekend, July 17, at Mission Hill Family Estate winery. The most substantial fundraising activity for the OSO of the year, the evening regularly raises about $80,000 annually of their $800,000 budget. The largest performing arts organization in BC’s interior, the funding helps [...]
B.C. icon David Foster pulls name from Saanich arts centre
It turns out that David Foster isn’t so keen on the David Foster Arts Centre. The Victoria-born music icon — winner of 15 Grammys as a songwriter and producer — told the suburb of Saanich he no longer wants his name associated with a multimillion-dollar addition to the local Cedar Hill Recreation Centre. “I don’t [...]
Vancouver: Buskers to serenade Granville strollers: Olympics’ success opens ‘green carpet’ to musicians 10 a.m. to midnight
Buskers rule. At least that’s how visitors to Granville Street might feel this summer, starting with a buskers concert in the 700-block Granville tonight from 7 p.m. to midnight. About 20 buskers will be performing at the concert on the new artificial “green carpet” that has been placed on Granville Street between West Georgia and [...]
Vancouver: Free downtown concerts ‘bringing music to the streets’
It’s not often that you can watch an outdoor reggae performance, a rap concert and a didgeridoo beatboxing gig all in the same night in Vancouver for free. But you can this Friday. About 20 local buskers will take the stage on Granville Street downtown to showcase their musical talent and artistry between 7 p.m. [...]
Vancouver musicians ready to roll on two-wheel tour
With Thom Yorke predicting the end of the music industry and everybody else pointing to a looming energy crisis, a bunch of local musicians are adapting early to our probable Mad Max–like future. The Malahat Revue takes Jeremy Fisher, Hannah Georgas, Said the Whale, and Victoria’s Aidan Knight on a weeklong tour from Salt Spring [...]
Burnaby composer’s work featured with VSO at Deer Lake on Sunday
From the windows of the Julliard School’s residences in Lincoln Centre—high above the seemingly endless rat race of New York City—you can watch some of the world’s best student musicians and composers race to class. Premier scholars in their field, all looking like tiny ants lugging their cellos, violins and guitars to the lecture halls [...]
Shore’s Song of Summer narrowed to 10 finalists
The Shore 104.3 FM moved one step closer to crowning its official Song of Summer 2010 on Monday when the radio station announced the 10 finalists in its Sounds of Summer contest. The B.C.-centric songwriting competition will award $20,000 in development funds to its winner, which will be announced at the end of July. The [...]
Kelowna: Nominate your favourite B.C. Interior musician or band
Nominations are now open for the B.C. Interior Music Awards to be held in Kelowna on Nov. 5. Whether your favourite musician or band is from the Thompson Okanagan, Columbia Kootenays, Cariboo Central Interior, Similkameen, Boundary, Shuswap or the Peace region, get your nominations in on time. Nominations will be accepted from both fans and [...]
Courtenay: Music and business blend well at conference
The third annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC) was bigger and better than ever. With about 200 people in attendance, including over 40 panelists, there were four days of workshops, and live music each night. Workshops about radio, songwriting, producing, touring, music laws, and everything in between, were filled with aspiring artists, young and [...]
Denman Island: Songwriting aid offered
Arts Denman presents Veda Hille in concert and in a songwriting workshop. Take a ride through Hille’s eccentric and beautiful world. Drawing on a range of musical projects accomplished over the past few years, indie songwriter Hille’s solo show, Modern, takes on 100-year-old hymns, an opera about pine trees, a musical based on Craigslist ads, [...]
