Manitoba Music
Manitoba Set to Rock L.A. Scene
Two local bands are set to rock out in front of industry heavyweights next week at MUSEXPO 2009 in West Hollywood. MUSEXPO, which runs April 26-29, is one of North America’s most important music business conferences. Now in its fifth year, the exclusive event invites fewer than 30 international acts to showcase and is attended by top industry big wigs from across the globe.
Local alt.rock outfit Floor Thirteen is slated to perform on this year’s bill, which also features some of the hottest new acts from Iceland, Europe, the U.K., and more. Floor Thirteen has had an exciting year in which their song “Blame It On Me” received a key placement in EA Game’s Need for Speed and The Sims 3.
Hard rock quartet Domenica will also perform at this year’s festivities. The band continues a successful year that has included a trip to Berlin for Popkomm, a trip to London for MUSEXPO Europe, and licensing for its tune “I Love My Gun” to a number of primetime television shows.
For the third year running, Manitoba Music and MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC will host a networking reception on April 27 for all conference delegates to make business connections at Cravings Restaurant Sunset Plaza. The Manitoba hospitality continues with a special networking dinner, offering Manitoba’s artists and industry the opportunity to schmooze with key music publishers and supervisors.
This year’s MUSEXPO delegates include Alex Patsavas (Founder/Music Supervisor, Chop Shop Music – “Grey’s Anatomy” etc.), David Renzer Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group), (Ron Fair (President/CEO, Geffen Records), Nigel Lythgoe (co-founder of Big Red Entertainment), Neil Portnow (President/CEO of The Recording Academy), Jeff Blue (Sr. A&R Consultant, Jive Records), Steve Schnur (Worldwide Head of Music & Marketing, EA Games & President, Artwerk Music Publishing), and many more.
This year’s Manitoba delegation includes Arbor Records/C4 Records/441 Studios’ Brandon Friesen, Unison Studios’ Jack Shapira, and CBG Artist Development/Song4Media’s Chris Burke-Gaffney, Arun Chaturvedi, and Jewls Dengl.
Click here to listen "The Long Road" by Domenica and "Let It Go" by Floor Thirteen.
Local alt.rock outfit Floor Thirteen is slated to perform on this year’s bill, which also features some of the hottest new acts from Iceland, Europe, the U.K., and more. Floor Thirteen has had an exciting year in which their song “Blame It On Me” received a key placement in EA Game’s Need for Speed and The Sims 3.
Hard rock quartet Domenica will also perform at this year’s festivities. The band continues a successful year that has included a trip to Berlin for Popkomm, a trip to London for MUSEXPO Europe, and licensing for its tune “I Love My Gun” to a number of primetime television shows.
For the third year running, Manitoba Music and MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC will host a networking reception on April 27 for all conference delegates to make business connections at Cravings Restaurant Sunset Plaza. The Manitoba hospitality continues with a special networking dinner, offering Manitoba’s artists and industry the opportunity to schmooze with key music publishers and supervisors.
This year’s MUSEXPO delegates include Alex Patsavas (Founder/Music Supervisor, Chop Shop Music – “Grey’s Anatomy” etc.), David Renzer Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group), (Ron Fair (President/CEO, Geffen Records), Nigel Lythgoe (co-founder of Big Red Entertainment), Neil Portnow (President/CEO of The Recording Academy), Jeff Blue (Sr. A&R Consultant, Jive Records), Steve Schnur (Worldwide Head of Music & Marketing, EA Games & President, Artwerk Music Publishing), and many more.
This year’s Manitoba delegation includes Arbor Records/C4 Records/441 Studios’ Brandon Friesen, Unison Studios’ Jack Shapira, and CBG Artist Development/Song4Media’s Chris Burke-Gaffney, Arun Chaturvedi, and Jewls Dengl.
Click here to listen "The Long Road" by Domenica and "Let It Go" by Floor Thirteen.