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Workshops

Indie is In: Independent Record Labels

Date
Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 at 1pm
Featuring
David Tysowski, promotions manager, Arts & Crafts (Feist, Stars, Broken Social Scene); Kim Cooke, former general manager, Maple Music Recording (Kathleen Edwards, Joel Plasket); Helen Britton, vice-president, Six Shooter Records (Christine Fellows, El
Location
Manitoba Music Industry Resource Centre
Address
1-376 Donald Street

About

As the traditional record business struggles to find its feet in the turbulent sea of increasing digital music downloads and the death of retail music giants like Tower records, the Independent record companies are at the forefront of creating a new model for the music industry. On a global scale, independents are bridging the old and new music business realities. Due to their smaller size, flexible corporate culture, and close relationship with the music they release, indie record labels adapting to the new reality in a variety of remarkable ways.



This workshop will be a discussion of the role of independent record labels in the Canadian music industry, and will address the specific circumstances that have allowed independent record labels to thrive in Canada. The panel will discuss how they choose what music to release, in what ways they support and are involved in other aspects of a musician’s career, from touring to publishing, and how their relationships with their artists work, both artistically and financially.
Contact: Sean McManus
Email: sean@manitobamusic.com
Phone: 975-5191

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