Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Management/Arts Admin
Cost: $6
Description: Learn all about touring across the border, venues looking for Canadian musicians. Start booking your tour and fill out your P-2 Visa paperwork during this intensive and informative workshop.
November 21st, 2006
Old & Obscene
Hosted by: Richard Flohil
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Music History/Appreciation
Cost: $6
Description: Take a journey through some of the raunchiest music recordings you've ever heard and listen to the stories to match! Covering a wide range of topics including: sex, drugs, homosexuality. A musical walk through the taboos of our times, past and present. Straight from the personal 10,000+ record collection of this Canadian independent publicist. Rated (R)
Monday January 30th, 2006
The Creative Process
Hosted by: Paul Chaput
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom
Type: Independent Music Management
Cost: $10 (includes course materials)
Description: Learn how to manage the creative process, how to overcome creative obstacles and clear the way for productive artistic development. Develop a clear vision and learn how to achieve your goals. This is a great workshop for artists, their managers and music presenters.
Monday February20th, 2006
The Music Business Plan
Hosted by:Jennifer Claveau
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Business Management
Cost: $10 (includes course materials)
Description: Create a music business plan to suit your own individual artist company. Get organized and make a plan that will help you achieve your financial goals. Learn how to work smarter, not harder!
Monday March 6th, 2006
The Art of Grant Writing
Hosted by:Jessica Graham
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Arts Administration
Cost: $10 (includes course materials)
Description: Walking you step by step through the do's and don'ts of grant writing,who the players are, what your timeline should look like and the lingo to use.
Monday April 3rd, 2006
Connecting with the CBC and Radio in General
Hosted by: Mark Rheaume
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Management
Cost: $10 (includes course materials)
Description: Learn the do's, don'ts and everything in between, when it comes to getting your music played on the CBC and radio in general. A program assistant at CBC Radio and half of the Mother Corp’s Music Resources team, Mr. Rheaume bought his first piece of recorded music when he was eight years old (a 45 of “Proud Mary” by Solomon Burke) and has been a music freak ever since. A graduate of the Radio and Television Broadcasting program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Mr. Rheaume has worked for CBC Radio since 1998. In addition to vetting CDs of all types for airplay on the Ceeb, he reports on music for numerous Radio One programs, including “Fresh Air”, “Definitely Not the Opera”, and morning and afternoon drive shows across the country. In this capacity, he has met, as he puts it, “everyone from struggling independent artists to international superstars”.
Monday May 15th, 2006
Internet Promotion for Indie Artists
Hosted by: Jay Moonah
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Management/Artist Special Interest
Cost: $10 (includes handouts & CD data disc)
Description: Learn how to maximize your web presence! Jay Moonah, an Internet technology consultant and trainer, will cover all the basics of: search optimization of your website, blogs, podcasts, miscellaneous promotional channels, iTunes, CD Baby, Indie Pool and more! For more than 10 years, Jay has held staff and teaching positions with a number of Canada's major online institutions, including CANOE, CBC, University of Toronto, and Ryerson University. He is an active member of the local independent music scene. A songwriter & multi-instrumentalist with the Toronto band Uncle Seth, he is also the host of the Toronto Independent Music Podcast, a weekly show featuring some of the best music produced by unsigned artists from the Toronto area. Jay is also a board member and secretary of the The Matt Osborne Musicians Trust Fund, a fund created in memory of singer/songwriter/musician Matt Osborne to support young and aspiring musicians.
Monday June 12th, 2006
Performance Psychology:
Achieving Performance Excellence
Hosted by: Sara Kamin
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Management/Artist Special Interest
Cost: $10
Description: Are you a performer with questions about how to get the most out of your performance? Do you struggle with low confidence, lack of focus, goal-setting, performance preparation, stress or performance anxiety? This workshop will look at proven psychological techniques that can help you to overcome performance blocks, learn how to set challenging (but realistic) goals, and achieve your individual optimal level of performance tension.
Sara Kamin is an MSc graduate in Performance Psychology from the University of Edinburgh. She currently works as a university lecturer, researcher and performance consultant.
Monday April 9th, 2007
Connecting with the CBC and Radio in General
Hosted by: Mark Rheaume
Time: 6:30pm - 8pm
Location: The NOW Lounge Boardroom (189 Church St)
Type: Independent Music Management
Cost: $10 (includes course materials)
Description: Learn the do's, don'ts and everything in between, when it comes to getting your music played on the CBC and radio in general. A program assistant at CBC Radio and half of the Mother Corp’s Music Resources team, Mr. Rheaume bought his first piece of recorded music when he was eight years old (a 45 of “Proud Mary” by Solomon Burke) and has been a music freak ever since. A graduate of the Radio and Television Broadcasting program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Mr. Rheaume has worked for CBC Radio since 1998. In addition to vetting CDs of all types for airplay on the Ceeb, he reports on music for numerous Radio One programs, including “Fresh Air”, “Definitely Not the Opera”, and morning and afternoon drive shows across the country. In this capacity, he has met, as he puts it, “everyone from struggling independent artists to international superstars”.
