MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP
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SXSW Sydney - Deadline: Open.
CIMA Canada House at Americana Fest - Deadline: May 3, 2024
CIMA’s Trade Mission to Australia & SXSW Sydney 2024 - Deadline: May 3
CIMA Canada House at Reeperbahn - Deadline: May 31, 2024
Icelandic Airwaves - Deadline: June 1, 2024
Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) Official Showcase 2024 - Deadline: June 3, 2024
M for Montreal - Deadline: June 14, 2024
FARM Virtual Performance Lane - Deadline: June 15, 2024
Ethno USA 2024 by Folk Alliance - Deadline: June 30, 2024
Your Roots Are Showing - Location: Ireland. Deadline: July 7, 2024
Mondo 2024 - Deadline: July 31, 2024
CMI Live - Deadline: Open
Canadian Musician Magazine showcases unsigned artists from across Canada in their Showcase section in their print, digital and online editions. Deadline: Ongoing until February 24, 2025.
Digital Music News - The Rise of Reels — Meta Says Reels Now Accounts for 50% of Instagram Time, with Threads Surpassing 150 Million Users
Billboard Canada - How YouTube Aims to Support Canadian Artists In the Age of AI
NBC News - Long Cast Aside, Queer Women Are Starting To Get Their Due From The Music Industry
LA Times - Legislation Banning TikTok Is Coming This Week. How Will It Affect The Music Industry?
Music Ally - The Impact of Young Voices: Music Education and the Music Industry
FACTOR | Artist Development - May 23, 2024 | Juried Sound Recording EP - May 16, 2024 | Artist Entrepreneur - May 30, 2024
Radio Starmaker Fund | Deadlines: May 30 and September 26, 2024
Ontario Creates | Global Market Development for Music Managers | Deadline: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET. (Applications open the week of April 15th, 2024).
Canada Council for the Arts | Arts Across Canada, Arts Abroad, Explore & Create Programs | Deadlines: Ongoing, anytime before start date of project/activity
Live Nation Women Fund | Deadline: Ongoing.
She Is The Music Connect TogetHER - Deadline: May 2
RBCxMusic First Up Program - Deadline: May 14
BMAC Live Accelerator Program - Deadline: May 22
OHSOTO'KINO Indigenous Music Incubator - Deadline: May 31
The Port Authority Music Export Academy - Deadline: May 29 (Early Acceptance) / July 31 (Final)
Songwriters Association of Canada - Professional Songwriting Camp. Deadline: Open
Canada's Music Incubator (CMI): Artist Development for Western Canadian Artists - Deadline: July 14, 2024
The Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class - Deadline: 5 P.M. ET on May 31, 2024
Artist Residency - Banff Musicians in Residence Winter - Deadline: September 11, 2024
Please check back in the future for new deadlines.
Please submit job postings to info@mmfcanada.ca
Jumpstart Foundations is an on-demand free video series presented by Music BC and music industry professionals and specialists covering topics on Branding, Tik Tok, Music Marketing, Music Law, Domestic Tour Strategies and much more.
Amazon Music has teamed up with Music Ally to present the Amazon Music for Artists Pro Series, a collection of five free video courses designed to help music industry professionals and artists effectively build their business on Amazon Music. The content is a crash course on five key areas of Amazon Music’s business and opportunity areas for artists, including Amazon Music for Artists, Artist Merch, Voice, Livestreaming/Twitch, and Programming. The Pro Series is free to access globally from the Music Ally learning hub, with subtitles available in Spanish and Japanese.
The Pathwaves Oracle: Delphi Survey. Digital Literacy initiative that aims to empower Canadian musicians to make lifelong careers in music more possible and equitable.