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CANADA’S MUSIC INCUBATOR AND SASKMUSIC BRINGING “ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR BOOTCAMP” TO REGINA

REGINA, Saskatchewan – Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI), in partnership with SaskMusic, will present an “Artist Entrepreneur Bootcamp” in Regina, April 17-19, 2015, including a music business panel “From Self-Managed to Managed”, April 17.

The three-day professional development bootcamp is a condensed version of CMI’s 10-week Artist Entrepreneur program, which mentors aspiring artists to not only survive, but to thrive in today’s music industry. A maximum of 15 individuals will be selected by CMI to take part in the bootcamp. Applications for these FREE spots are being accepted now; see submission link below.

Canada’s Music Incubator will survey and interview participating artists in the “Artist Entrepreneur Bootcamp” ahead of time in order to gain a greater understanding of each artist’s general strategies, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and needs. From there, CMI will identify key areas of focus and build action plans for the bootcamp, giving each artist who participates in the program significant individual attention.

Topics covered in the bootcamp include:

• Establishing and running your business
• Revenue streams and funding
• Business communication and pitching yourself
• Band/partnership agreements
• Building your team (managers, agents, labels)
• Music licensing and sync placements
• Sponsorships, endorsements, and charitable partnerships
• Marketing plans, branding, promotion and publicity
• Social media audits and tactics
• Touring logistics and booking

Facilitators of the “Artist Entrepreneur Bootcamp” in Regina are:

• Vel Omazic, executive director of Canada’s Music Incubator
• Liam Killeen, day-to-day manager of Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Faber Drive, These Kids Wear Crowns, Treble Charger, and Greig Nori

The weekend will also include a music business panel open to all SaskMusic members, “From Self-Managed to Managed,” on Friday, April 17. More details on this event are available here. 

Schedule (subject to change)

Friday, April 17
7:00-10:00pm From Self-Managed to Managed music business panel and mixer
*Included in the bootcamp for accepted artists. 
Open to everyone else, click here for registration details for this separate event.

Saturday April 18
9:00am-6:00pm, lunch break 1:00-2:00pm

Sunday April 19
9:00am-3:00pm 

 

SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED.
Accepted artists will be notified shortly. If you are not accepted, please click above to register for the "From Self-Managed to Managed" panel.

 

About Canada’s Music Incubator

Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI) is a not-for-profit incubator based in Toronto with a mandate to help artists, touring professionals and artist managers evolve from starter companies into sustainable businesses through hands-on mentoring, networking, and collaboration.

Originally founded by Coalition Music in 2012, CMI and its three incubation programs (Artist Entrepreneur, Tour & Tech and Artist Management) reside at Coalition Music’s headquarters, which allows program participants direct access to an active music business environment, a community of like-minded artists across all genres of music, touring professionals, artist managers, industry experts and decades of experience and expertise.

CMI current partners and sponsors include: Bell Media, Newcap Radio, TD Financial, Stingray Music, City of Toronto, Ontario Music Fund, Warner Music Canada and Sennheiser.

An award-winning artist management company, Coalition Music currently represents: Simple Plan, USS, Our Lady Peace, Justin Nozuka, Finger Eleven, Andee, Ben Caplan, The Balconies, Incura and The Reklaws. Collectively, this roster has sold over 12 million albums globally.

About SaskMusic

SaskMusic (www.saskmusic.org) represents, promotes and develops the commercial music industry of our province with programming including career advice, artist listings, workshops, marketing, networking opportunities and more. Our artists and music professionals hail from across the province, and work in pretty much every genre you can imagine.