Coming Up This Week!
SASKATOON Tuesday / REGINA Wednesday
Come get some free income tax and bookkeeping tips!
WORK TOGETHER: Tax Tune-Up for Music Folks
with Martina, BackBeat Bookkeeping
Tues Feb 11 6-8:30pm at Rusty Macdonald Library Meeting Room (225 Primrose Dr, Saskatoon)
Wed Feb 12 6:30-9pm at SaskMusic Regina Office (1831 College Ave, John Hopkins Regina Soundstage)
Regina attendees please enter through the WEST side door - come in off Hamilton St and enter parking lot west side of our building. You can park in any unmarked spots and come to the side door to be let in.
Join mentor Martina (BackBeat Bookkeeping / Martina Music) for an interactive and fun (yes we said fun!) session to up your financial skills and get a handle on things as we enter income tax season. Martina will share tips and then answer some of your accounting questions. Suitable for musicians, artists, music teachers, small business professionals and more.
Work Together nights were created with the idea it would be more fun and motivating to work together on necessary stuff like grant applications, artist bios, tour strategies and the like, with a mentor at hand and allowing for the exchange of ideas. FREE & everyone welcome.
Martina is a self-proclaimed data and numbers geek, with 30 years professional experience in bookkeeping, records and financial management, project planning, and process improvement from a variety of sectors including non-profit, education, and government. She Diplomas in Administration, Bookkeeping, and Entrepreneurship, 2 year university courses in Accounting and Psychology, as well as numerous professional development opportunities in facilitation, project management, and business. Martina is also a DIYer in her own songwriting, acoustic performing, and sound recording projects, as Martina Music. Since 2016 she has been combining a deep respect for the history of the music industry, while studying the complexities of the current digital & data-driven music industry.
In experiencing both the frustrations and time-saving benefits of manual and digital bookkeeping systems, Martina combines her strengths and passions in BackBeat Bookkeeping. Based out of Saskatoon, she provides consulting services with integrity and patience, assisting musical creatives in all capacities in building resilience by understanding the numbers behind their artistic endeavours.
ONLINE Thursday!
The Indigenous Music Series is a set of events designed to aid Indigenous artists, musicians, songwriters and other industry members in navigating and accelerating their careers in the music industry. It is set to take place in a hybrid format with both online and in-person sessions. Participants of the series will meet weekly for 1-2 hours and discuss, learn, and practice new skills. It is meant to be taught by influential Indigenous artists, musicians, and industry members that continue to pave a way for Indigenous artists to practice and express their arts.
For more information on IMP, reach out to IMP Development Coordinator, Denny Blackstar at denny@saskmusic.org.
Session 2: Finding Mentors, Grants, Opportunities, and More
Thursday, February 13, 7pm
via Zoom
With: Rhonda Head, Ben Valiaho
In this session, the artist will have the opportunity to see how the SaskMusic website can be utilized as a valuable resource for musicians and explore resources available to musicians/industry in Saskatchewan.
We will explore the possibilities for recording, funding, showcasing, and mentorship opportunities found within the SaskMusic Website. Then, mentor Rhonda Head will share her story and speak about how they would aid an artist through Mentorship.
By the end of this session, the artist will see the resources on the SaskMusic website and gain a better understanding of how to find mentors that are suitable for their variety of questions.
Forty-eight-time international award-winning Mezzo-Soprano vocalist, Rhonda Head is from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Rhonda released her fifth album on August 2024, Aski. Rhonda’s album is about nature, choosing what is right and admiring beautiful people.
Signing up will provide you with updates, resources and information as program events are announced. New participants will be accepted throughout the course of the program.
These programs are made possible through the support of FACTOR (The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings), the Government of Canada, and Canada's private radio broadcasters, and Creative Saskatchewan.
We thank the Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association (SIMA) and members of SaskMusic's Indigenous Advisory for their guidance towards the Indigenous Music Series. .
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