Canadian Music Week

Canadian Music Week (or CMW) is an industry conference and music festival held over ten days in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History

Canadian Music Week began in 1981, and has grown to become one of Canada's largest and most influential media and music conferences. It draws top industry professionals to participate in a four-day program of activities.

Designed to stimulate the exchange of market intelligence, increase dialogue and provide networking opportunities, Canadian Music Week continues to present the ideal platform for more than 3,000 national and international delegates.

2015 was CMW's 33rd year, and is the single longest running multi-day Canadian music and media event. It manages to consistently bring together more than 3,000 music industry professionals for the week's events – combining conferences, award shows, & one of Canada's biggest "New Music" festivals.

Throughout the duration of the event, performers put on shows at venues ranging from popular bars and halls, to trendy clothing stores and cafes. Many emerging new bands use the festival as an opportunity to 'get spotted' by the A&R reps that are around in greater than average numbers during the festival. In January 2017, Jim Beam along with Canadian Music WeekCanada launched Jim Beam Make History Talent Search.[1]

Notable participants

Notable Speakers and performers that have been a part of the event (Canadian Music Week) include:

Hall of Fame Inductions

Canadian Indies Hall of Fame

CMW also honours important independent and alternative artists with its annual "Canadian Indies Hall of Fame" program. Artists who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame include Parachute Club, The Pursuit of Happiness, Martha and the Muffins, D.O.A., and Rough Trade.

Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame

Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame at Canadian Music Week 2008.[3]

  • 2010 Spotlight on India – Rock Showcase featured a number of South-Asian-Canadian acts such as J'sin who performed tracks from his Fatlab's produced debut album Born.[4][5]

Canadian Music Fest

Since 2009 , Canadian Music Week has referred to the festival component of the event as Canadian Music Fest, which they refer to as "Canada's largest new music festival".[6]

Startup Launchpad

In 2016, CMW hosted their first annual Startup Launchpad event, a pitch competition for startups in the music industry.[7] Seven startups have been selected to pitch their business to potential investors and a judging panel including Michael Wekerle and Ted Cohen. The first finalists of this event were Mugatunes, an intercollegiate music sharing site,[8] Audiokite Research, a market research company for musicians,[9] Mission Control, a music management platform,[10] Aybo, Trebba and this year's winner Notetracks, a music collaboration app.[11]

Canadian Radio Music Awards
Main article: Canadian Radio Music Awards

In 2016, the CMW launched an award show, called the Canadian Radio Music Awards. The show, similar to the Juno Awards, recognized and celebrated Canadian music artists. The award show hasn't been held since 2018.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Jim Beam and Canadian Music Week Launch Talent Search". www.musicconnection.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. Bhanawat, Akshay (1 October 2019). "Gaston Iungman: The Producer machine of the Air Theater". T.H.E – Music Essentials. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. "CMW 08: Alanis Morissette Inducted Into Hall of Fame, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award".
  4. "Artists | CMF 2011". Canadianmusicfest.com. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  5. "jsin Live@CMW 2010 Inside". YouTube. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  6. "FAN FAQ". Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.
  7. McIntyre, Hugh. "Meet The Seven Music Startups That Were Featured At Canadian Music Week". Forbes.
  8. Inc, Mugatunes. "Mugatunes • Free Music Curation & Discovery". mugatunes.com.
  9. "Audiokite Market Research for Every Musician". audiokite.com.
  10. "Managing your career in the music industry is tough. At Mission Control, we make things easier". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
  11. "Notetracks – Music Review & Collaboration". Notetracks.
  12. "Charts / Awards (2010-01-18) Music Business 3.0 The Next Generation". top40-charts.com. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
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