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MEMBER NEWS / NOUVELLES DES MEMBRES DE MNB
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Have News? / Avez vous des nouvelles?
If you are a member of MNB, you can advertise here! Are you organising a musical event for the community of NB? Send us your info! / Si vous êtes membres de MNB, vous pouvez promouvoir vos spectacles et activités ici! Vous organisez un événement musical pour la communauté au NB? Envoyez-nous vos infos!
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MNB NEWS / NOUVELLES DE MNB
News about our initiatives and events / Des nouvelles à propos de nos événement et initiatives
1. Only 1 week left to apply for a showcase at the Semaine MNB Week 2010 / Seulement une semaine avant la date limite d'inscription pour présenter une vitrine pendant la Semaine MNB Week.
Music New Brunswick is proud to announce the return of Semaine MNB Week, a three day musical event that will take place in Moncton on October 7th, 8th and 9th. Three nights of showcasing in multiple venues.
Music New Brunswick is now taking submissions from artists who wish to showcase during Semaine MNB Week 2010.
Showcase Eligibility
• All applicants must be MNB members.
• All applicants must be available on the evenings of October 7th, 8th and 9th 2010
The application form is available below. All forms must be completed and returned to Music NB by August 25th 2010.
INFO AND FORMS HERE: http://www.musicnb.org/Default.aspx?base
The completed application form and supporting documents can be submitted to Music NB via
Email: contact@musicnb.org
or
Mail / Office[/b]: 108 High Street, Suite 209, Moncton, NB, E1C 6B5
Telephone : (506) 383-4662
FRANÇAIS
Musique Nouveau-Brunswick est fier d'annoncer le retour de la Semaine MNB Week. Cet événement musical de trois jours aura lieu à Moncton le 7 au 9 octobre. 3 soirée de vitrines et deux jours de ateliers et de conférenciers!
Musique Nouveau-Brunswick est à la recherche d'artistes qui souhaitent présenter une vitrine pendant de la Semaine MNB Week.
Critères d'admission
• Chaque candidat doit être membre de MNB
• Chaque candidat doit être disponible les soirées du 7 au 9 octobre 2010
Les formulaires d'inscription sont disponible ci-dessous et doivent être complétés et retournés à Musique Nouveau-Brunswick avant le 25 août 2010.
INFO ET FORMULAIRES ICI : http://www.musicnb.org/Default.aspx?base
Veuillez soumettre le formulaire d'inscription et les documents supplémentaires à Musique NB via
Courriel : contact@musiquenb.org
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Bureau / Adresse postale: 108 rue High, Suite 209, Moncton, NB, E1C 6B5
Téléphone : (506) 383-4662
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MUSIC/MUSIQUE NB
(506) 383-4662
contact@musicnb.org
OUR PARTNERS NOS PARTENAIRES
2. Donate your time to MNB / Donnez votre temps à MNB
ENGLISH
If you are interested in helping out MNB by volunteering (postering, sales, event work) or becoming a juror (MNB Awards, FACTOR), simply click on the links below and complete the appropriate form(s).
FRANÇAIS
Si vous êtes interessés de donner un coup de main à MNB en devenant bénévole (affichache, ventes, événements) ou membre d'un jurie (Prix MNB, FACTOR), cliquez simplement sur les liens ci-dessous et complétez le/les formulaire(s).
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MEMBER NEWS / NOUVELLES DES MEMBRES DE MNB
News from our membres: gigs, showcases, awards etc / Des nouvelles de nos membres : des spectacles, des vitrines, des prix etc
1. Fredericton band, Andy Brown, finalist in North American-wide music competition. Vote today!
Local indie folk band, Andy Brown, has landed a top 5 spot in the coveted North American-wide Test Drive 2010 music competition, sponsored by industry leaders Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings. While the band has already won a pair of Taylor guitars and a supply of Elixir strings and cables, the competition is far from over and Andy Brown needs his fans’ support to take home the top prize, two days of recording time in New York City’s Tainted Blue studio and a formal artist relationship with Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings.
In April of 2010, local musician, Andy Brown, applied for a music competition through SonicBids with hopes of gaining North American-wide exposure. A couple of months later Brown learned that his band was in the running, amongst almost 1,000 other musicians, for the top prize.
With the help of a solid fan base voting for the Fredericton-based band, Andy Brown landed a spot among the top 50 North American artists vying for a chance to move on to round two of the Test Drive 2010 music competition. After the Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings representatives deliberated on originality, professionalism of recordings, marketability and an essay, Brown became one of five finalists to move on to round two of the competition.
“To make it this far is a huge accomplishment,” says Brown. “To think that enough fans voted for us every day to help us make it into the round two of the competition, well, it speaks volumes about the people who love our music. And the voting process was lengthy too. Their continuous support is why we made it this far. Hopefully our fans have lots of voting power left in them for round two.”
As a prize for making it to round two, the final phase of the competition, two Taylor Guitars and a supply of Elixir strings and cables were shipped to Brown. Round two of the competition required Brown to showcase the prizes in a unique video, again, to be voted on by fans.
Paul McAllister, co-founder of Feelsgood.ca and Folly Fest, was on-board to film the video and producer of Brown’s latest album, Brad Perry, brought the band into the studio to record a new song, specifically for the competition.
“The song, Happiness, is about love,” explains Brown. “It’s about knowing who you want to be with and the simple things about love. The video definitely plays on this concept, but in a cheeky, memorable way. It’s funny but you’ll find that it’s very sincere.”
Only one of two of Canadian musicians in the top five, Brown is confident that his video’s unique concept and new song, now a fan favourite at live shows, will draw in the votes needed to take home the top prize.
“Winning this would change our lives,” says Brown. “We’re ready for this. Although our second album, False Alarm, was released a year ago, we’re working on the songs for our next album. And yes, Happiness will make it onto that one. To think that we could end up with a formal artist relationship with Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings and record at Tainted Blue would truly be a dream come true.”
Voting for Brown started Monday, August 16 and runs until September 15, 2010.
FACTS
VOTING PROCESS:
- Enter and confirm email address
- Successfully complete spam blocker question
- Login to email account and open email from Test Drive 2010
- Link on the link in the email to confirm vote
- Brown finished round one of the competition in the sixth spot (of 50)
- Tainted Blue studio, as part of the grand prize, in located in Time Square, New York City and has recorded the likes of Paul McCartney, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, John Legend, Boys Like Girls - www.taintedblue.com
BAND BIO
Maybe it’s the curly locks. Or those blue-green eyes. Maybe even that boyish charm.
Or perhaps it’s the emotionally raw vocals, stellar guitar skills, and electrifying performances that get us every time.
After a few years of working the circuit as a solo acoustic act, New Brunswick’s Andy Brown has emerged a must-see (and hear) performer on the East coast scene. Touted as a performer that ‘gets into your head and heart’, the 2008 CBC Galaxie Rising Star finalist serves up a contemporary folk rock style all his own, taking you on a lyrical journey that transcends a realm torn between love, happiness, and sorrow. A journey that continues to earn him loyal fans wherever he performs across the country.
Now with a solid band backing the once-solo star, including Chris Craig (bass), Jason Berube (drums), and Ed Cullinan (guitar, keys), Andy Brown is making headway with his sophomore album, False Alarm (August 2009, debut EP, Quicksand Confusion, released September 2006). And False Alarm is anything but, well, a false alarm. Brown bares it all on his latest record, with fan favourites ‘Crazy’ and ‘Virginia’ rounding out the 11-song disc. A wonderful blend of belt-out ballads, folk-rock, and pop-infused hits, False Alarm has seen Brown make a deeper dent on national stage.
‘Crazy’, the first single from the new album, has made its way onto 90+ radio stations across the country, and landed at #1 on the nationally syndicated East Coast Countdown. With an official showcases at this year’s Canadian Music Fest and NXNE in Toronto, Andy and his band have been logging some serious mileage over the past several months.
The band’s visceral energy on-stage is contagious and you’ll sing those belt-out ballads over and over till you know them by heart, Scout’s honour. This isn’t a false alarm.
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For interviews and inquiries, please contact:
Laura Noseworthy
506.260.1579,
2. Rik Reese & Neon Highway WIN with Sennheiser
Rik R  eese & Neon Highway win for top Canadian video in response to a North American wide contest sponsored by Sennheiser. The contest called for entries to demonstrate their appreciation of quality sound and products and how they would allocate the winnings. After much deliberation, video submission by Rik Reese & NH was chosen as the top Canadian submission and second overall for North America. The band now exclusively uses Sennheiser microphone products.
Pictured is Rik Reese & Neon Highway displaying the Sennheiser banner at their merchandise table during one of their many 2010 festival stops.
3. Mike Biggar and the 17th annual Billboard Song Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
East Coast Roots Artist MIKE BIGGAR received notice from Billboard Magazine's 17th Annual International Songwriting Competition that he has been ranked in the "Honourable Mention" category for his original song entry "Wonderfully Made". Mike received a certificate and some modest prizes as an award for this ranking.
According to the Billboard Song Competition, Honourable Mention represents a category of select songs that are distinguished above hundreds of other song entries for technique, musicality, prosody, judges' favourites, etc.
Mike is delighted to receive this distinction for his original work. Earlier in 2010 'Wonderfully Made' was ranked in the top 10 songs on the East Coast Countdown for 5 consecutive weeks.
For more information on this rising east coast performer please visit Mike Biggar online:
http://www.reverbnation.com/mikebiggar
For more information on the Billboard International Songwriting Competition:
http://www.billboardsongcontest.com/
4. New ZWERG interview and performance on "Experience New Brunswick"
Thomas sudbury has done a great feature on ZWERG for the Experience New Brunswick site.
6. Forward Music Update - The Olympic Symphonium: Free Live Album + Upcoming Shows + Introducing Gianna
The Olympic Symphonium
Live at the Rebecca Cohn + Wilmot Church show w/ Rose Cousins
Last winter the CBC taped a concert by The Olympic Symphonium at the beautiful Rebecca Cohn theatre in Halifax, NS for their Concerts on Demand series at Radio2. It is now available for streaming here. Big thanks to Glenn Meisner, Karl Falkenham and Rod Sneddon for putting this together.
The band would also like to extend an apology to those who waited three days in a row for three rained-out shows in Fredericton, NB earlier this month. Forecasting is out of our control but we're working on developing our own meteorological system for future situations like this.
In the meantime, you can catch the Olympic Symphonium with Rose Cousins at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, NB on September 18th. You can purchase advance tickets for $20 online here, at the Harvest office (81 Regent St) or at the door for $25.
Upcoming Shows
Fri. August 20, 2010
Harvey Hall - Harvey, NB
7:30 pm
w/ Isaac & Blewett
Sun. August 22, 2010
Sunseeker Ball - Chance Harbour, NB
11:00pm
w/ Isaac & Blewett
Fri/Sat. September 03/04, 2010
Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
9:30pm + 1:30pm
Campfire Sessions
Sat. September 18, 2010
Wilmot United Church - Fredericton, NB
8:00pm, $20 advance / $25 at the door
w/ Rose Cousins
Gianna Lauren
Adding some femininity to Forward's roster
We first met the lovely Gianna Lauren while playing Ottawa back in 2008 when she offered up her floor/couch for accomodations and then us yummy breakfast. It was a friendship forged in a sweaty bar and bonded together with coffee & laughter.
Since that night, Gianna has been steadily charming audiences across Canada with her debut album, Fist In Heart, and refining her vegan baking and working on a radio documentary about midwifery. With the help of the talented Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, In-Flight Safety, Share) in the producers chair, Gianna has created a stunning second album and we're pleased to announce that Forward will be releasing it in October.
You can hear the beautiful first track of the album, Become What You Can't Be, here.
www.acrosscanadawithus.tumblr.com
www.myspace.com/giannalauren
Upcoming Shows
Wed. September 15, 2010
St.Matthew's Church - Halifax, NS
7:30pm, $17.50 advance / $22.50 at the door
w/ The Acorn
Thurs. October 14, 2010
Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, PQ
w/ Share + My Lovely Son
Sat. October 16, 2010
Tranzac - Toronto, ON
Fri. October 28, 2010
Blacksheep Inn - Wakefield, PQ
8:30pm, $12 early bird, $15 advance, $20 at the door
w/ John Mann
Sat. November 06, 2010
Nova Scotia Music Week - Yarmouth, NS
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Download the 3 Sleepless Nights EPs "King Diamond" & "The Phone Booth Outside the Video Store" and "the Communication Barrier", the Slate Pacific's Safe Passage Remix EP, Share's Coco et Co. EP, along with Forward Music Group samplers for FREE at WWW.FORWARDMUSICGROUP.COM
7. Scotty and the Stars tour dates
Wed, August 18th - Private Function - Fredericton, NB
Thurs, August 19th - Family Resource Center - Fredericton, NB
Sat, August 21st - Open Air Festival - Grand Bay-Westfield, NB - 11:00am-11:45am
Sun, August 22nd - Private Function - Saint Andrews, NB
Sat, August 28th - Community Event - Woodstock, NB - 2pm-3pm
Sun, August 29th - Lighthouse Concert Series - Fredericton, NB - 3pm-4pm
Sun, September 12th - Dragon Boat Festival - Fredericton, NB - 10:30am-11:30am
Sat, September 18th - Harvest Jazz and Blues - Congo Square - Fredericton, NB - 11:00am-11:45am
Sun, September 19th - Terry Fox Run - Sir Douglas Hazen Park - Oromocto, NB - 3pm-4pm
8. Terry Whalen Band Show Dates
Wednesday - August 25 - Chatham - Waterford Green - 7 - 9pm
Saturday - September 4 - Newcastle - Town Square - 2 - 4pm
Saturday - September 11 - Moncton, - Plan B - 10pm -2am
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GENERAL NEWS / NOUVELLES D'AILLEURS
News, opportunities, deadlines / Des nouvelles, des opportunités et des dates limites
1. Invitation - Oiseaux de nuit, volet de la FrancoFête en Acadie
 INVITATION
Les artistes sont invités à s’inscrire au volet « Oiseaux de nuit » de la FrancoFête en Acadie 2010
Une série de spectacles nocturnes se dérouleront dans la ville de Moncton à partir de 23 h après les vitrines officielles.
Les artistes qui désirent prendre part aux Oiseaux de nuit dans le cadre de cette 14e édition de la FrancoFête en Acadie peuvent envoyer leur demande à Carole Chouinard au karopro@nb.sympatico.ca. Pour ceux qui n’ont pas envoyé de dossier à la FrancoFête lors de l’application aux vitrines sont tenu d’envoyer un dossier de presse et un cd au bureau de la FrancoFête.
C.P. 5776 Caraquet, NB, E1W 1B7 au plus tard le vendredi 20 août.
2. Il est déjà temps de penser à Contact ontarois 2011!
Il est déjà temps de penser à Contact ontarois 2011!
Les formulaires de candidature seront disponibles sur le site de Réseau Ontario au début du mois d’août.
Vous pouvez dès à présent mettre votre profil à jour et préparer les documents nécessaires pour soumettre votre candidature.
Voici la procédure à suivre :
- Sur le site internet http://www.reseauontario.ca vous devez entrer en tant qu’artiste (même si vous êtes l’agent ou le producteur) et vous rendre à la page d’identification afin de créer et/ou mettre à jour votre profil personnalisé. Vous n’avez qu’à suivre le lien au milieu de la page.
IMPORTANT
Si vous êtes producteur, vous devez créer votre propre profil et ensuite créer un profil simplifié pour chacun de vos artistes. Ceux-ci seront donc liés à votre fiche.
Si vous êtes un artiste, vous devez créer votre profil personnalisé.
- Vous serez contacté par courriel au début du mois d’août afin de vous inviter à déposer votre candidature pour les Vitrines de Contact ontarois 2011.
- Si vous souhaitez y participer il vous faudra remplir un formulaire de candidature pour chaque spectacle proposé.
- Vous pouvez maintenant préparer les documents d’appui :
a. Un dossier de présentation de l’artiste ou de la compagnie (votre cheminement professionnel, vos projets à venir, etc.).
b. Un dossier de presse papier.
c. Un devis technique du spectacle proposé en salle.
d. Une photo d’excellente qualité format JPEG ou TIFF (300dpi) – format papier et numérique, avec crédit pour le photographe.
e. Un disque compact ou démo (chanson/musique).f. Un DVD du spectacle proposé.
À noter : Aucun document hébergé sur un site Web ne sera accepté pour compléter le dossier.
Si vous avez des questions n’hésitez pas à nous contacter, nous nous tenons à votre disposition!
Cordialement,
3. Call For participation Culture Days New Brunswick / Appel à participation aux organisateurs-la Fête de la culture
FRANÇAIS SUIT
CULTURE DAYS IN NEW BRUNSWICK
September 20th -26th
Culture Days is a volunteer movement and annual event open to all communities and individuals who believe in the importance of arts and culture in Canadian life.
Call for Activity Organizers
Individual artists, diverse cultural groups, organizations, municipalities, and festivals old and new, small and large are coming together in the pan-Canadian volunteer movement known as Culture Days to catalyze and inspire greater public participation in arts and culture. Culture Days is open to all communities and individuals who believe in the importance of arts and culture in Canadian life.
How the movement works: Provinces and territories across Canada are each designating a weekend in September as Culture Days in their region. Volunteer committees are working at the provincial and national levels to secure media partners and corporate champions who will help get the word out to the Canadian public. During Culture Days, thousands of activity organizers across Canada will invite the public to experience and co-create arts and culture in the very communities where they live. Will you be one of them?
This is an open call for all individuals, groups and municipalities to join the movement and offer a free interactive arts or cultural activity during Culture Days in your region. Everyone is encouraged to get involved – whether you are a professional or amateur cultural creator (i.e. artist, artisan, educator, animateur, historian, curator, architect, designer, etc), group or organization, including culturally diverse, Aboriginal, urban and rural communities.
There is no fee to register. If you have a free participatory or interactive arts or cultural activity to offer to the public during Culture Days in your region – be it new or something you already have planned...
Below are examples of typical cultural mediation activities that many cultural professionals and organizations offer already. The imagination of Culture Days activity organizers, however, should not be limited to these suggestions. Be creative, we say! Invent a new type of interaction!:
- guided tours (galleries, museums, backstage, heritage sites, in costume)
- outdoor walking tours (historical, architectural etc.)
- creation workshops
- interactive demonstrations of technique, how-to etc.
- introductory courses / workshops / classes
- « meet the artists » events
- presentation / performance with discussion period
- public rehearsals (with artists talk-back)
- interactive performances
- improv creation & activities
- games, competitions
- collective creations
FRANÇAIS
Appel à participation aux organisateurs
Des artistes ainsi que des groupes, des organismes, des municipalités et des festivals de toutes sortes s’unissent dans un vaste mouvement pancanadien bénévole appelé la Fête de la culture pour mobiliser les citoyens et les inciter à participer davantage à la vie culturelle et artistique. La Fête de la culture convie au movement tous qui croient à l’importance des arts et de la culture dans la vie quotidienne.
Comment fonctionne le mouvement : chaque province et territoire du Canada désigne une fin de semaine de septembre « Fête de la culture ». Des comités de bénévoles œuvrent aux niveaux provinciaux et national pour rallier des partenaires médias et des entreprises vouées à cette cause qui contribueront à faire connaître cet événement auprès du public canadien. Lors de la Fête de la culture, des milliers d’organisateurs partout au pays inviteront les citoyens à vivre une expérience artistique et à participer à une activité créative dans leur propre communauté. Serez-vous des nôtres ?
Voici des exemples d'activités typiques de médiation culturelle que beaucoup de professionnels de la culture et d'associations offrent déjà. Toutefois, l'imagination des organisateurs d'activités pour la Fête de la culture ne devrait pas se limiter à ces suggestions. Allez-y, faites preuve de créativité! Inventez un nouveau type d'interaction!
- visites guidées (galeries d'art, musées, coulisses d'un théâtre, sites historiques, en costume d'époque)
- visites à pied en plein air (histoire, architecture, etc.)
- ateliers de création
- démonstrations interactives de diverses techniques
- cours, ateliers ou classes d'introduction
- événements « rencontrez les artistes »
- présentation ou spectacle avec période de discussion
- répétitions publiques (comprenant des interactions avec les acteurs)
- représentations interactives
- théâtre d'improvisation — création et activités
- jeux, compétitions
- créations collectives
Nous invitons tous les citoyens, tous les groupes et toutes les municipalités à prendre part à ce mouvement en offrant une activité participative ou interactive gratuite à l’intention des résidants de leur région lors de la Fête de la culture. Tout le monde est invité à y prendre part, que vous soyez un créateur professionnel ou amateur (artiste, artisan, éducateur, animateur, historien, conservateur, architecte, designer, etc.), un groupe, une ville, une communauté rurale ou un organisme, peu importe l’origine culturelle.
Il n’y a aucuns frais d’inscription. Si vous pouvez offrir au grand public une activité culturelle ou artistique gratuite favorisant la participation et l’interaction lors de la Fête de la culture dans votre region, que ce soit un événement conçu sur mesure ou déjà prévu...
http://www.culturedays.ca/fr/organizing-activities
4. Deadline / Dates limites
Factor
factor.ca
August 31st 2010 - Direct Board Approval (All Levels), Songwriter Workshop and Seminar Support Program
September 15th 2010 - Collective Initiatives, Emerging Artist Program, Marketing and Promo for FACTOR Funded Sound Recordings, Video Program
September 30th 2010 - Domestic and International Tour Program
October 15th 2010 - Demo Program, Domestic and Internation Business Development Program, Domestic and International Showcase Support
October 29th 2010 - Marketing and Promo for Non-Factor Supported Sound Recordings
Musicaction
Le 13 septembre 2010 - Gérance, Production d'un album, Commercialisation, Activités Scéniques,
Le 20 septembre 2010 - Production et promotion de titre
Canada Arts Council / Conseil des Arts du Canada
September 15th 2010 / Le 15 septembre 2010
Music Festival Travel Grants, for festivals taking place between 1 December 2010 and 31 May 2011/ Aide aux déplacements pour les festivals de musique, pour les festivals qui se dérouleront entre le 1er décembre 2010 et le 31 mai 2011
Commissioning of Canadian Compositions / Commandes de compositions canadiennes
Residencies for Composers and Conductors / Résidences de compositeurs et de chefs
Music Festival Programming Project Grants, for festivals taking place between 1 December 2010 and 31 May 2011 / Subventions de projets pour la programmation des festivals de musique, pour les festivals qui auront lieu entre le 1er décembre 2010 et le 31 mai 2011
October 1st 2010 / Le 1er octobre 2010
Career Development Grants : Projects Grants to Artists / Programme de promotion professionelle: subventions de projet aux artistes
The Flying Squad: An organizational Assistance Program / La Brigade Volante: Programme d'aide organisationnelle
Socan
September 15th 2010 / Le 15 septembre 2010
Festival Grants (for festivals held January 1 - June 30, 2011) / Aide aux festivals (pour les festivals tenues entre le 1er Janvier et le 30 juin 2011)
September 30th 2010 / Le 30 septembre 2010
Concert-Music Composer Outreach Residencies / Séjours de rayonnement de compositeurs de musique de concert.
Starmaker Fund
August 26th 2010 - Marketing & Touring
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