- CityTV premieres Aboriginal Music Awards this Friday
- Congress clamps down on behavioural targeting
- The Other Lenny, Kravitz goes solitary and celebate
- After 30 Years as a Pretender, Chrissie Hynde is Looking Back
- Chad Allen Resurfaces on Vinyl
- ole Adds to LA Team
- SOCAN Invests in NXNE Initiatives
- Edison Weekly Digest
- TIFF Music Cafe submissions open
THE 10th ANNUAL Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards premieres Friday, June 19 on Citytv. The one-hour special takes viewers behind-the-scenes at one of the premiere music awards and festivals in Canada celebrating the best in Aboriginal music. From the old ways to the new wave, The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards features percussion drums and a traditional Pow Wow showcasing over 1000 dancers, contemporary performances, acoustic folk, cool country and rock n’ roll.
Country music sensation Crystal Shawanda led the field taking home five awards at the 10th annual gala held at Rogers Centre in Toronto last November. Accolades were handed out in 29 CAMA categories recognizing outstanding Aboriginal musicians and industry members. Four artists were double winners, including Eagle and Hawk, who snagged Best Rock Album and Best Group or Duo,Tanya Tagaq (Best Female Traditional and Best Album Design), Mitch Daigneault (Best Male Artist and Best songwriter), and Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, who captured the Best Fiddle and Best Instrumental Album awards. The evening also featured performances by top Aboriginal musicians, including award winners 7th Generation, Christa Couture, Northern Cree, Stevie Salas, and the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie, who was also recognized with the Lifetime Contribution to Aboriginal Music honour.
NO COOKIES, PLEASE: Congress is set to hold yet another hearing Thursday on behavioral targeting and privacy, marking the second time this year — and at least the fifth since last summer — that federal lawmakers are tackling the topic. This week’s hearing will focus on Web companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook that target via cookies. In April, the spotlight was Internet service providers, who can only target ads by employing deep packet inspection to determine which sites users are visiting.
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is widely expected to introduce new privacy legislation soon, but nothing is on the table as of today. Still, industry insiders are speculating that new legislation might require Web companies to obtain consumers’ explicit opt-in consent before tracking them online and serving targeted ads. If Congress is leaning in that direction, it would mark a big shift in sentiment from last year, when some leading policymakers said that ISP-based targeting should require opt-in consent, but that cookie-based targeting requires only opt-out consent. Daily Online Examiner
VINYL ROOTS: Tom Harrison at Vancouver’s The Province reports that ReGenerator Records, the label founded by Larry Hennessy of Larry and Willy and James Anstey of Neptoon Records, has released the vinyl version of Early Roots, a remarkably good live account” of Chad Allan and the Reflections. Only 1,000 copies have been pressed so it’s bound to become a collector’s item, the musical scribe enthuses.
THE OTHER LENNY: At the far end of an unmarked, unpaved track on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera is a small metal-clad trailer home. As you step down from its doorway, and walk seawards over the 20 yards or so of sand towards the open beach, scattered to either side are occasional pieces of furniture – rooms, almost, if there were walls and ceilings and not just the surrounding palms trees and tropical flora – and nothing else but the sea breeze. Just above the high-tide line are three or four more chairs, lined up together, facing the ocean.
If you have extensive wealth, a restless spirit, considerable flexibility as to your work schedule and a love for many different kinds of culture, mood, intensity and decor, you may one day discover that your global portfolio of homes has swelled to include a penthouse duplex in New York’s SoHo, a waterfront Miami base, a grand residence in central Paris, a creole cottage in New Orleans, and a 1,000-acre farm in the Rio province of Brazil. Lenny Kravitz owns all of these. But often – as during the first few months of this year – he prefers the escape and calm to be found here in his own private cove in the Bahamas. Telegraph
DON’T GET HER WRONG: Chrissie Hynde was 21 in 1973, when, already ‘kind of a vagabond’ she arrived in London from Akron, Ohio, her head full of the Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop. ‘I came from a very colourless, suburban, medium nothing. I’d never even been on a train.’ It took her five years to find a band, but she found herself rather quicker. ‘I knew nobody when I got here. It was real good for my own personal discovery. I didn’t have anyone saying to me, “Oh, my God, you’re wearing hot pants. I can’t believe you’re wearing hot pants.” Because nobody knew me. I could do and say and think anything I wanted. I could discover who this guy really was.’
She worked in Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s shop, spent time at NME, hung out with the Sex Pistols – even almost married Sid Vicious to stay in the country. She played and sang along the way with Mick Jones (the Clash) and Captain Sensible (the Damned), but it wasn’t until 1978, and at 26 already quite a mature singer, that she rubbed up against the bassist Pete Farndon and the guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, and the Pretenders were born. Telegraph
ole ADDS TO LA TEAM: David Weitzman has joined the ole Los Angeles team as Director, Business Development. Over the last eight years, Weitaman has been music supervisor on programs that have included Party Monsters for E! Networks; Rob and Big, Runs House, Yo Mama and Wildboyz for MTV Networks; Victoria Beckham Coming to America for NBC Networks; Jackass, the Movie for Paramount Pictures; and High School Reunion for WB Burban.He has also acted as music supervisor for advertising campaigns for L.A. Fitness, Virgin TV, Mars Bars, NASCAR Fox, Clairol, Virgin Air, WPYC Team Russia, HSBC China, Microsoft Rhapsody and Safeway.
SOCAN @ NXNE: (The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) continues its sponsorship with NXNE,returning this year as exclusive sponsor of the SOCAN Gig Guide, and as host of Breaking the UK – a case study of an independent Canadian band and how they have found success in the island nation. The organization is also back this year withy SOCAN’s Songwriters’ Lounge, located inside NXPO, where we’ll be showcasing SOCAN’s redesigned website and improved online services. Breaking in the UK is staged in Regency B at the Hyatt Regency, June 19 at 1 pm. The panel is comprised of Mitch Derosier (Born Ruffians), Leila Hebden (Dote Management), Lucy Dickens (International Talent Booking UK) and SOCAN’s Rodney Murphy (Moderator).
“SOCAN is pleased to participate in NXNE again this year,” said André LeBel, CEO of SOCAN. “NXNE is instrumental in shaping the growth of the Canadian music industry and SOCAN’s involvement is one of many initiatives we undertake each year to best serve our members.”
MUSEBOX WANTS 2B HEARD: Hey What’s up guys?I am crazy excited about The MuseBox’s NXNE showcase this Thursday at The El Mocambo. Now, drop your cynical smiles, because I speak the truth!I usually don’t stick to one venue during the festival, but I have no qualms with this tonight, and neither should you.
Check out our line-up here, or on our NXNE download page for bios, songs, and drinks of preference in case there’s a certain band member you really want to impress (haha, jk).
Don’t be shy now, ya heard?
EDISON WEEKLY DIGEST: Larry Rosin returns from Europe with a tale of Pirates, Politics and Principles.
Edison VP of Music & Programming Sean Ross continues his “First Listen” series with a look at the new KKRD-IR in Wichita.
Also, Sean Ross will continue to offer his insights, first listens and industry expertise on The Infinite Dial. The new, expanded edition of Ross on Radio will now be a feature of Radio-Info.com.
And on the Edison blog one can find statistics showing teens are still going to the mall.
MUSIC CAFE DEADLINE: The Canadian Music Caf̩ deadline is June 26 for submissions for the 2009 showcases. Celebrating its 5th year this September 15th Р17th, the Canadian Music Caf̩ is the place where film and music meet, providing a platform for Canadian artists to showcase their talent. The annual event takes place at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Toronto International Film Festival and features 15 artists over three days performing for music supervisors/executives, producers, directors and media from around the world. The Canadian Music Caf̩ presents all genres of music to the decision-makers of the international film community.
This year’s submission process, exclusively through Sonicbids, closes Friday, June 26. Artists and bands interested in performing at this year’s event, please visit www.sonicbids.com/canadianmusiccafe for information. As well, this year each of the 15 bands/artists will receive $750 CDN from the Radio Starmaker Fund.
The Canadian Music Café, an initiative is presented by Radio Starmaker Fund and collaboratively produced by the Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA), the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA), the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), and in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival. For Canadian Music Café, visit: CanadianMusicCafe.com
