Think The Music Business Is Like Being Up Shit’s Creek? Well Here’s Your Paddle!

After this week in the Hammer is over, no musician will have any excuse for not knowing what to do next in their career. The Hamilton Music Awards team has done an outstanding job of populating this year’s Industry Awards with the best of the best in all areas of the industry.

Here are just a couple of highlights. Any of the bands or musicians in the HMA Festival and Awards, or anyone who is a student, can get from this FREE event starting at 9am on Thursday, May 21.

George Panagopolous of Radio Free Universe says, “You need to be there.” In just a few words he expertly summed up what everyone attending will be up for:

• valuable insights into the trends in today’s music industry
• access to industry personnel
• get solid advice on how to create more, play more, record more
• how to get exposure the right way

Need help getting your band and/or music noticed?

Christina Fernandez of Listen Harder, publicist

Cristina Fernandes of Listen Harder will at this year’s Conference. She smoothly got Sheep Dogs on the cover of Rolling Stone and does p.r. for Monster Truck (amongst others). And we have record company personnel, social media experts and local media, too. They’ll know a bit about this topic.

Here’s some snapshots of the panelists. Trust me, they are from every sector of the business. The details about who is who, and their areas of expertise is available here.

Need to make money from your music?

Adaline

We’ve got “Converting Your Music To Money” featuring a music supervisor, a funding expert, revenue experts, and other musicians who are making money RIGHT NOW without performing live.

Adaline’s compositions have been featured on dozens of TV shows and films including two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, 90210, Rookie Blue, Lost Girl, Ringer, Royal Pains, Flashpoint, Degrassi, The Listener, Heartland, Arctic Air, Continuum, Bomb Girls, Bitten, The Samaritan and more. She is one of the panelists on “Converting Your Music To Money.”


Want to know when you need a lawyer?

Paul Irvine

We’ve got Paul Irvine from Sanderson Law in TO, who have been specializing in entertainment law since 1983, plus musicians who’s been there.

Check out the bios on this year’s sound recording panel. These are some of the most successful producers in the country. These people have worked in the studio on/with Alexisonfire, Three Days Grace, Whitehorse, Sheepdogs, Foo Fighters, Mother Mother, Said the Whale, Protest the Hero, Green Day, The Trews, The Tea Party, Billy Talent, Metric, The Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Deep Purple, The Police…heard of any of those bands?

Conference starts at 9AM SHARP.

Hope to see you on Thursday, May 21st.

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