You’re invited to our Music BC Christmas Party!

It’s a SchMusic Networking Party followed by a great showcase of BC artists.

Arrive at 8:00 to mingle with your local industry – and the first folks through the door will get free beers courtesy of our friends at Steamwhistle! http://www.steamwhistle.ca/

Then at 9:30 be entertained by the wonderful music of:
Sidney York – http://www.sidneyyork.com/
Maurice – http://www.wearemaurice.com/
David Vertesi – http://www.davidvertesi.com/

The whole event will be free to members, and $10 for non-members.
Tickets will be first-come-first served!

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FACTOR Grants 101 – Tuesday, November 22nd 3:00-5:00pm

THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please email rsvp@musicbc.org.

Music BC is continuing our series of 2011 in-house seminars in our Vancouver office with a session hosted by Executive Director Bob D’Eith and FACTOR Regional Evaluation Coordinator Savannah Wellman, covering the fundamentals of applying for FACTOR grants (specifically the Juried Sound Recording and Demo Applications).  We will be covering all the basic steps and necessities in order to hand in a well-crafted application, which can help improve your chances of receiving a grant from FACTOR.

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Thanks to funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage music export marketing program as administered by the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), and funding from the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Music BC shall be hosting a trade mission opportunity for BC music companies and artists to travel to Los Angeles in order to network with music supervisors for film, television, video games and commercials. The program is designed to support the placement of BC created sound recordings and songs into film, television, video games and commercials in the United States.

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ARTISTS: Download and Complete Guidelines and Application Form

(Please note, if you are an artist being represented by a company that is applying, you DO NOT need to submit a seperate application.)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2011 5:00pm

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Music BC and 100.5 the PEAK would like to congratulate the top 5 artists in the 2011 PEAK Performance Project! The top 5 artists were named live on-air on November 26.

In 5th place, winning $5,000: Acres of Lions

In 4th Place, taking home $10,000: Hilary Grist

The Top 3 (in no particular order):
The Boom Booms
Current Swell
The Matinee

The Top 3 will perform live at the Commodore Ballroom on November 17th, where they will find out how they placed, and who will walk away with the summit prize of $100,500!

Current Music BC members can purchase discount tickets for this sold out show directly from the Music BC office ($10.05, no service charges!). Just visit our office Monday-Friday between 9-5 (limit of 4 per member). *MEMEBER TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT.  But you can tune into the LIVE VIDEO STREAM of the event as of 8:30pm! Just visit thepeak.fm and follow the PEAK Performance Project links!