2008 Music BC Career Development Series - Regional workshops to be announced in the very near future. Please continue to check this page for updates and the weekly Music BC e-news.
Each year eight workshops
were run starting in September (January in 2006), covering topics that were relevant to musicians and
music industry personnel. Each workshop featured a panel of industry representatives with specialized
knowledge in the topic area. The main workshop series has been held in Vancouver at Tom Lee Music Hall
(key sponsor), but the series has also branched out to the Lower Mainland and around BC with satellite
workshops. These “regional” work-shops have become essential in Music BC's outreach programs to the music
industry outside of Vancouver. In 2007, the In-House workshops were introduced bringing local industry
representatives into the Music BC board room for intimate seminars focusing on the introduction to the
music business through various topics.
Some topics that have been covered in the past include Music & the Internet, Festival and Tour
Planning, Tax Preparation for Musicians, Promotion, Business and Marketing Plans, Licensing, Distribution,
Copyright and Placing Music in Film and Television.
Music BC's Career Development Series has been vital to the BC music scene in order to ensure that
musicians, labels, managers, composers and other industry personnel have up to date and relevant knowledge
concerning the music industry. Through FACTOR funding, we have been able to reach out to smaller regions
of BC in order to share this same vital knowledge.
