Music School

Band Contract

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2011

When bands stay together for a long time, they seem to gather up equipment (PA system, tour van, merch, etc.) without necessarily planning...

Cowboy Junkies

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2011

As a band that built their reputation on getting the most out of the least amount of recording equipment necessary to make an album, it's n...

Canadian Blast

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2011

Did you know that Canada supplies around 2.5 percent of all the music consumed every day worldwide? It's a Canadian fact! Okay, it doesn't...

Mastering Importance

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2011

I have lots of friends that swear the importance of ponying up the big cash to get their studio or home recordings professionally mastered....

Can underage performers play in bars in Canada?

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2011

Hi Allison, My 16-year-old hotshot guitarist son wants to start playing in bars, either in open jam sessions or with his band. Do we have t...

Pheek

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2011

Montreal producer Jean-Patrice Rémillard, who's been producing minimal techno as Pheek since 2001, keeps his studio in a 110-year-old build...

POST NO BILLS!

(ESPECIALLY COPYRIGHT ONES)

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2011

Bill C-32, the latest attempt to update Canada's creaky old Copyright Act, is currently under review by the Legislative Committee, having u...

Ask Allison

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2011

Is it true that in order to apply for a P2 visa to play in the U.S., you have to be a member of the CFM [the Canadian Federation of Musicia...