Music School

Kelp Records

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

Kelp has been flying under the radar for 12 years, but there have been odd moments where it's made a strong blip. The brainchild of Jon Bar...

Amy Fritz

Director of Music Supervision for S.L. Feldman & Associates

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Since 1990, Amy has been a music producer, sound engineer (studio and location film), published songwriter/performer, radio DJ, artist mana...

Stumble

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Since his days fronting Canadian punks the Sick Boys, Steve Stumble has been a dedicated, hard-working member of this country's underground...

Classified

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Nestled in the suburb of Enfield, 20 minutes outside Halifax, Nova Scotia, amongst bungalows and cul-de-sacs, Classified sits in his baseme...

How To Reach Campus/Community Radio

Attacking the Airwaves

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Campus and community radio is frequently misunderstood as just a stepping stone to commercial radio success. But because campus and communi...

How To Understand Music Publicity

Publicise This

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Music publicity is a misunderstood area of the music industry. Whereas marketing campaigns will spend an allotted budget on advertising, re...

How to Understand Independent Distribution

Niche Marketing

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Like most traditional forms of music distribution, independent companies make records available to retail, from HMV and Future Shop to "mom...

How To Get Press

Dude, Where's My Cover Story?

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

To start: a little myth debunking. No amount of press, from the smallest zine to the coolest national freebie, will make or break your band...