Indie Week Day 3 Schedule
Day 3 of Indie Week is here! Below is the schedule for todays events which include presentations by Exclaim!, Seneca, LyricFind, Bandsintown, a celebrity interview with Jane Siberry and more! For more info visit www.indieweek.com
Thursday, November 10 Schedule
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Date with Tape Demo Listening // presented by: Seneca
- John Switzer, Professor/Coordinator – Independent Music Programs, Seneca College
- Murray Foster, Founder, Toronto Songwriting School
- Mya Xochitl, myrriahxcreations@gmail.com
- Derek Hoffman, Derek Hoffman Sound
- Keysha Freshh
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
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Join expert production, songwriting and creative Seneca Music faculty as they give feedback on unreleased demos!
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mental Health and Wellness: tools and programs for the music industry // presented by: INDIE WEEK
- Marni Wandner, marketing , sona
- Cori Ferguson, Executive Director, The Awesome Music Project
- Michelle Titian, Drive Foundation
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
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Mental Health and Wellness has become a focus in the music industry – something long overdue and necessary. Hear about what tools and programs that are available for musicians and those in the industry to assist in maintaining mental health and what to do if help is needed.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Optimize Your Marketing with Bandsintown for Artists // presented by: Bandsintown
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
- Rachel Rubin, Marketing Manager, Bandsintown
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Trusted by over 73 million fans and 560,000 artists, Bandsintown is the #1 live music discovery platform. In this presentation, Bandsintown’s Marketing Manager, Rachel Rubin, will share how you can use Bandintown’s free artist dashboard and tools to achieve your marketing goals and bu…
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Global empowerment through lyric messages, translations and how everyone benefits. // presented by: LyricFind
- Robert Singerman, SVP International Publishing, LyricFind
- Nuno Saraiva, Lusitanian Music Publishing
- Laura Gennaro, Publisher Licensing Administrator, LyricFind Inc.
- Jordi Puy, CEO, Unison Rights
- Ashley Bieniarz, Red Music Rising
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
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LyricFind missions/grants and Indigenous, Canadian, European and Global opportunities
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW: 1 on 1 with Canada’s Jane Siberry • Why It’s super-important time for musicians to re-think everything! // presented by: Seneca
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
- Jane Siberry
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Jane Siberry is a Canadian singer-songwriter that first emerged in the early 80’s and has released 16 studio albums. Her music has been compared to artists such as Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Suzanne Vega and Laurie Anderson.
Siberry has often pushed the envelope of competitive…
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Another kind of EXPORT: Building a career abroad Spotlight on Karen Kosowski Canadian producer/songwriter/performer in Nashville // presented by: INDIE WEEK
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
- Karen Kosowski
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Karen’s start was in Toronto as a performer but in recent years Karen has made a name for herself as one of the most sought after producer in Nashville having worked on Grammy nominated projects (Myckey Guyton), produced segments for the Grammy awards and the Super Bowl.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
How to Create a Successful Ad Campaign // presented by: Exclaim!
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
- Ian Danzig, Exclaim!
- Katerina Mina, Exclaim!
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Is organic online dead? Is a digital ad campaign necessary? If so what goes in to making an ad campaign a success? How early should you start? What should your budget be? These questions and more answered!
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Art of A&R in a digital world // presented by: INDIE WEEK
- Darryl Hurs, Founder / Director of Market Development in Canada, Indie Week / CD Baby
- Sat Bisla, A&R Worldwide
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A&R role is more than tiktok streams, metrics and data. Hear about the nuisances that make up the qualities of a good A&R team that nutures longstanding artist development.
