About the Money: How Toronto’s Top Music Sponsors Spend

Lessons on Humility from Greg Phillinganes

Behind the Korg Kronos keyboard, Greg Phillinganes steps into character. Striking Gospel chords, he becomes the happy parishioner. Then he leans and laughs to play country music and turns the Music Den into a honkytonk. Through some mellow staccato…

Music Biz Vet Yells At Cloud

It was in the early 90’s that my colleagues in the music business started to have a crisis of confidence. We were the taste makers, the purveyors of what was cool in music, what should be lauded, what should be dismissed. We were the ones who as teenagers had the biggest album…

Technology can’t save us: why the music industry needs real innovation

Darryl Hurs: We’re All Responsible for Toronto’s Venues

The Dos and Don’ts of Music Conferences

Conferences are beasts. Look at any schedule and you’ll see hundreds of panels, workshops…

How Ryerson Alumni Created Canada’s Biggest Hip Hop Celebration

Musicians Aren’t Thinking About Your Product (and other lessons from our first Music Tech Meetup)

Beats Mind Movement is the Type of Community Programming that can make Toronto a True Music City

The Startup Musicians: Wolf Saga

Musicians are some of the original entrepreneurs, building their brands from the ground up by crafting a unique product that they hope will resonate with a market — whether they’re an experimental group tailored towards a niche audience or a pop sensation produced for the…