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Page 1: Vocalist Career Development Program

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Vocalists Career Development

program

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Chapter 1

Time Management and Goal Setting

Key Ideas in this Toolkit

There was a guy (lets call him Boris) slaving away chopping down some trees. He was

having a real hard time of it, because his axe was really blunt. Another guy came along

(lets call him Baz), and said to Boris ‚that looks like hard work, wouldn’t it be quicker

if you sharpened your axe?‛ Boris replies ‚yes it would, but I don’t have time‛.

This toolkit is all about sharpening YOUR axe<..

Yeah, you need to work hard, but you’ve got to work smart as well!

Overview

Time Management and Goal Setting are very personal things. It is dependent on your

personal circumstances and your personality traits. What works for some people, won’t

work for others. Therefore, take out of this toolkit what is relevant for you and put it

into practise.

Some of it may not be relevant – that’s OK.

Regardless of how you do it, both are crucially important.

Time Management takes time. You need to make time to make time, much like Boris

and his axe.

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Your Health There is just no way can you be efficient if you don’t look after your health.

This is in no way a complete guide to the healthy body and mind, simply a few basic

pointers. If you have concerns about your health you should contact a health

professional.

You don’t need to be crazed about it (in fact that is usually worse for you) but you

MUST:

Get enough sleep.

The amount of sleep you need, and the times you sleep, is really individual.

Figure out what works for you, and do it.

Be aware that there will be times you need more sleep and times you will need

less. Go with what your body tells you.

Be aware that your energy levels will vary. Don’t give yourself a hard time if

you’re having a low energy day. However if you go for weeks with low energy,

something is wrong.

Your diet:

Be sensible.

Eat plenty of fresh fruit and veges.

If you enjoy food that supposedly isn’t good for you (takeaways, chocolate etc),

don’t deprive yourself, but keep it moderate.

Eat regularly – don’t starve yourself. You can’t operate if you don’t give your

body food.

If you have difficulties maintaining a healthy diet, seek the help of an expert. A

good naturopath is invaluable or a good dietician.

Drugs and alcohol:

Avoid drugs and the people that do drugs. Neither are good for you.

Avoid drinking alcohol and the people that drink alcohol. Neither are good for

you.

Unless you are prone to addiction, there is nothing wrong with a few drinks,

maximum, once or twice a week.

Avoid doing it at work (ie when you’re at a gig – this is a really bad look).

We are in an industry which tends to have a problem with substance abuse. If

you suspect you, or anyone you know has a problem, seek help.

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Be active:

You don’t need to be a fitness freak, but if you are at least moderately active, you will be

a lot more efficient.

Time out:

It’s really important to give yourself time out. This may just be 10 minutes for a coffee

or it may be scheduling yourself a proper holiday.

Have some activities you really enjoy that you find relaxing. It might be hanging out

with friends, playing a sport, or going on a bush walk.

If you don’t know already know how, learn to relax. It may be useful to learn about

meditation or you may find an activity you really enjoy does the trick.

Your physical state of health is also closely linked to your mental state of health. You

can’t have a healthy mind if you don’t have a healthy body and vice versa.

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Your State of Mind You simply can’t be efficient, if you don’t have a healthy state of mind.

This is not qualified mental health advice, merely a few personal observations.

If you are concerned about your mental health, you should contact a health

professional.

It is important to realise that creative people are possibly more likely than ‚normal‛

people to suffer mood swings (at best) and mental illness (at worst).

Everyone has good days and bad days. If you’re having a lot of bad days in a row, this

may be a sign that you need some professional help, don’t be afraid to ask for help. It

may also mean you need to make some changes in your life.

Apart from that there are some really simple ways to ensure the good days are the rule

and the bad days are the exception, and to deal with the bad days when you have them.

Surround yourself with positive people that have a ‚can-do‛ attitude. Lose any

losers in your life.

Affirmations

Congratulate yourself when you’ve done a good job

Learn to distinguish between good advice and out criticism. Listen to the former

and don’t even pay attention to the latter.

Recognise all the good things in your life, and your good qualities. You may find

it helpful to write these down or draw pictures.

When you’ve having a bad day:

Assuming the people around you are good for you, tell them how you’re feeling

and ask for support from them.

Don’t give yourself a hard time. This will likely result in a downwards spiral.

Be nice to yourself. Do something you really enjoy.

This is the time you should most avoid drugs and alcohol.

Unless it’s absolutely necessary, try to avoid doing anything and seeing anyone

that will stress you, or that you find difficult.

Don’t listen to the little voices in your head that tell you how useless, bad or

worthless you are. If you suffer from this problem, when you’re feeling good,

prepare a list of all the things you like about yourself and all the wonderful

things you’ve achieved. Pull it out and read it if you’re having a bad day.

Realise and tell yourself you won’t feel like this forever.

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Goal Setting You can’t manage your time unless you know what your goals are.

If you’ve never done a goal setting exercise, you may find this process will take some

time and some soul searching.

Have fun with this exercise. Don’t look at it as one of those ‚I really should do this‛

things.

What does your movie look like? What is your ideal life? Think about things like:

What kind of a person do you want to be?

What will your qualities and skills be?

Where will you be living – what do your surroundings look like?

What are the people like who are in your life?

What does your ‚average‛ day entail?

What are the activities you will be doing?

How much money will you be earning? How will you be earning it?

Find a way that suits you, of recording this. It might be writing it down, drawing

pictures, making a movie. Up to you.

Visualise it – how does it everything look and even more importantly feel.

This needs to be the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing

you think about before you go to sleep. This will get your subconscious mind working

on it, which is a very powerful thing.

Break it down into smaller goals Again, it’s up to you, as to what suits you best. Some people prefer to start with the

shorter term goals, others prefer longer term. Some goals may take you a while to come

up with. That’s cool, just keep working on it.

Ask yourself. What do I need to do within the next (day (this will become your to do

list), month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 2 years, 3 years, 5 years and 10 years) to

achieve the ‚movie‛.

Again, find a way to record these goals that suits you. Most books on the subject will

say write them down. You may prefer something different, like drawing a picture or a

mindmap.

Not all your goals will be career or business focused. It’s important to have personal

goals as well.

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Goal Setting Necessities

Express them in the positive

If writing them down, express them in the positive (eg) today I will spend an hour on

reading a book on marketing, NOT, ‚I will not spend an hour playing playstation‛.

Make them time specific and measurable

(Eg) this week I will add 10 new people to my mailing list NOT I will increase the

number of people on my mailing list

Set deadlines

Give yourself a deadline for each goal. Make it achievable.

Make them small achievable steps

If you have a large goal of (eg) Recording and releasing an album, break it down into

smaller steps (eg) preproduction, researching and finding a studio, researching CD

duplication, getting the artwork done etc

Get a balance between achievable and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone

Set your sights high, include your dreams, but make goals achievable.

Review your goals

It’s important to make sure you review your goals regularly. Sometimes your

circumstances change, or what is important to you changes. It’s important to recognise

these things and adjust your goals accordingly.

Here’s the most important thing

Stop and congratulate yourself every time you achieve one of

your goals!!

Figure out what works for you. Give yourself a day off, shout yourself a night out, or it

might be tell yourself how fantastic you are.

Be Organized Time management will be a whole heap easier if you’re organized. Organized does not

necessarily mean tidy. So, don’t stress if you’re not naturally tidy. It doesn’t mean

you’re disorganised.

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Don’t try to change everything at once. A lot of these things are changing hard and fast

habits, so concentrate on one at a time.

1/ Homes

Everything must have a ‚home‛. (Eg) your clothes may live in your wardrobe.

The advantages of this are:

You will always know where to find things. This can cut down a huge amount of

time and frustration looking for something you need.

You won’t lose things.

It will be easier to be tidy.

When deciding on ‚homes‛, think about:

Is it near where you’ll use it (eg) keep your spare strings in your guitar case

Is it easy to get to (eg) are all the things you will need in the office (paper, pens,

stapler, scissors etc) easily reached without getting out of your chair.

Put like things together (eg) all your things you need for a gig (eg guitar, mic,

leads)

Always put an item back in its home when you’ve finished with it.

Make sure everyone who will use the item knows where its home is.

If you’re not used to ‚homes‛ try using labels until the concept of homes if firmly

embedded in your subconscious.

2/ Diary

Have (one only) diary and use it. It may be an old school diary or a new fangled digital

diary. Figure out what suits you best and carry it with you all the time. It will also

double as a useful notebook.

Write all your appointments in your diary as you make them.

Write relevant details of your appointments such as contact name, address, phone

number etc

3/ Be on time

One of the most important things, if you want people to treat you seriously, is to be on

time.

Allow extra time for things to go wrong.

As soon as you are running behind time, invariably this is when things go wrong.

Particularly if you are rushing.

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If the worst happens and you are running late for an appointment, let them know as

soon as you can.

If circumstances outside of your control (eg) severe traffic cause you to be late, you need

to adopt the ‚don’t panic‛ and ‚stay calm‛ mindset. You can’t do anything about it. Just

accept it and enjoy the time you are getting to yourself.

4/ Your memory (vs) writing things down and recording system

Having a good memory sure helps being organized. If you don’t have a good memory,

consider some memory coaching.

HOWEVER

Regardless of how good your memory is, don’t rely on it. Make sure you have a system

for recording everything.

Things to avoid

Avoid writing things on scraps of paper that will get lost and/or will take a heap

of sorting through to find the right piece of paper.

Avoid having records spread out in several different places.

The following items in your recording system are recommended

A diary for appointments

A to do list

A database for contacts

Your goals

A notebook and/or a file on your computer for inspiration and ideas.

This may include future additions to your goals, lyrics, promotional ideas, or just

random thoughts.

Mobile record system

If your system is not portable, make sure you have a method of recording ideas,

contacts, things to do etc while you are out ((eg) a notebook and pen or Dictaphone).

Then, incorporate them into your system when you return to your office.

6/ Get a good filing system

Make sure you always know where to find that quote you got for recording 2 years ago

and those equipment warranties and those paid accounts.

7/ Have a clear, logical file structure on your computer

Make sure it makes complete sense to you so you always know where to find your files

again.

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If you don’t know how to do this, invest in some education on the topic.

Give files meaningful names (ie) don’t called them letter 1. Call them either the topic of

the letter and the date, or the recipient of the letter and the date.

8/ Have a bought forward / follow up system

Diary things that need to be done at a later date.

Diary when you need to follow something or someone up. Don’t just cross them off

your list and never think about it again.

9/ Leaving voicemail messages

Leaving good voicemail messages will save you time; you’ll get more calls returned and

increase your credibility.

Speak slowly and enunciate clearly

If you aren’t sure what you’re going to say, script it first.

Begin AND end the message with your name AND phone number AND email.

o NEVER assume they have your number. Even if they do, it will save their

time looking it up.

o Leave a landline and a mobile if possible. It may often be bad form,

expecting someone to carry the cost of a mobile call.

Spell your name if dealing with someone for the first time

Don’t just leave your name and number—leave a message.

Let them know the nature of the call

Let them know a good time to reach you.

Make it quick, less than 60 seconds.

Avoid (if possible) leaving messages from your mobile.

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Time Management

Overview

Have some fun with your time management and planning. Don’t stress too hard about

it and you’ll find it will get easier as you go along and teach yourself new habits.

Once you’ve done the goal setting exercise you’ll find time management a whole heap

easier. Before doing anything, ask yourself, ‚does this help me achieve my goals?‛ If the

answer is no, then don’t do it.

Will I ever get everything done?

If you have a business which is developing and has the potential to develop further,

you will never have everything done.

The day everything is done and up to date, is the day your business (in this case as a

musician), has no potential to grow any further.

Therefore you will often feel like there just isn’t enough hours in the day to get

everything done. Provided you are moving towards your goals, this is a good thing.

Don’t allow yourself to feel guilty or overwhelmed by it.

Where does that time go? - Time Journal

Before you embark upon a time management exercise you may find it useful to keep a

time journal for a period of time (perhaps a week). Write down what you do every day

in 30 minute intervals (see table on next page – you may need to change the times for

your day).

Then analyse your journal. See instructions following the sample journal.

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Day Time Activity Comments (eg) hungry, tired, happy,

grumpy

8am

8.30am

9am

9.30am

10am

10.30am

11am

11.30am

Midday

12.30pm

1pm

1.30pm

2pm

2.30pm

3pm

3.30pm

4pm

4.30pm

5pm

5.30pm

6pm

6.30pm

7pm

7.30pm

8pm

8.30pm

9pm

9.30pm

10pm

10.30pm

11pm

11.30pm

Midnight

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12.30am

1am

1.30am

2am

2.30am

3am

3.30am

4am

4.30am

5am

5.30am

6am

6.30am

7am

7.30am

Totals

I spent my day doing (for (eg))

Personal

Sleeping

Eating, showering, basic type living stuff

R & R

Phone calls

Work

Phone calls

Emails

Gigging

Songwriting

Traveling

Research (reading etc)

Time wasted

What things do I waste my time on?

Who causes me to waste time?

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Analyse the Journal

Total what you spent your time on each day.

How much wasted time was there? (Not to be confused with timeout which is really

important).

What did you waste your time on?

What caused you to waste time?

Who caused you to waste time?

What are you doing that doesn't really need to be done?

What are you doing that could be done by someone else?

What are you doing that could be done more efficiently?

Do you need to upskill? On what? (Add this to your goals).

Do you need to upgrade equipment or technology? (Add this to your goals).

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You should see some patterns emerging.

When are your productive times of the day?

When are your non-productive times of the day?

What things affect your productivity positively? (This may give you some things to

add to your goals).

What things affect your productivity negatively? (This may give you some things to

add to your goals).

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Time Wasting Habits

Doing the time journal will also make you aware of your time wasting habits. Here’s

how to deal to them.

1. Be really honest with yourself, what do you do that could be done more efficiently.

You may like to ask people around you what they think you do which is a bad time

wasting habit.

2. Write down them down

3. Rank them in order of what wastes the most time.

4. Concentrate on improving one thing at a time. When you’ve mastered that and

created a new habit, move on to the next one.

Some common time wasting habits:

Procrastination. This is a biggie. Virtually everyone suffers from it. There is a whole big

section on it, to help you deal with it.

Not being organized. See ‚Be Organized‛

Not prioritising. See ‚Prioritising‛.

Not doing everything in one hit.

Every time you are off to get something or drop something off, spend a few

seconds or minutes checking to see what else can be done during that trip.

Being easily distracted. Does noise or people talking distract you? Do you want to

contribute to their conversation? You may need to change your surroundings / living

circumstances to give yourself a work area which doesn’t have distractions. You also

need to be aware of it and spend some effort to not be distracted by things and focus on

what you’re doing.

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Only handle pieces of paper AND emails once. Deal with paper as soon as you get it.

Don’t pick it up 10 times before you deal with it. Generally paper can be dealt with one

of the following ways:

Bin it

File it

Prioritise it and put it on your to-do list

Put it in your bought forward system

Same with emails. Empty your inbox everyday. Here’s how to deal with them.

Download them

Delete any spam

Open and deal with any urgent emails

o Once they are dealt with, IMMEDIATELY put them in a folder, so you

can access them at a later date if you need to.

Put the remaining emails on your to-do list in priority order.

When you get to your emails on your to-do list:

o Deal with as many as you can there and then

o If you have emails that are reading / research, put them in a folder

together and allocate some of your reading time to going through them

o Put any that can’t be dealt with there and then in your brought forward

system. The easiest way of doing that if you are using outlook, is drag

them into your tasks and set a reminder for some time in the future, when

you can deal with them. Then file the email away in a folder.

Jumping between tasks. Once you’ve started a task, finish it before you move on to the

next task. If you think of something else you need to do, write it down on your ‚to-do

list‛

Watching things happen. How many times have you sat there and waited while your

emails downloaded, or maybe watch the kettle boil. Always have other things you can

move on to while these things are happening. It may only be a couple of minutes, but if

you save 2 minutes, 10 times a day, that’s a massive 122 HOURS of time you save a

year, that’s 3 working weeks!!

Visitors and phone calls. When you work from home, phone calls and visitors can pose

a major problem. If friends phone or visit you while you’re working, don’t get into a

conversation with them, be firm, and tell them you will call back at a later time.

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You may choose to have certain times of the day, when you take your phone off the

hook and let your voicemail answer it.

Television, computer games, playstation etc. If you can’t stop using these things,

consider selling them or having them some place which is well away from your

workspace. Preferably in another building.

Not being able to say no to people. Are you one of these people who is constantly over

committing yourself because you can’t say no to people? If so, you need to learn.

Prioritising

This is probably THE most important skill to learn in time management.

Urgent vs Important

You need to be able to identify the difference between something which is urgent and

something which is important.

Some things which seem urgent may not be important at all. (Eg) someone who

‚urgently‛ wants you to phone them.

Many things which are important do not seem urgent, so they never get done without

proper planning (eg) developing your website

So

Something is important if it moves you towards your goals.

If something seems urgent, before you do it, ask yourself if it is important

Maintenance vs Progress

In order to make the most of your time, you will need to be able to get the balance right

between maintenance tasks and progress tasks.

Maintenance tasks are important things like collecting your emails and updating your

website and must be done (these are often daily or weekly tasks), and although they

may be moving you towards your goals, may not be progressing your career.

Progress tasks are important things like writing new material, up skilling, research and

recording which progress your career. These are often the things which don’t get done,

or get low priority. It is important to prioritise these and to always be working on at

least one progress task.

Your progress tasks will be a plan of how you will achieve your longer term goals. (Eg)

If you have a large goal of recording and releasing an album, break it down into smaller

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steps with timeframes (eg) preproduction, researching and finding a studio, researching

CD duplication, getting the artwork done etc.

Add at least one thing you can do towards this progress task to your to-do list

everyday.

Your To Do List (Your Daily Goals)

This is your most important tool in time management.

It is what you will be doing today that will mean you can achieve your ‚movie‛.

It should be the first thing you do when you start work every day.

It will include:

‚Your maintenance tasks‛

‚Your progress tasks‛

Your maintenance tasks usually work in daily, weekly and monthly patterns.

To save time on compiling your To-Do lists, spend some time:

Compiling a daily tasksheet.

This may include things like: collect emails, practise etc

Compiling tasksheets for each day of the week.

For example, you may update your website every Monday and advise gig

guides of your upcoming gigs on a Friday.

Diary monthly tasks. If you use outlook, you can use the recurring function on

the calendar to do this automatically for you.

Compiling Your To-Do List

1. Add your daily tasks

2. Add the weekly tasks for that day of the week

3. Add the monthly tasks from your diary

4. Add any tasks from your brought forward system

5. Add your progress tasks for that day

NOW

6. CHECK there aren’t any tasks which aren’t important (ie are not moving you towards

your goals). If there are any, CROSS THEM OFF!

7. Put them in the order that you will do them. Bear in mind:

From your time journal, you should be aware when your productive times

are. Schedule your ‚hard‛ tasks, during those times

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Schedule the things you find easier, during your less productive times

and/or schedule your R&R during those times.

Group ‚like‛ things together (eg) if you’ve got a number of phone calls to

make, put them together on your to-do list.

8. Make sure your to-do list is the right size. If it’s too big, reprioritise. If it’s too small,

add some more progress tasks.

NOW

9. Do it

10. Make sure you do it in order and don’t go off on a tangent or get distracted with

those seemingly urgent matters.

11. Don’t keep working if you need a break, or need to eat. You won’t be efficient and

you are more likely to make mistakes. Take a break and come back to work refreshed.

Keep a list of smaller activities…

You can use these to fill any gaps in your time (eg) if you are waiting on the phone

Keep a list of tasks you can do whilst kept waiting etc

Ever been kept waiting for an appointment. Or just ended up with some time on your

hands between say appointments. Always have something you can work on during

these times so it’s not wasted time.

Blasting Procrastination into Oblivion

‚Why do today, what can be put off until tomorrow<<.‛

WRONG!!

Most people suffer from it, so don’t give yourself a hard time, this will only make you

procrastinate more. Accept that you have possibly wasted a lot of time in the past and

move on.

Before labelling yourself as procrastinating about a task, is the task really necessary?

Maybe you’re ‚procrastinating‛ because it doesn’t actually need to be done. Maybe you

genuinely don’t have the time. If this is the case you need to restructure your workload.

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Things already covered in this toolkit which will assist you in the problem of

procrastination:

Addressing any health and mental health issues

Realising you will have the occasional bad day. Don’t worry if you procrastinate

on these days (provided they are only occasional).

Having your subconscious constantly working on achieving your ‚movie‛.

Things that once seemed insurmountable will now seem like fun!

Having goals with deadlines

Being organized

Being aware of your productive and non-productive times of the day. Schedule

the tasks you find hardest, when you are at your best.

Realising what makes you unproductive (eg) being hungry or tired

Having a plan for each day (your to-do list).

Here’s what to do if you’re procrastinating about something

1. Spend a few moments imagining you’ve finished the job. Isn’t it a good feeling?

2. Decide upon a reward you will give yourself when you’ve done the job. Make it

worth your while.

3. Be aware, the worst thing of a job you are procrastinating about, is making yourself

start it. Once its started, 999 times out of 1000, it’s not nearly as bad as you thought it

would be.

4. What can you do to make the task more pleasant?

Maybe put your favourite music on (not if it will distract you). Have some of your

favourite food nearby (eg) a bowl of chips or M&Ms

5. Figure out why you are procrastinating. Once you know why you are avoiding

something, it is usually much easier to address. Here are some common reasons and

some ways around it.

The job seems too big.

The old saying ‚A journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step‛ is really the

best advice here.

Break it into smaller steps.

Make the first step the smallest

(eg) You are procrastinating about promoting a gig. You might break it

down with the first step being compose an email to go to your mailing list

(this will probably only take a few minutes).

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You don’t know where to start.

Somewhere is always better than nowhere. Even if it’s not the best place to start,

figure out something you can do easily NOW and you will probably find it easier

from there.

Ask a clear thinking friend to help brainstorm and put together a plan of attack.

Sometimes you may need to get expert advice (eg) for a recording project you

might like to speak to the engineer of a studio you are thinking of using, to help

you decide how to approach the project.

You are scared of what you’ll find.

(Eg) you have been procrastinating about sorting out your bills.

Yip, what you’ll find will probably be scary BUT not nearly as scary as what will

happen to you if you ignore it.

Enlist the help of a friend who is good at dealing with such things. If you don’t

have any friends who are, again you may need to seek expert advice. There are a

number of agencies that can assist in these areas. Citizen’s Advice Bureau is a

good place to start.

You’re scared of what people might think of you.

(Eg) you have some phone calls to make to people who make you nervous.

Figure out what you want to achieve from the phone call

Visualise what it’s like when you’ve achieved what you want to achieve

For phone calls, it is often a good idea to script your call.

Also figure out what is the worst thing that can happen (eg) they’ll say no. Is it

really THAT bad? Don’t focus on it, but if you know the worst thing that could

happen is not death by slow and painful means, it does make it easier.

You have had a bad experience before.

Figure out why the experience was bad the last time

What can you do better this time to minimise the risk of the same thing

happening?

If it is something that has affecting you really badly, think about getting

professional help to address the issues

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Wanting it to be perfect.

Perhaps you haven’t started on a task, because you want the outcome to be

perfect (eg) a poster.

Yip, your first poster design, will not be your best BUT it is still better than NO

poster.

It’s important to realise you won’t get to the perfect poster, unless you start with

the earlier less perfect models.

You don’t have the skills.

It’s really important to recognise if you genuinely don’t have the skills to do a

particular task.

If its important that you get those skills, then learn them (courses, reading etc)

If its not important that you get those skills, then pay someone to do it for you

Summary Address any health and mental health issues that may be affecting your life. Develop

your ‚movie‛ – your ideal life

Set your goals to achieve the “movie” for the next:

Month

3 months

6 months

12 months

2 years

3 years

5 years

10 years

Learn to be organized – address one thing at a time

Find out how you spend your time – do the ‚Time Journal‛

Analyse the Time Journal

Identify and correct your time wasters - address one thing at a time

Learn to prioritise – only do things that move you towards your goals

Do a daily to-do list

Ban real procrastination; relabel what you might think is procrastination to what it

actually is (eg I’m not doing it because it’s a waste of time).

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Chapter 2

Resource and Skills Inventory

Key Ideas in this Toolkit

Identifying the skills and resources that you have

Identifying where those skills and resources need improvement

Identifying which skills and resources you need to acquire

Part A: RESOURCES

1/ People

List the people who assist you in your career as a (singer) musician or manager

Role Person/s Their skills

Personal / moral support

Business mentor

Musical mentor

Manager

Sound engineer

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Role Person/s Their skills

Others

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Who would you like to get on board to help you?

Role/s Person Skills you require them to have

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Role/s Person Skills you require them to have

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2/ Equipment

Musical Upgrade / to get Timeframe

Guitar/s

Other instruments

Associated equipment e.g.

pedals, effects etc

Mic

PA

Recording equipment

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Upgrade / to get Timeframe

Other musical equipment

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Other Upgrade / to get Timeframe

Vehicle

Computer and associated

equipment

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3/ Current contacts Contacts to develop

Press

Radio

Venues

Musicians

Technical Advice

Recording

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3/ Current contacts (cont) Contacts to develop (cont)

Sound

Equipment

Promotion

Industry

Design

Printing

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3/ Current contacts (cont.) Contacts to develop (cont)

Other

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3/ Current contacts (cont.) Contacts to develop (cont)

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4/ Networks

What groups of people do you have access to who may assist you in your career.

What groups of people would you like to develop a relationship with may assist you in

your career

5/ Other resources you have

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6/ Other resources you need

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Part B: SKILLS

Motivation and Goal Setting: Strong points

Motivation and Goal Setting: Areas for improvement

Songwriting: Strong points

Songwriting: Areas for improvement

Musicianship: Strong points

Musicianship: Areas for improvement

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Vocal skill: Strong points

Vocal skill: Areas for improvement

Performance skill: Strong points

Performance skill: Areas for improvement

Recording and production skill: Strong points

Recording and production skill: Areas for improvement

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Experience: Strong points

Experience: Areas for improvement

Marketing skill: Strong points

Marketing skill: Areas for improvement

Business skill: Strong points

Business skill: Areas for improvement

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Communication - Verbal: Strong points

Communication - Verbal: Areas for improvement

Communication - Leadership: Strong points

Communication - Leadership: Areas for improvement

Communication - Literacy and numeracy: Strong points

Communication - Literacy and numeracy: Areas for improvement

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Communication - Business Writing: Strong points

Communication - Business Writing: Areas for improvement

Communication - Promotional Writing: Strong points

Communication - Promotional Writing: Areas for improvement

Design: Strong points

Design: Areas for improvement

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Industry Knowledge: Strong points

Industry Knowledge: Areas for improvement

Computer Literacy: Strong points

Computer Literacy: Areas for improvement

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Other skills you have

Other skills you need

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Part C: SUMMARY

Particularly strong points

Areas for immediate attention

Areas for future attention

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Chapter 3

Dealing with Venues

Key Ideas in this Toolkit

Treating your relationships with venues as a partnership, to make both businesses

successful.

How to find and approach a venue for your gig.

Specific points to address when booking and performing live gigs.

Although some things will be the same for covers gigs, this toolkit specifically

addresses originals gigs.

Overview It is really important for both venues and musicians to understand the constraints and

challenges of the other.

Because every situation is unique, communication is the key to achieving this.

Venues need to be aware that running a business as a musician is a difficult road to hoe

and at times it seems an impossible task. How can you make a living as a musician with

seemingly so many obstacles to overcome?

Venues are not (or at least should not be) one of these obstacles and should be looked at

as your allies.

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The Venue’s Point of View

It is important for musicians to realise even venues are in the business of selling drinks

and/or food and coffee.

This is how venues pay expenses and venue owners and managers earn a living. Even

though all these venue owners and managers are passionate about Canada music, it is

important for musicians to understand venues must turnover considerable amounts of

money just to keep the venue operating.

This also means that venues’ main focus is on the operation of the bar / restaurant / café,

not unfortunately, you. Bear this in mind when communicating with venues:

avoid peak times

realise venues who focus on original music may have up to 60 performers each

week, this means you should take the responsibility of communicating with the

venue, and not rely on them to contact you

Contrary to (some) popular opinion venue owners do not make bucket loads of money

at the expense of musicians. In fact most venue owners, do not earn what would even

approach minimum wage, and generally work at least 60 hours per week, if not, more

like 100. If you cancel a gig at late notice, or do not promote a gig sufficiently, it doesn’t

mean the venue hasn’t made any money, it means the venue has lost hundreds, or

possibly thousands of dollars.

All the costs of running a venue need to be paid before such times as the venue owner

can get paid.

This includes:

Wages

Rent

Electricity

Telephone

Advertising

Licenses

ACC levy

Repairs & maintenance

Rates

Water rates Legal fee Accountants’ fees

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Cleaning materials

Equipment hire

Glassware & crockery

Body corporate

GST

Tax

These expenses will run into thousands of dollars each week.

These expenses remain much the same regardless of whether $10 is taken over the bar

or $10,000. If these expenses are not covered from bar takings the venue owner needs to

find the money from somewhere else to make up any shortfall, this can be extremely

difficult and stressful. Not to mention, venue owners have, in most cases, well into a 6

digit figure invested into their businesses.

You may be surprised to know that what venues pay for their stock (generally food and

alcohol) is only marginally (maybe 5%) less than what you would pay when you go to

the bottle store or the supermarket. Venues supporting original live music are working

in a particularly difficult market (although fortunately an expanding market) with

limited (if any) industry support and a public which is often not interested in and/or

doesn’t know about unknown acts. Both venues and musicians have huge constraints to

work within so it is essential for both to understand you are all on the same side and

should be working in partnership towards making all of these businesses as successful

as possible.

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What Should You Expect From The Venue In This Partnership? Professional attitude and conduct

Communication before, during and after your gig

Staff and management who are supportive of your music

For the venue to adhere to the conditions of the negotiated contract

A ‚safe‛ environment (eg how does the venue deal with drunks, hecklers etc)

Depending on the venue, a certain amount of promotion of your gig

Equipment provided by the venue to be in good working order

Good level of customer service. How the customers are treated by the venue will

reflect on you as a band, and people won’t enjoy their experience if the customer

service is poor.

Promotion That Would Generally Be Done By the Venue Promotion done by the venue reaches the ears of the general public only. Venues can

not specifically target your fans (unless you are famous), it’s impossible.

Gig guides

Display of your gig posters and flyers at the venue

Any mailing lists the venue has (although be sure to provide the venue with a

well written press release and interesting photo that will enthuse audiences to

come along)

Any website the venue has

Fielding telephone and email enquiries that come direct to the venue – again you

need to provide them with information so the venue can get enthusiastic about

getting people along to see you

If you have industry or important people you want to invite, ask the venue if

they could provide some free drinks. It is generally advantageous for the venue

to have these people there as well

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What Should The Venue Expect Of You - The Performer?

Communication

Depending on how far out the gig has been booked, phone or email one month

out and one week out to confirm your gig and any gig details (see booking form)

If the venue is supplying the doorperson, advise them of any people on your

guest list

Be easy to communicate with during the gig period (soundcheck to load out).

Bear in mind, the operation of the venue will be the main focus of the venue staff

during this period

Have one point of contact for the band ensure all band members have been

communicated with by that contact person

Refer to ‚Getting the Basics Together ‚Toolkit

Always announce your last song so bar person / tech can cue house music

(ideally provide bar person and door person with a set list)

It’s a good idea, but is rarely ever done, to phone, email or send a card, to thank

the venue for the gig

This is also an ideal time to ask for feedback on your gig. What was particularly

good?

What can you improve?

Some venues will welcome feedback as well. What was particularly good? What

can be improved?

Professional Attitude and Conduct On and Off Stage

Be on time! Allow extra time for travelling, finding parking and for things to go

wrong

No consumption of drugs and at most moderate consumption of alcohol before

or during the gig

For all band members to adhere to the conditions of the negotiated contract

Don’t go into staff only areas without permission particularly behind the bar

At the very least, be polite to the customers. Refer to the Promoting Live Gigs

Toolkit for how you should really treat the customers. These people are your

road to success.

It’s a venue, nor a practise room. Soundcheck before the venue is open / or check

when is the appropriate time to soundcheck. Don’t ‚practise‛ or allow anyone to

‚jam‛. This is a gig!

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Equipment

Ensure all of your equipment works properly and you have things like spare

strings and batteries

Treat any equipment owned by the venue carefully and make sure it is returned

and in good order

Your Show

You are there to entertain the audience, you need to put all your performance

skills into use to create a show that will make audience members want to come

back to the venue again as well as come back to see you play again

Promotion of Your Gig

Do you want to be a successful professional musician or do you just want to play music

for the pleasure it gives you?

Anyone who runs a successful business needs to market their products and services

effectively. So, if you do want to be a professional musician, you need to treat all of

your gigs as your product and promote each and every gig extensively.

Refer to the Promoting Live Gigs Toolkit for what you must do, to promote your gig.

Supply a press kit to the venue.

Check with the venue, what details they would like on your posters and flyers.

If you just want to play music for the pleasure it gives you, that’s perfectly valid, but

don’t expect to gig at a venue; stick to playing for your friends, at home, at parties and

maybe open mic nights. It is hard to promote yourself with any gusto and enthusiasm if

you are not particularly concerned with the outcome. Venues should not have to finance

your hobby.

People do not come to a gig that hasn’t been promoted.

You may be happy to play to a small audience, but the venue stands to lose hundreds or

even thousands of dollars if you don’t do your job properly, and promote your gig.

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How Do You Go About Finding a Venue for Your Gig or Tour? The Internet

Other Canada music websites (most have links from the Temple website)

Search engines

Email discussion groups

Gig Guides

Music Directories (Canada Music Services Directory / The Index)

Word of Mouth (Networking is of all importance in this industry)

Look at other musicians’ tour schedules

Visitors Centres

Radio stations that are ‚hooked into‛ Canada music and their community

How to Approach a Venue for a Gig

Identify the venues you would like to perform at.

Think about:

Is your style of music suitable for the venue?

What do you have to offer them?

What can they offer you?

If possible, visit the venue before approaching them for a gig, so you can get a ‚feel‛ for

how they operate. This is a key part of building a relationship with the venue.

Think well ahead, many venues book at least 3 months out, so book your gigs well in

advance. This will show your professionalism.

Avoid, at all costs, approaching them during peak times and other times of pressure eg

just before opening.

This is dependent on the venue, but generally avoids walking in and asking for a gig.

If phoning, the conversation should start something along the lines of:

‚Hi, this is Joe Bloggs from such and such band. Could you please tell me who

handles your live music bookings?‛ Then ask if you could speak to that person.

If they’re not there, then find out the best time and method of communication.

When you do get to talk to them, ask, ‚Is this a convenient time for you?‛ If not,

ask when is. Make sure you get back to them when you said you would.

Then be prepared to answer the following questions:

What is your music like? You MUST be able to give a clear, concise description of

your music. Make it sound interesting.

What other gigs have you done?

How will you promote the gig and how many people will come to see you play?

If requested be prepared to provide them with a press kit (see Getting the Basics

Together Toolkit).

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Building a Relationship with the Venue This is an important part of getting live gigs, although often forgotten.

You should be at minimum, doing the following:

Be in (reasonably) regular contact with them. Don’t book the gig 3 months out

and then turn up on the night.

o If the gig was booked a number of months out you should be in contact

with them on a monthly basis, providing them with the required

promotional material eg press kits, posters etc at the appropriate time.

o Always contact the venue a week before the gig to confirm all the details.

Promote hard and do a great gig!

Be professional.

Phone, email, or send a card to thank them after the gig and ask for feedback.

If you live in the city where the venue is, go there as a punter. Take your friends.

Recommend the venue to other people, both as audience members and bands.

Include the venue (check with them first) on your Industry Mailing List (see

Promoting Live Gigs Toolkit).

Go to any open mic nights the venue might have, preferably on a regular basis.

Cancellations

Never take cancelling a gig lightly. It should only be done in very severe circumstances.

This is because:

You will lose your credibility

The venue will lose credibility, if its been advertising a gig that doesn’t happen

The venue could suffer a huge financial loss.

To avoid cancelling gigs:

Before booking the gig:

o If you are serious about your career as a musician, your gig should take

priority over everything else in your life eg family problems, work

problems, relationship problems, social engagements etc. If you’re not

prepared to be this committed to what you do, don’t book gigs at venues

o Make sure you are available and nothing is likely to ‚come up‛

o Make sure all your band members are available and know how important

the gig is

Avoid dangerous sports

Look after your health

Be properly prepared for the gig and do your planning properly.

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If you do need to cancel a gig:

Let the venue know as soon as you do. Don’t leave it an hour, a day, or certainly

a week

Apologise profusely and tell them why you must cancel

Offer to arrange a replacement act (if you’ve been doing your networking this

should be easy)

Things That You Should Negotiate/Communicate With the Venue When

You Book the Gig It is recommended that you use a booking form / contract when dealing with venues:

Particularly a venue you haven’t dealt with before

When you are touring you have a record of all relevant details for every gig

Included in these notes is a sample booking form that you can adjust for your own

requirements. This covers all aspects of your gig that should be negotiated well ahead

of time with the venue.

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Sample Booking Form

Booking Form for [insert your band name and logo here]

Band (or performer) details: Performance Name:

Musical Description: Interesting, succinct 3-5 word description of your music here

Contact Person: ONE contact person only

Postal address:

Day telephone:

Night telephone:

Mobile:

Fax: If applicable

Email:

URL:

Venue Details: Contact Person:

Address (postal):

Address (physical):

Day telephone:

Night telephone:

Mobile:

Fax:

Email:

Best method and time for communications:

URL:

Venue capacity and layout:

Liquor licensing requirements

Gig Details Day and date of gig:

Start time of performance:

Finish Time of performance:

Breaks:

Other performances on the same day/night:

Sound check / load in time:

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Money and Rider Details Fee:

Venue Hire:

Door Deal:

Door charge amount:

% split

Who provides doorperson?

Who pays doorperson?

Who provides float:

Policy on people who are already in the bar and/or regulars:

Guest list:

Door requirements: eg Liquor license restrictions, dress code, CD sales, mailing

list, etc

Presales:

Will there be presales? Where from (venue / ticketing agent / the band)? How do

customers buy presold tickets?

Meals:

Drinks:

Accommodation:

Parking:

Equipment and Personnel PA, equipment, lighting, stage details:

Sound engineer:

Backstage, security, equipment storage:

Promotion Venue’s promotion:

Band promotion:

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No of posters required:

Venue requirements for posters eg logo, address, website etc

Date required by:

Press / media contacts:

Cancellation procedure

Other Smoking policy:

Dress code:

Noise restrictions:

Requirements as to music to play before, during, and after the gig:

Other comments:

Eg if it is a café, what time are meal times etc

Signed for venue: Signed for band:

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Chapter 4

Promoting Live Gigs

Key Ideas in this Toolkit

Promoting live gigs

Building up a live following

Taking advantage of all live gigs

Exercise:

Keep a note of every person who you speak to one day. How many were there?

Every single one of these people is a potential new fan!

Overview Your return on investment into promoting your gigs will be:

More money from door sales, CD sales and merchandise sales

Future gigs at that venue

Other venues inviting you to play as opposed to you having to sell yourself to

them

More fans

More personal and professionalism satisfaction

Likelihood of media coverage

More likelihood of being picked up by a record company, if that’s one of your

goals

Higher profile performances

It doesn’t matter how good you are, or how much of gig you just did – if no-one is there

to see you it

hasn’t done you any good (except for the experience gained)

hasn’t done the venue any good. It is an unfortunate fact that unless the venue

turns over money, they cannot survive – in words of one syllable, you will not

have a stage to play on!!!!!

If you can get a good base of people at a gig, it will draw people in off the street. Once

they can see its ‚happening‛ they just rock ‘n roll in off the street. Very few people will

come into an empty bar.

There are some very simple and cost effective ways of promoting your gigs:

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Never half pie promotes a gig. Always include all the tools in this kit.

Getting Yourself in the Right Headspace If you have any ‚head‛ issues about self promotion, you will need to address them. Try:

Affirmations

Talking to other musicians who seem to have accomplished the self-promotion

Head-space.

Focussing on your long term vision (see Goal Setting and Time Management

Toolkit)

Don’t give yourself a hard time

Ask for support from family and friends

Surround yourself with positive people that have a ‚can-do‛ attitude. Lose any

losers in your life.

Give yourself rewards when you do something difficult

Do something EVERY day that will build up your live following.

Figure out how to describe your music. Use interesting words. Keep it brief.

EVERY person is important. Treat people as such (except the weirdoes). Adding one

person to your list of contacts is a huge achievement and recognises it as such.

Realise that there will probably be the occasional gig that you do, that despite doing

everything right, that has a poor turnout. This is the nature of the beast, DON’T

convince yourself that promo is not worthwhile, congratulate yourself for doing a good

job on promo, figure out what you could have done better and move on.

Make Every Show “Worth” Going To See. All the promotion in the world WILL NOT work unless your ‚product‛ is worthwhile.

It doesn’t matter if you are playing to one fan or a stadium; make your show a must-see.

Have a mull on this. What makes an audience member come back? There isn’t one

simple answer to this. But there are tons of ways to ensure people will want to see you

play again and again.

Keeping people coming back again and again is not just about the music. It’s about

creating an experience for them, that they want to repeat.

Start by thinking about what makes YOU want to go and see a live show.

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The Basics Make sure you are well practised and all your equipment sounds good

Have spare strings, batteries etc

Have a ‚plan‛ of how to deal with a broken string, technical difficulties etc eg

ask the venue to put the house music on, have a song the band can play without

the guitarist etc

Soundcheck. Play at an appropriate volume

Start on time

Turn up and stay, sober and straight

Thank people

Never apologise

Make the transition between songs smooth

Ask the venue if you can provide your own pre-show, break and after-show

music. Think about what music will create the right vibe

Audience Communication on Stage

Work on your intros and outros

Think of ways to involve your audience

Always make sure everyone in the audience knows who you are. This can be

achieved by:

o Having a backdrop

o Saying who you are several times during your performance. At minimum

introduce yourself near the beginning of your set and at the end of your

set

o Having a support person hand out flyers for your next gig/s while you are

playing

o Asking the venue if you can put flyers on the tables. You may like to

invest in some stands that you can put your flyers in

o What else?

Let your audience know when and where you are playing next

Invite the audience several times to join your mailing list

Let the audience know several times if you have CDs and other merchandise

available

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Keep It New And Exciting.

Include new songs

Think carefully about your set structure. For most people, write a set list

You may need to be flexible on your set list though. Learn to read your audience

and play what is going to work

Give away free stickers, pencils, tapes, buttons, and compliments

Have an onstage competition to win a CD (or tee-shirt etc)

You are there to entertain; this will happen naturally if you are having fun!!

What else?

Audience Communication off Stage

Building up a live following is all about building relationships with your fans and

potential fans.

You’ve just played your first ever gig, you had a blast and you feel great. A complete

stranger comes up to you at the bar and congratulates you on your performance. What

do you do?

Communicate!

Thank them right back. They came to watch you, they stayed for the duration,

and they had the courage to step out of their world into yours and put

themselves out on a limb.

Find out their name and invite them to your next gig

Ask them about themselves. At the very least this will make them feel important,

and they will want to come and see you again and tell their friends. At best, they

might be a want to sign you to a multi-million dollar deal

Introduce them to any other fans who are around – that will give them another

reason to turn up to your next show

Add them to your mailing list

This is a really important part of building a live following. No band starts out with

100,000 fans unless they have a 12 part television series behind them.

Make part of your live ritual a ‘meet and greet’ session at the end of every show

o INVITE people to stay around after your gig

o If you find this hard – set yourself little goals. Eg at the end of this gig I

will introduce myself to 2 people. Step it up each time

Remember people’s names. If you are bad with names, invest in some memory

training

When people turn up who have been to gigs before, or that you have invited,

acknowledge them and if possible have a chat. People like to go places where

they know other people; they will feel important, because they know YOU. You

are the star of the evening, because you are the performer.

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Live Performance Is Visual As Well As Aural

How can you make your live show more exciting to watch?

Develop a stage persona. Keep it consistent with your style of music. Think

about:

o Stagewear, hair, makeup

o Your manner

o Your actions

o What you say

o How is your energy / stage presence?

Consider gimmicks

Lighting

Stage ‚dressing‛

Even consider decorating the venue.

What else?

Phone Around: The phone is the most simple and cheap way of advertising your gigs. If you aren’t

already using it you should know that many of your friends and acquaintances are

missing out on seeing you play live.

An absolutely crucial part of your live gig promotion strategy:

Phone the people on your phone list EVERY time you have a gig. If they say no once, it

doesn’t mean they hate you, or don’t like your music.

Encourage them to bring their friends along – make a night of it!!!

Remember to thank them when they turn up to your gig.

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Who Should Be On Your Phone List?

Make a list of everyone you know that you can think of:

Now add:

Family

Friends of your family

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Friends you haven’t seen for a while

Friends of friends

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Workmates

Old workmates

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Adding To Your Phone List

Carry your phone list with you AT ALL TIMES.

Make a point of adding to this list everyday.

ASK people you meet, if they would like you to add them to your list of people to keep

updated about gigs.

Don’t shy away from asking those who you think aren’t interested.

Every time you do it you will get better at it, and it will become easier

Expect that they will say ‚Yes!‛, but don’t be disappointed or take it personally if

they say no. Strange though it may seem, not everyone in the world is into live

music.

Email Lists Do you have an emailing list? If you don’t you should start one now. Email is an easy,

effective and cheap way of communicating with a lot of people.

A crucial part of your live promotion strategy.

Email lists also come in very useful for when you have a new CD or any other

merchandise to sell.

If you don’t own a computer don’t worry. You can still set up an email address through

Hotmail or Yahoo, and it’s free. Just pay a visit to one of the many internet cafes and set

yourself up.

If you don’t feel confident on computers you can get one of their staff to help you.

Before you know it you’ll be an expert because it’s easy!!

On the end of this toolkit you’ll find a simple emailing list form. Start filling it up!

When Emailing About An Upcoming Gig, Include:

A personal invite

Some hype about the gig

A description of your music

A strong call to action

A request for them to forward it on to anyone else who may be interested

Day, date and time of the gig

Venue name and details:

o Address (and instructions of how to get there if its hard to find)

o Phone number

o Website

o Email

o Where people can find parking

o A sentence or 2 about what the venue is like. Many people don’t like

going to new places because they don’t know what to expect

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Ticket details: where/how to get tickets and the cost

Any other gig details eg who else is playing, style of music

Your details

o Performance name

o Phone numbers

o Website

o Postal address

o Email

Some do’s And Don’t For Email Lists:

DO ask people if they want to be on there before you automatically subscribe

them OR send them an introductory email saying you have included them

asking them to reply if they don’t want to be on your list

DO have an unsubscribe option at the end of every email

DO have a subscribe option, so anyone that gets a mailer (eg if its forwarded by

someone else) knows how to subscribe

DO use the BCC box so everyone on your mailing list CAN'T see everyone else's

email addresses

DO ask people to forward it on to friends

DO (if your technology allows), personalize emails going out. A simple way to

do this is a mail merge using word

DO keep your list up to date. If people ask to be removed, remove them

IMMEDIATELY

DON'T send attachments - always just text only

DO include all your contact details, name, email, website, phone numbers and

postal address on all your emails

Add To Your Email List At Every Opportunity:

Invite people at every gig to join your email list. Do this several times

Talk to your audience members in the breaks and after the gig

Even bolder would be to get people to give you the email in the middle of the

gig. You might make up an "Email Song" and add a traditional tune to the lyrics

and then have someone pass around a guest book where everyone leaves their

email address

Invite people to join your mailing list from EVERY PAGE of your website

Have it on you all the time. If you are looking for opportunities to add people to

your mailing list they will happen every day

Join email discussion groups. You can post your gigs and news on these

Make sure everyone you know is on your mailing list (use the prompter list

above in the ‚Phone Around‛ section)

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Texting Get people’s mobiles and text them.

Industry Mailing Lists Keep industry people / media up to date with what you’re up to. Send monthly or bi-

monthly newsletters.

Don’t go in with all guns blazing and demand things from them! Remember these are

busy people who are worthy of your respect.

So approach these people politely, introduce yourself, tell them who you are. Ask them

if they’d be willing to receive a monthly email about what’s going on in your world.

Nine times out of ten they will say yes. You can now send out an industry newsletter

once a month. Don’t make it any more than that. The idea is to make these people aware

of your existence, not inundate them with weekly gig guides and anecdotes. And don’t

forward blonde jokes to them!!!

Also have a good think about why you are approaching these people. Don’t try and

contact every radio station in the city. What kind of music do you play?

Do some research and make the best use of your time by contacting the people who can

actually help you build your career.

Keep this separate to your fan database

Keep to one A4 sheet – preferably in colour

You will have more success using snail mail and hard copy instead of emails

Make it interesting and newsworthy

Bear in mind everyone in the industry is extremely busy - keep in touch, but also

be (reasonably) unobtrusive

Send them free tickets to every show that is worthwhile them seeing. Ask the

venue is you can send a bar tab/free drinks tickets. It is generally advantageous

for the venue to have industry people there too.

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Posters and Flyers Do posters and flyers for every gig

A3/A2 glossies are great if you can afford them, if not, photocopies are a good

alternative.

Try coloured paper to help them stand out

Try a slightly different angle on the poster/flyer thing eg postcards, laminated

cards etc

Posters can be pasted along the street, put into cafés and bars, music shops etc

Posters and flyers not only promote a particular gig, but also give you valuable

exposure and branding

Make flyers that people can pick up & take away as well

o Carry them on you AT ALL TIMES to give to ANYONE you talk to

o Enlist the help of your friends and family – get them to carry some with

them as well

o Find out where there will be large gatherings of people interested in music

and entertainment eg music in parks, concerts, movies. Hand out flyers

Now take it one step further and get flyers made up for the next 2 or 3 gigs on

your calendar. You can give these out to the people who come to your show, and

ask them to take a few extra for their friends who couldn’t make it

Include all your contact details and website on this flyer. They may want to book

you for their next corporate function!

Don’t forget your mailing list! Post those flyers off to the people on it, put a note

in with it if you want telling them how much you’d love to see them there

Artwork

KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)

o It is a marketing tool – not fine art!!

o Keep it as uncluttered as possible

o 2 fonts maximum

o Chose fonts that are readable

Make sure it has all the info:

o Acts performing

o Act logos

o Where

Get the venue’s name right!

Use their logo if possible

Include the address

If room include venue phone number and URL

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o When

o Time

o Day of week eg Friday

o Date and month eg 3 October

o Your URL

o Price?

o Have a strong call to action

Keep your branding consistent – people will start to recognise it

For printed posters try one colour (heaps cheaper) – but don’t pick black as your

one colour.

Perform at Open Mic nights Search them out and utilise them to your fullest advantage

They give you valuable performing experience

Many people only go to see acts they have seen before and liked

A lot of audience members like going to open mic nights because of the diversity

of talent and seeing a number of people perform. Use this to your advantage

Use it as an opportunity to add people to your mailing list

Use it as an opportunity to build up relationships with venues

Use it as an opportunity to build relationships with other performers

You can still earn money from them by selling CDs and merchandise

Refer to the ‚Make Every Show Worth Going to See‛ section of this toolkit

Gig Guides Keep a database of gig guides and deadlines

People can only come to see you if they know you’re playing!

Most gig guides are free

Even if the venue does these – it's always a good idea for you to do your own

This also gives you an opportunity to build up relationships with the media

Live To Airs / Radio Interviews Many radio stations (if you’re touring) will do live to airs and interviews, particularly if

you’re promoting something special eg album release, fundraising gig.

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Magazine / Newspaper Articles Lifestyle magazines and ‘market segment’ publications and local newspapers and music

magazines are all good places to get some exposure.

You will need some press ‚friendly‛ photographs, this is how the press get and keep

people reading their publication:

Make sure they are good quality

Make them interesting!

Action shots are great

If not using an action shot – make sure you use props – ideally your instruments

that way the picture will immediately indicate what the story is about

Support Gigs for Better Known Bands Go to gigs, see which bands are suitable for your style of music. Be bold –

approach them

Read the music press; see which well known acts are going to be playing on your

area. Approach the band (if you can get in contact with them) or the promoter

Get a Web Presence

Music Directories

Get a listing in the 2 main music directories. Send in photos as they always publish

photos in the directories.

Utilise Your Doorperson

Get a stamp with band logo and URL on it for doorperson at gigs

Get your doorperson to sign people up to your mailing list

Answerphone Message and Signature Files

ALWAYS advertise upcoming gigs on your answerphone and your signature file on

outgoing emails.

Quickfire Promotional Show

Find a location near where you’ll be performing, like a cafe or a park, where there will

be a lot of people. Perform a couple of songs—just long enough to grab people’s

attention, hand out flyers, stickers etc.

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Look after Your Fans and Look for Ways to Involve Them

Make them feel important

o Remember their names

o Say hi and have a chat

o Offer to autograph CDs

Reward your best fans

o Have a loyalty programme

o Give them discounts

o Develop a ‚Bring A Friend Strategy‛

o Offer them ‚Special Release‛ deals

o Have freebies you can give away

Run competitions

Invite their feedback

Invite their ideas. Publicly acknowledge them if you use an idea of theirs

Make it easy for your fans to do business with you

Give them a money back guarantee

Be easy to contact

Make it easy for people to order CDs and merchandise

Consider becoming a credit card merchant so you can take credit cards for CD

and ticket sales. Talk to your bank about this

Benefit Concerts

There are always benefit concerts happening, or why not create your own? Not only

does this give you a chance to support a worthy cause, it’s also a chance to build up

your following, and it gives you a media angle.

Be Creative

You are a creative person!! Think of exciting ways to promote yourself and your gigs:

Stunts (safety first)

Sidewalk signs (watch any legalities)

Interesting takes on flyers and posters

Develop a ‚Bring a Friend‛ strategy

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Sample Email List Insert your performance name and logo at the top

Name Email Address

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Chapter 5

Getting the Basics Together

Key Ideas in this Toolkit

Putting on your ‚business head‛

Developing a base of professionalism

Being readily contactable

Developing a base to work from to put together your marketing plan

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Y/N If no then date

to be achieved

by

Date

Achieved

Telephone:

Get voice mail

Check every few hours at least

Voice mail message

Script a message that lets people know what

you do and all your other contact details and

website

If you share a voice mail, either get everyone

else's permission to use the voicemail for your

professional

Purposes or get separate mailboxes

Use your voicemail message to advertise

upcoming gig/s and any merchandise you

have for sale

If you change telephone numbers, get Telecom

to forward your phone calls PLUS let

everyone you know what your new contact

details are.

It is preferable to have a mobile, if finances

allow. DON'T constantly change your mobile

number

Script a message that lets people know what

you do and all your other contact details and

website

Use your voicemail message to advertise

upcoming gig/s and any merchandise you

have for sale

Computer:

You will need your own computer or easy daily

access to someone else's

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Y/N If no then

date to be

achieved

by

Date

Achieved

Email:

Only have ONE email address. Avoid it being

a work email which will change if you change

jobs, or an email assigned to a particular ISP.

It is preferably to have your own domain

Collect and reply at least daily

Check your name that appears on your emails

is your performance name

Have a signature file. Include:

Performance Name

Contact telephone numbers (include area code

and international dialing code)

Postal address (include country)

Email address

Website / MP3s

Upcoming gigs

Merchandise for sale

Business Cards:

You MUST carry them on you at all times

Make sure they are professional

Keep your branding consistent: if you have a

logo uses it. If you don't have one, until you

get one, pick an easily readable font you like

and stick with it

Include: Performance name, contact phone

numbers, email, website, perhaps a 2-4 word

description of what you do

Letterhead

Make up a letterhead and use it for all your

business communications (including invoices)

Include all the information that is on your

business card

SOCAN/SODRAC:

Register with SOCAN

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Keep a record of all your live performances

(remember to include open mics and suchlike)

Diary 30 June to start on your live

performance return

Diary 20 July to send it by

Y/N If no then

date to be

achieved

by

Date

Achieved

Contacts:

NEVER underestimate the value of contacts.

In this industry your most valuable tool is

networking and word of mouth. Treat

everyone with respect - you never know who

they might be!

Devise a system for recording all your

contacts

Carry something with you at all times to

record contacts

Have a system for keeping in contact with

these people, and recording the contact that

you have with them, without hassling them

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Press Kit:

In digital format (pics 300dpi)

In hard copy

Preferable downloadable from a website

Make sure everyone who needs to has a copy,

your manager, the press

Include:

A well written, up to date, attractive bio

Name and contact details on ALL components

of your press kit

Think about creative ideas for presentation

Good quality, interesting press photos

CD

Keep a file of press clippings, reviews and

quotes

Get people to review you

Video

Equipment:

Is your guitar and associated equipment up to

scratch?

Do you carry spare strings?

Do you carry a spare battery?

Do you have your own leads?

Consider getting your own mic which is good

quality and suits your voice

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Y/N If no then

date to be

achieved

by

Date

Achieved

Sound: (more about this in a later tool kit)

Learn how to set a good sound for yourself

Practice as much as possible with a PA and

mic

Develop your ear for sound

Learn to do sound for other musicians

Performance Name:

Decide carefully on your performance name

and stick to it. ONLY change your

performance name for a very good

reason e.g. changing your direction/genre

Research:

Reading: (at minimum)

Canada Musician

Hour

Toronto Star

Mirror

Globe & Mail

Spend at least an hour a week reading a

business book.

Internet - Spend at least an hour a week doing

internet research.

Radio - Spend at least an hour a week

listening to different radio stations and shows

Television – Watch at least one programme a

week about music or the arts

Live Gigs – Go to at least one live gig a week

(that you’re not performing at)

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Copyright

Copyright all your songs

Record them in material form (a tape deck is

sufficient). I would recommend writing down

your lyrics as well

Write the composer/s names on it

Write the year it was written

Write the copyright symbol ©

For additional protection (so you can prove

the date). Mail it to yourself and leave it

sealed (write the name/s of the song/s on the

outside of the envelope though!)

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Y/N If no then

date to be

achieved

by

Date

Achieved

Get a diary and use it

Diary everything that you need to remember

Carry it with you at all times

Develop your networking skills

Make a point of remembering people’s names

and something about them – if you can’t

remember, consider some memory training

and/or write it down.

Always make a point of thanking people

when they do something for you e.g.

interviews, articles etc. An email or phone call

will suffice, but there is nothing like a

handwritten card.

Phone an industry person at least once a week

that you haven’t spoken to before, just to

make contact. Make sure you have something

to talk about though and be aware that they

are probably very busy and check they have

time first.

Offer to help people out with no expectation

of anything in return (within reason)

Learn the nuances of body language / tone of

voice etc. Make sure you are always sensitive

to other people and make sure you are always

putting out the right signals when you are

talking to other people.

Go to industry functions and gigs

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MUSIC REVIEW

EVALUATED BY:

DATE:

ARTIST/COMPOSER’S NAME:

CD TITLE:

MUSIC GENRE:

SONGS REVIEWED:

MUSIC MP3/CD

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Song Structure

Music

Composition

Lyrics

Message of Lyrics

Strength in

Market

Appeal

Hooks, Chorus

Instrumentals

Arrangement &

Production

Commercial

Appeal

Creativity

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RECORDING QUALITY

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Vocals

Vocal Tuning

Instrumentals

Audio Quality

Mix Quality

Mastering

PACKAGING & DESIGN

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Graphic Design

Front of CD

Back of CD

Layout of Words

CD Insert Panels

Legal Checklist

PRESS KIT

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Biography

Photography

Marketing

Materials

Folio

Brochures

Press Materials,

Media

Coverage

Website

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CURRENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Fan Base

Radio Airplay,

Charts

CD Sales

Internet Sales

Nielsen Soundscan

Performance

Tour

Awards/Scholarship

Grant

Song Competitions

Distribution

MARKET POTENTIAL

Professional Excellent Above

Average

Average Fair Poor

Radio

Airplay:

Chances

for Airplay

Distribution,

Store

Placement

TV/Film

Placement

Length of

Songs

Commercial

Appeal

Artist Image

Attitude

Performance

Ability

Talent

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Artist Interview Form

The following questions are useful for you as artist if you are serious about conducting your

music careers as a business. Thoughtful, honest, and detailed answers to these questions will

help prepare you in writing bios, fact sheets, and any press releases that are necessary for

marketing and promoting your music, and will assist you in evaluating you current career status.

Answering these questions NOW will prepare you for the questions when they come up in

interview situations LATER.

Name of Artist?

What is your background? (Who are you? Tell your story.)

Why do you want to record and release your own music? (Be very honest.)

Who is your fan/customer? (Analyze this question thoroughly.)

What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)

Do you write your own songs?

Who are your musical influences? (Site specific examples.)

How do you describe your music to people? (This is not a short answer. Discuss it.)

What image do you think your music conveys? (Do not avoid the image issue!)

What are your immediate music career goals? (Next 1 to 3 years.)

What are your long-term career goals?

How would you define the word “success”? (This is not a short answer. Discuss it.)

Do you have any personal contacts in the music business?

Are you looking for an independent label deal or a major label deal? (Why?)

Do you have a demo or press kit, or any promotional materials?

What live performance experience have you had? (Any showcases?)

How do you rate your live performance ability? ( Be very critical. No clichés,)

Have you recorded any previous CDs/Tapes? (Which studios? Who produced it?)

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How did you sell your CD’s/Tapes? (Consignment? Live sales? Distributor?)

Have you had any previous print or broadcast media exposure or reviews?

Are you financially able to fund the costs of establishing your career? (In debt?)

Who handles your daily business activities? (Bookings, promotions etc.)

Have you created an actual career, marketing, or business plan? (Is it in writing?)

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ANNEXE

Clubs and Other Venues / Salle

de spectacles BOUDOIR LOUNGE 441, rue du Parvis Québec (Québec) G1K 9L6 Téléphone : (418) 524-2777 Télécopieur : (418) 524-9333 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.boudoirlounge.com CABARET MUSIC HALL 100, rue Sherbrooke Est - bureau 3400 Montréal (Québec) H2X 1C3 Téléphone : (514) 845-0149 Télécopieur : (514) 845-2532 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.lecabaret.ca CAPITOLE DE QUÉBEC 972, rue St-Jean Québec (Québec) G1R 1R5 Téléphone : (418) 694-9930 Télécopieur : (418) 694-9924 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.lecapitole.com CENTRE CULTUREL DE JOLIETTE 20, rue Saint-Charles-Borromée Sud Joliette (Québec) J6E 4T1 Téléphone : (450) 759-6202 Télécopieur : (450) 759-2619 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.ccultjoliette.qc.ca

CENTRE CULTUREL DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE 2500, boul. de l'Université Sherbrooke (Québec) J1K 2R1 Téléphone : (819) 821-7742 Télécopieur : (819) 820-1361 Site Internet : www.centrecultureludes.ca/ GRAND THÉÂTRE DE QUÉBEC 269, boul. René-Lévesque Est Québec (Québec) G1R 2B3 Téléphone : (418) 644-8921 Télécopieur : (418) 646-7670 Site Internet : www.grandtheatre.qc.ca LE NOUVEAU CLUB SODA 1225, boul. Saint-Laurent Montréal (Québec) H2X 2S6 Téléphone : (514) 286-1010 Télécopieur : (514) 844-2571 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.clubsoda.ca LE PETIT MEDLEY 6206, rue Saint-Hubert Montréal (Québec) H2S 2M2 Téléphone : (514) 271-7887 Télécopieur : (514) 729-5670 Courriel : [email protected] L'INSTITUT CANADIEN DE QUÉBEC 350, rue St-Joseph Est Québec (Québec) G1K 3B2 Téléphone : (418) 641-6789 Télécopieur : (418) 641-6787 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.bibliothequesdequebec.qc.ca

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MAISON DE LA CULTURE DE GATINEAU 855, boul. de la Gappe Gatineau (Québec) J8T 8H9 Téléphone : (819) 243-2305 Télécopieur : (819) 243-2527 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.ville.gatineau.qc.ca/mcg MUSÉE JUSTE POUR RIRE 2111, boul. St-Laurent Montréal (Québec) H2X 2T5 Téléphone : (514) 845-3155 Télécopieur : (514) 849-5462 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.hahaha.com OVASCÈNE 919 Route St-Martin Sainte-Marie (Québec) G6E 1E6 Téléphone : (418) 387-2200 Télécopieur : (418) 387-6532 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.ovascene.com RÉCRÉATHÈQUE 900, boul. Curé-Labelle Laval (Québec) H7V 2V5 Téléphone : (450) 688-8880 Télécopieur : (450) 688-6315 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.recreatheque.com SALLE ANDRÉ-MATHIEU 475, boul. de l'Avenir Laval (Québec) H7N 5H9 Téléphone : (450) 667-2327 Télécopieur : (450) 667-4921 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.salleandremathieu.com

SOCIÉTÉ DE LA PLACE DES ARTS 260 de Maisonneuve Ouest - 3e étage Montréal (Québec) H2X 1Y9 Téléphone : (514) 285-4200 Télécopieur : (514) 285-4252 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.pda.qc.ca THÉÂTRE DU CUIVRE 145, rue Taschereau Ouest Rouyn-Noranda (Québec) J9X 2V5 Téléphone : (819) 797-7133 Télécopieur : (819) 797-7137 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.ville.rouyn-noranda.qc.ca THÉÂTRE HECTOR-CHARLAND 225, boul. L'Ange-Gardien L'Assomption (Québec) J5W 4M6 Téléphone : (450) 589-5583 Télécopieur : (450) 589-5396 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.hector-charland.com THÉÂTRE LIONEL-GROULX 100, rue Duquet Sainte-Thérèse (Québec) J7E 3G6 Téléphone : (450) 434-5174 Télécopieur : (450) 434-4759 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.theatrelg.com CAFÉ CAMPUS 57, rue Prince-Arthur Est Montréal (Québec) H2X 1B4 Téléphone : (514) 844-1019 Télécopieur : (514) 844-4770 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.cafecampus.com

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L'Olympia Site web: www.theatreolympia.ca Addresse : 1004 Ste-Catherine est, au coin de Amherst Métro : Berri-UQAM Tél. : (514) 286-7884 Metropolis Addresse : 59 Ste-Catherine est Métro : St-Laurent puis marchez vers le sud jusqu'à Ste-Catherine Tél. : (514) 288-2020 Site web: www.metropolismontreal.ca/metropolis/index.htm Spectrum Addresse : 318 Ste-Catherine ouest coin Bleury Métro : Place des Arts, puis marchez vers le sud jusqu'à Ste-Catherine Tél. : (514) 861-5851 Site web: http://www.spectrumdemontreal.ca/spectrum/index.htm Theatre Outremont Addresse : 1248 rue Bernard ouest Métro : Outremont, puis prenez la 161 est Tél. : (514) 495-9944 Site web: www.theatreoutremont.ca Bar St-Laurent 2 Addresse : 5550 St-Laurent, coin de St-Viateur Métro : St-Laurent puis prenez la 55 nord Tél. : (514)273-2359 Biddle's Addresse : 2060 Aylmer entre President-Kennedy et Sherbrooke Métro : McGill Tél. : (514) 842-8656 Bifteck St-Laurent Addresse : 3702 boul. St-Laurent Métro : St-Laurent puis prenez la 55 nord Tél. : (514) 844-6211

Bistro à Jojo Addresse : 1627 St-Denis, juste au nord de Maisonneuve Métro : Berri-UQAM Tél. : (514) 843-5015 Cafe Grande-Gueule Addresse : 5615 Cotes-des-Neiges, près de Côte-Ste-Catherine Métro : Côte-des-Neiges Tél. : (514) 733-3512 Cleopatra Addresse : 1230 St-Laurent coin Ste-Catherine Métro : St-Laurent Tél. : 514-871-8065 Diable vert Addresse : 4557 St-Denis, juste au nord de l'ave. Mont-Royal Métro : Mont-Royal Tél. : 514-849-5888 Foufounes Électriques Site web: www.foufounes.qc.ca Addresse : 87 Ste-Catherine est, coin boul. St-Laurent. C'est facile à trouver... Métro : St-Laurent Tél. : (514) 844-5539 Hard Rock Café Addresse : 1458 Crescent juste au nord de Ste-Catherine Métro : Guy-Concordia or Peel Tél. : (514) 987-1420 Keg Addresse : 25 St-Paul est Métro : Champs-de-Mars Tél. : 514-871-9093 L'Barouf Addresse : 4171 St-Denis Métro : Mont-Royal Tél. : (514) 844-0119

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L'Escogriffe Addresse : 4467A, Saint-Denis (près de Mont-Royal) Métro : Mont-Royal Tél. : (514) 842-7244 Le Belmont Site web: www.lebelmont.com Addresse : 4483 St-Laurent coin de Mont-Royal Métro : St-Laurent puis prenez la 55 nord ou station Mont-Royal puis prenez la 11 ou 97 vers l'ouest Tél. : (514) 845-8443 Le Dogue Addresse : 4177 St-Denis coin Rachel (deuxième étage) Métro : Mont-Royal Tél. : (514) 845-8717 Le Pierrot Addresse : 104 St-Paul est (à l'ouest de la Place Jacques-Cartier) Métro : Champs-de-Mars Tél. : (514) 861-1270 Shed Cafe Addresse : 3515 boul. St-Laurent just au nord de Sherbrooke Métro : Sherbrooke Sir Winston Churchill Pub Addresse : 1459 Crescent juste au nord de Ste-Catherine Métro : Peel or Guy-Concordia Tél. : (514) 288-0816 Thursdays Addresse : 1430 de la Montagne Métro : Peel or Guy-Concordia Tél. : (514) 288-5656 Vol de Nuit Addresse : 14 Prince-Arthur est Métro : Sherbrooke puis marchez vers l'ouest à travers le Carré St-Louis Tél. : (514) 845-6243

Whisky Café Site web: www.whiskycafe.ca Addresse : 5800 boul. St-Laurent coin Bernard Métro : St-Laurent puis prenez la 55 nord Tél. : (514) 278-2646 Winnie's Addresse : 1459 Crescent Métro : Guy-Concordia or Peel Tél. : (514) 288-0616 Zinc Café Bar Addresse : 1148, av. du Mont-Royal Est Métro : Mont-Royal Tél. : (514) 523-5432

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Distributeur de disques DEP DISTRIBUTION EXCLUSIVE 6255, rue Hutchison - bureau 103 Montréal (Québec) H2V 4C7 Téléphone : (514) 274-2040 Télécopieur : (514) 274-2045 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.dep.ca DISTRIBUTION FUSION III 5485 Chemin Cote-de-Liesse Montréal (Québec) H4P 1A4 Téléphone : (514) 738-4600 Télécopieur : (514) 737-9780 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.fusion3.com DISTRIBUTION SELECT 500, rue Sainte-Catherine Est Montréal (Québec) H2L 2C6 Téléphone : (514) 849-6206 Télécopieur : (514) 849-0764 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.distributionselect.ca MADACY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 3333, boul. Graham - bur. 102 Montréal (Québec) H3R 3L5 Téléphone : (514) 341-5600 Télécopieur : (514) 341-1821 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.madacy.com SOPREF - LOCAL DISTRIBUTION 2003, rue St-Hubert - bureau 3 Montréal (Québec) H2L 3Z6 Téléphone : (514) 845-9994 Télécopieur : (514) 845-9924 Site Internet : www.sopref.org

UNIDISC MUSIC 57-B, boul. Hymus Pointe-Claire (Québec) H9R 4T2 Téléphone : (514) 697-6000 Télécopieur : (514) 697-6864 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.unidisc.com

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MUSIC FESTIVALS

JANVIER

Toronto Blues Society (TBS) Blues Summit Mini-spectacles www.torontobluessociety.com (416) 538-3885

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Conférence et Prix de l’Association de Musique de la Côte Est (l’AMCE) Mini-spectacles www.ecma.ca (902) 892-9040

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Semaine de la musique canadienne Mini-spectacles www.cmw.net (416) 320-0385 Conference et Festival South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas, USA) Mini-spectacles www.sxsw.com (512) 467-7979

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Contact Pacifique http://www.bctouring.org/pacific-contact/ (250) 352-0021 Vue sur la Relève Festival centré sur les artistes de la relève des arts pluridisciplinaire de la scène www.creations-etc.org/ (514) 278-

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Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Festival de musique d’avant-garde (jazz, rock, actuelle, contemporain, électroacoustique) www.fimav.qc.ca/ (819) 752-7912

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Conférence et Festival North By Northeast (NXNE) (Toronto) Mini-spectacles www.nxne.com (416) 863-6963 COCA (Canadian Organization of Campus Activities) Conférence Nationale www.coca.org (519) 690-0207 Festival Franco-Ontarien Spectacles de chanson franco-ontarienne (Ottawa) www.ffo.ca/ (613) 741-1225 Musiqu’en Nous (St-André-Avellin, Qué.) www.musiquenous.com (819) 983-3273 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal www.montrealjazzfest.com (514) 288-1040

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Festival du folk de Winnipeg www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca (204) 231-0096 Festival d’été de Québec (Québec) www.infofestival.com (418) 523-4540 Festival International Nuits d’Afrique (Montréal) Festival de musique Africain/world-beat www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com 514-499-9239 Festival International de Jazz de Toronto Beaches www.beachesjazz.com (416) 698-2152 Festival Hillside (Guelph, Ont.) www.hillside.on.ca (519) 763-6396 Big Valley Jamboree (Canmore, Alb.) www.bigvalleyjamboree.com 1-888-404-1234 Francofolies de Montréal Festival consacré à la musique d’expression francophone www.francofolies.com (514) 288-1040 Festival folk en memoriam Stan Rogers (Canso, N.-É.) www.stanfest.com 1-888-554-7826 juillet–août 2005 Festivals d’été de Harbourfront www.harbourfrontcentre.com (416) 973-4600

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Célébration de la chanson « roots de la ville » de Toronto www.torontocityroots.com (416) 929-9079 Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda) Festival de musique de la relève www.fmeat.org 819-797-0888 ou 1-877-797-0889 Semaine et prix de la musique country canadienne (CCMW et CCMAs) (Calgary, Alta.) www.ccma.org/ccmatoday/cmw/index.htm (905) 850-1144 Pop Montréal Festival de musique variée, autant francophone qu’anglophone www.popmontreal.com (514) 842-1919

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OCTOBRE

Prix, conférence et festival de la musique canadienne de l’Ouest (WCMA) www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca (204) 943-8485 Contact Ontario (Kingston, Ont.) Mini-spectacles www.ccio.on.ca/contact/about.htm (905) 817-0022

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Saskatchewan Showcase for the Arts Mini-spectacles pluridisciplinaires http://www.osac.sk.ca/conference.asp (306) 586-1250

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NOVEMBRE

Conférence de l’Association canadienne des organismes artistiques (CAPACOA) Mini-spectacles www.capacoa.ca/conference/index.html (613) 562-3515 (Montréal, Québec, Vancouver, Moncton et 13 autres villes canadiennes) Coup de cœur francophone Festival de chanson francophone sous toutes ses formes www.coupdecoeur.qc.ca (514) 253-3024 Conférence et prix de l’association de la musique de Terre-Neuve et Labrador Mini-spectacles www.mia.nf.ca (709) 754-2574 Semaine et prix de la musique de Nouvelle-Écosse Mini-spectacles www.mians.ca (902) 423-6271

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Radios Régulières et commerciales

BANDE À PART (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 597-7690 (Catherine Pogonat) CBF-FM/ Première chaîne 95,1 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 597-6000 (Valérie Letarte (Chroniqueuse culturelle)) Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca CBFX-FM/ Chaîne culturelle (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 597-6000 (()) Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca CBGA-AM/ Première chaîne (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 562-0290 (Louis Pelletier (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CBJ-FM/ Première chaîne 93,7 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 696-6666 (Armand Dubois (Directeur)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radio-

canada.ca/saguenay-lac/ CBME-FM 88,5 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 597-6300 (Sally Caudwell (Directrice des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.montreal.cbc.ca CBM-FM/ Radio Two (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 597-6000 (Kelly Rice (Directeur de la programmation)) Site Internet : http://www.montreal.cbc.ca CBRX-FM/Chaîne culturelle 101,5 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 723-2217 Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca CBSI-FM/ Première chaîne (Côte-Nord) Téléphone : (418) 968-0720 (Anne-Marie Boucher (Arts)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : Visiter le site Internet CBVE-FM/ Radio One 104,7 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 691-3620 (Claude Saindon (Directeur de programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cbc.ca CBV-FM/ Radio-Canada 106,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 654-1341 (Marleine Simard/ Marie-Hélène Tremblay (Directeur de programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] CBVX/ Première chaîne 95,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 656-8809 (Marleine Simard (Directrice)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca

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CFDA-FM 101,9 (Centre-du-Québec) Téléphone : (819) 752-5545 (Patrice Croteau (Directeur de la programmation)) CFEI-FM 106,5 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 774-6486 (Annick Bousquet (Directrice des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CFEL-FM 102,1 (Chaudière-Appalaches) Téléphone : (418) 248-1122 (Marie-Noëlle Gagnon (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CFGL-FM/ 105,7 Rythme Fm (Laval) Téléphone : (450) 664-1500 (Sylvie Lauzon (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rythmefm.com CFGT-AM (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 662-6888 (André Tremblay (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.kykfm.com CFIM-FM 92,7 (Gaspésie - Les Îles) Téléphone : (418) 986-5233 (Marie-Eve Dumas (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CFIX-FM/ Rock Détente 96,9 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 543-9797 (Sandra Rossignol (Directrice des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rockdetente.com CFJO-FM (Centre-du-Québec) Téléphone : (819) 752-2785 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cfjo.com CFLM-AM (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 523-4575 (André Mercier (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected]

CFLO-FM/ La Radio des Hautes-Laurentides 104,7 (Laurentides) Téléphone : (819) 623-5610 Courriel : [email protected] CFLX-FM (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 566-2787 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cflx.qc.ca CFMB-AM (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 483-2362 (Teddy Colantonio (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cfmb.ca CFMF-FM 103,1 (Côte-Nord) Téléphone : (418) 287-5147 (Cassiopée Dubois (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CFNJ-FM 99,1 (Lanaudière) Téléphone : (450) 835-3437 CFOM-FM 102,9 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 694-1029 (Josée Guimond (Directrice de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cfom1029.com CFOR-FM 99,3 (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 441-0993 Courriel : [email protected] CFQR-FM/ Q92 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 767-9250 (Ted Silver (Directeur de la programmation)) Site Internet : http://www.q92fm.com CFVD-FM 95,5 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 853-3370 (Guyslain Jean (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CFVM-AM (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 629-2025

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(Véronique Thibault (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CFXM FM/ M 105 104,9 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 372-5105 (Dominique Dion (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.m105.ca CFZZ-FM 104,1 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 346-0104 (Ghislain Plourde (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.z104.fm CHAA-FM 103,3 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 646-6800 (Maurice Giroux (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chaafm.qc.ca CHAI-FM 101,9 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (418) 698-3131 (Virginie Gilbault (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CHCR-FM 89,9 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 273-2481 (Tony Choundala (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chcr.ca CHEQ-FM 101,3 (Chaudière-Appalaches) Téléphone : (418) 387-1013 (Patrice Moore (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cheqfm.qc.ca CHEY-FM/ Rock Détente 94,7 (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 376-0947 (Claude Bolduc (Chroniqueur culturel)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rockdetente.com CHGA-FM 97,3 (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 449-3959 (Michel Riel (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected]

Site Internet : http://www.chga.qc.ca CHGO-FM/ Go FM 95,7 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 762-0741 (Daniel Pronce (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.gofm.net CHIK-FM/ Énergie 98,9 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 687-9900 (Réjean Bergeron (Directeur des nouvelles)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CHIP-FM 101,7 (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 683-3156 (Gilles Gervais (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chipfm.com CHJM-FM 99,7 (Chaudière-Appalaches) Téléphone : (418) 227-0997 (Suzanne Bougie (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CHJX-FM/ Chaine culturelle 100,9 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 696-6625 (Armand Dubois (Directeur)) Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca/saguenay-lac/ CHLC-FM 97,1 (Côte-Nord) Téléphone : (418) 589-8244 (Marc-André Hallé (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chlc.com CHLM-FM/ Première chaîne 90,7 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 762-8155 (Françis Beauvais/ Marc Simard (Journalistes)) Courriel : [email protected]

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CHLN-AM (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 374-3556 (Claude Bolduc (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chln550.com CHLT-AM 63,0 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 563-6363 (Jocelyn Prouxl (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chlt630.com CHNC-AM (Gaspésie - Les Îles) Téléphone : (418) 752-2215 (Linda Gagnon (Chroniqueuse culturelle)) Courriel : [email protected] CHOA-FM/ Rock Détente (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 762-0741 (Jean Gagnon (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rock-detente.com CHOC-FM 104,9 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 454-5500 (Garry Daigneault (Directeur de la programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] CHOE-FM 95,3 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 562-8181 (Carol St-Pierre (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CHOI-FM/ Radio X 98,1 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 687-9810 (Denis Gravel (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.choiradiox.com CHOM-FM 97,7 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 931-2466 (Edna Anderson) Site Internet : http://www.chom.com CHOX-FM (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 856-1310

(Gilles Gosselin (Chef de pupitre)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chox97.com

CHRC-AM 800 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 688-8080 (Jacques Tétrault (Chroniqueur, Arts et spectacles)) Site Internet : http://www.chrc.com

CHRD-FM/ Énergie 105,3 (Centre-du-Québec) Téléphone : (819) 475-1480 (Hugo Langlois (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CHRL-FM 99,5 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 275-1831 (Josée Poitras (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CHRM-FM 105,3 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 562-4141 (Carol St-Pierre (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CHVD-FM/ Émotion Rock 100,3 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 276-3333 (Louis Darackian (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CIBL-FM 101,5 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 526-2581 (Eric Provencher (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cibl.cam.org CIBM-FM/ FM 107 107,1 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 867-1071 (Daniel St-Pierre (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected]

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Site Internet : http://www.cibm107.com CIBO-FM (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 737-2222 Courriel : [email protected]

CIEL-FM 103,7 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 862-8241 (Daniel St-Pierre (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] CIEU-FM/ La Radio 94,9 (Gaspésie - Les Îles) Téléphone : (418) 364-3454 (Claude Roy (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cieufm.com CIGB-FM/ Énergie 102,3 (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 378-1023 (Sylvie Roberge (Directrice du produit)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com

CIHO-FM 96,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 457-3333 (France Bélanger/ Dave Kidd (Journalistes)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.charlevoix.net/ciho

CIHW-FM 100,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 843-3937 (Jonathan Gros-Louis (Directeur de l'information)) CIKI-FM 98,7 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 723-2323 (Martin Brassard (Directeur des nouvelles)) Site Internet : http://http;//www.ciki.fm CIME-FM 103,9 (Laurentides) Téléphone : (450) 431-2463 (Pierre Labonté (Directeur de nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected]

CIMF-FM/ Rock Détente 92,9 (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 770-2463 (Mario Aubé (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rockdetente.com

CIMI-FM 103,7 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 841-4445 (Annie Bouchard/ Dominic Tessier (Directeur de l'information))

CIMO-FM/ Énergie 106,1 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 347-1414 (Fanny Poisson (Journaliste)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CINF-AM/ Info 690 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 849-1690 (Robert-Charles Longpré (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.info690.com

CINQ-FM/ Radio centre-ville (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 495-2597 (Sophie Rouleau (Responsable francophone)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radiocentreville.com CINW-AM/ 940 News (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 849-0940 (Yvon Vadnais (Directeur de la programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.940news.com CION-FM 90,9 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 659-9090 (Denis Veilleux (Directeur Général)) CIPC-FM 99,1 (Côte-Nord) Téléphone : (418) 766-6868 (André Normandeau

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(Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CIRA-FM/ Radio Ville-Marie 91,3 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 382-3913 (Thérèse Miron (Directrice des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radiovm.com CITE-FM/ CITÉ Rock Détente 102,7 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 566-6655 (Jocelyn Prouxl (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rockdetente.com CITE-FM/ CITÉ Rock Détente 107,3 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 845-2483 (Marie-Josée Tardif (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.rock-detente.com

CITF-FM/ Rock Détente 107,5 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 527-3232 (Marc Tanguay (Directeur de programmation)) CJAB-FM/ Énergie 94,5 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 545-9540 (Jean-François Côté (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CJAD-AM/ Montreal's News Talk Leader (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 989-2523 (Derek Conlon (Directeur des nouvelles)) Site Internet : http://www.cjad.com CJAN-FM 99,3 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 879-5439

(Joël Côté (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.fm993.ca CJDM-FM 92,1 (Centre-du-Québec) Téléphone : (819) 474-1892 (Claude Boucher (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cjdm.fm CJBR-FM/ Première chaîne 89,1 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 723-1600 (Claude Ross/ Jean-François Roy/ Claude Morin (Journalistes)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radio-canada.ca/rimouski ÀCJFM-FM/ Mix 96 95,9 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 989-2536 (John Moore (Entertainment)) Site Internet : http://www.themix.com

CJGO-FM/ Radio Fusion 104,9 (Laurentides) Téléphone : (450) 562-8862 (Michel Laprise (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.radionord.com CJIT-FM 106,7 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 583-0663 (Mathieu Beaumont (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CJLM-FM/ M103,5 (Lanaudière) Téléphone : (450) 756-1035 (Jacques Plante (Coordonnateur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.m1035fm.com CJMC-FM 100,3 (Gaspésie - Les Îles) Téléphone : (418) 763-5522

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(Stéphane Cyr (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] CJMD-AM (Nord-du-Québec) Téléphone : (418) 275-1831 (Josée Poitras (Directrice des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] CJMF-FM 93,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 687-9330 (Louis Lacroix (Chef de Pupitre)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cjmf.com CJMM-FM/ Énergie 99,1 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 797-2566 (Liz Ferland (Chroniqueuse Arts et spectacles)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CJMS-AM (Montérégie) Téléphone : (514) 990-2567 Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cjms.ca

CJMV-FM/ Énergie 102,7 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 825-2568 (Félix Séguin (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://radioenergie.com CJOI-FM 102,9 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 723-2323 (Isabelle Lévesque (Journaliste)) CJPX-FM/ Radio classique (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 871-0995 CJRC-AM (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 561-8801 (Louis-Philippe Brûlé (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cjrc1150.com

CJRG-FM/ Radio Gaspésie 94,5 (Gaspésie - Les Îles) Téléphone : (418) 368-3511 (Geneviève Gélinas (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CJSO-FM 101,7 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 743-2772 (Marie-Lyne Cournoyer (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cjso.qc.ca CKAC-AM/ CKAC 730 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 845-5151 (Jules Bordeleau (Chef de pupitre)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckac.com CKAJ-FM 92,5 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 546-2525 (André Deschesnes (Directeur de production)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckaj.org CKCN-FM 94,1 (Côte-Nord) Téléphone : (418) 962-3838 (Kathleen Brière (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CKGM-AM/ The Team 990 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 931-4487 (Ron Francis (Directeur des nouvelles)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.team990.com CKIA-FM 88,3 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 529-9026 (Francine Doucet (Directeur de programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.meduse.org/ckiafm CKLD-FM 105,5 (Chaudière-Appalaches) Téléphone : (418) 335-7533 (Patrice Croteau (Directeur de la programmation)) CKMF-FM/ ÉNERGIE 94,3 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 529-3229 (Pierre Lebeuf

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(Journaliste)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CKMN-FM/ La Radio Rétro 96,5 (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Téléphone : (418) 722-2566 Courriel : [email protected] CKNU-FM/ Cool 100,9 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 285-5554 (Marie-Claude Bourque (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.cool100-9.com CKOD-FM 103,1 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 373-0130 (Isabelle Lévesque (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckod.qc.ca CKOI 96,9 FM (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 766-2311 (Nathalie Richard) Site Internet : http://www.ckoi.com CKOO-FM/ Cool 98,5 (Montréal) Téléphone : (514) 767-2435 (Jean-Philippe Tremblay (Directeur de la programmation)) Site Internet : http://www.coolfm.ca CKRB-FM 103,3 (Chaudière-Appalaches) Téléphone : (418) 228-1460 (Suzanne Bougie (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] CKRK-FM 103,7 (Montérégie) Téléphone : (450) 638-1313 (David Lahache (Newscaster)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.k0103.com CKRL-FM/ La Radio des découvertes 89,1 (Capitale-Nationale) Téléphone : (418) 640-2575 (Bastien Gagnon-Lafrance

(Directeur de programmation)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckrl.qc.ca CKRS-AM (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 545-2577 (Jean-François Côté (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckrs.ca CKSM-AM (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 539-4899 (Francis Dubé (animateur)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.chln500.com CKTF-FM/ Énergie 104,1 (Outaouais) Téléphone : (819) 243-5555 (Louis-Philippe Brûlé (Coordonnateur de l'information)) Site Internet : http://www.radioenergie.com CKVM-AM (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) Téléphone : (819) 629-2710 (Jean-Marc Houle (Journaliste)) Courriel : [email protected]

CKYK-FM 95,7 (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) Téléphone : (418) 662-6888 (André Tremblay (Directeur de l'information)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.kykfm.com CKYQ-FM 95,7 (Centre-du-Québec) Téléphone : (819) 362-3737 (Hugues Laroche (Jounaliste)) Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : http://www.ckyqfm.com RADIO-CANADA 96,5 (Mauricie) Téléphone : (819) 380-0023 (Claude Bernatchez (Animateur Journaliste)) RADIO-CANADA ESTRIE 101,1 (Estrie) Téléphone : (819) 620-0000

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