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Call for Submissions - Aboriginal Music Week 2012
Posted by Alan Greyeyes
November 28, 2011
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (in office – not post marked)
Aboriginal Music Manitoba will be producing the fourth annual Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg from October 30 - November 4, 2012 and the organization is currently accepting applications from Aboriginal and Native American recording artists for performance spots.
The 2012 festival schedule will include five nights of concerts in downtown Winnipeg. Artists will receive performance fees but travel funds are limited.
To be considered for a performance spot, you must:
• Have a current or upcoming professional release (EP / full-length)
• Have at least two professional print resolution photographs
• Have a professional website
• Have a music video on YouTube or a quality video of yourself performing on YouTube
Please submit the following in person or by mail:
• One-page biography in Microsoft Word format (.doc) on CD
• Two print resolution digital photos on CD
• A performance history with dates, venues, city/community and venue capacity for the last 12 months in Microsoft Word format (.doc) on CD
• One copy of your current professional release on CD
• Your website address
• Links to your video(s) on YouTube
• Your contact information (full name, mailing address, phone number, email, website)
Please send submissions to:
Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc.
C/O AMW2012 Programming Committee
1-376 Donald Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3B 2J2
Please feel free to contact alan@ammb.ca for more information about our Call for Submissions.
Please visit www.aboriginalmusicweek.ca for more information about the festival.
Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Any and all material submitted will not be returned.
Aboriginal Music Mixtape Volume 6 now available
Posted by Alan Greyeyes
September 1, 2011
Volume 6 of Aboriginal Music Manitoba’s Aboriginal Music Mixtape features songs from D Thought, Edmund Bull, Vibez, JB the First Lady, Becky Thomas, and Out of The Blue. The songs will be available until December 1, 2011 and all you need to do to get them is sign up at the bottom of the www.ammb.ca/mix page with your name and email address.
The mixtape series is one of the ways that Aboriginal Music Manitoba introduces audiences to some of the great music coming out of the Aboriginal music community at home and abroad. A new mixtape will be released every three months with up to eight songs from Indigenous artists working in any and all genres.
Please visit www.ammb.ca/mix to access the mixtape download page.
Aboriginal Music Mixtape Volume 6
1. Land of Broken Dreams by D Thought
2. I Miss Her Very Much by Edmund Bull
3. For the Love by Vibez
4. If You Want It by JB the First Lady
5. You Are My Passion by Becky Thomas
6. May 2, 1998 by Out of the Blue
Land of Broken Dreams by D Thought
www.dthought.tk
D Thought is a Canadian/Aboriginal hip hip recording artist hailing from Iskatewizaagegan #39 First Nation. Coming from humble beginnings of recording at a local studio, D Thought has since done numerous shows, acquired his own recording equipment, and released his first music video for his homeland inspired song "Land of Broken Dreams."
I Miss Her Very Much by Edmund Bull
www.turtleislandmusic.com
Edmund is naturally talented in the art forms of traditional and contemporary music. He began to sing pow wow as a young lad with his father. He also sang in a school and church choir on the Little Pine First Nation back in the early sixty's when he was ten years old. Edmund started playing guitar when he was fourteen years old and learned to play the chords by ear. Through consistent practice and perseverance Edmund became very interested in the music world. He started his own musical band called the "Native Tones" when he was twenty one. As they traveled in central Saskatchewan playing gigs in community halls for weddings, graduations and social events, his band became popular with the local communities' in which they played.
For the Love by Vibez
www.vibezmusic.com
Kyle Braden Pashe (born December 7th 1985), is an Aboriginal Rapper and Record Producer from Dakota Tipi First Nation. Combining Genres like R&B, Pop and Rock into Hip Hop beats with Smooth Hooks and hard hitting lyrics, The name "VIBEZ" fits perfectly with the music that he creates.
If You Want It by JB the First Lady
www.jbthefirstlady.com
Jb the first Lady is a Vancouver based female hip hop artist, beat-boxer, performing artist, aboriginal youth educator, single mother, award-winning actor, and member of the Nuxalk and Cayauga Nations who is "using [her] words to go upwards/not backwards."
You Are My Passion by Becky Thomas
www.beckythomas.com
Becky Thomas, a storyteller and Gospel recording artist, has been spinning yarn and song since she was knee high to a grasshopper. Drawing from a mixed heritage, her music is a blending of country, rock, folk and First Nations sounds. Still singing the Gospel songs that rocked her soul as a child, she is also a prolific songwriter and was recently signed with Turtle Island Music.
May 2, 1998 by Out of the Blue
www.myspace.com/outoftheblueband2
Started in early 1993 and in 1994 recorded a single called "Lost In Your Eyes" which was a hit on Missinnippi Broadcasting Radio in Saskatchewan, Canada. They were nominated for "Non-Touring Band Of The Year" at the "Saskatchewan Country Music Awards" in 1995. Were a favourite band coming out of northern Sask. and played consistently during their tenure opening up for the likes of Charlie Major, Rick Tippi, Shaver, Trooper and Nazareth. The band pursued other musical interests in 1996 and in the memory of their late manager "Mama Bear", they re-united in early 2008.
Now Taking Submissions for the Canadian Aboriginal Music Directory
Posted by Alan Greyeyes
August 2, 2011
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 9, 2011
Aboriginal Music Manitoba is producing a promotional directory with contact information and profiles for Aboriginal recording artists from across Canada. The directory will feature multiple genres (everything from pow wow to electronica) and all listings will be free (all material MUST be sent in one email message).
The Aboriginal Music Directory will be distributed online to managers, labels, agents, festivals, radio programmers, publicists, music journalists, as well as many others who can help your career.
To be considered for the guidebook, you must:
• Be of First Nation, Inuit, or Métis ancestry
• Live in Canada
• Have a current or upcoming professional release (demo / EP / full-length)
• Have professional promotional material (photos, bio, website or MySpace)
Submit the following in ONE email message to alan@ammb.ca:
• “Aboriginal Music Directory” in the subject line
• A 100-word biography or profile for yourself or the band (this will be printed in the directory and MUST BE 100 WORDS LONG)
• Please identify your genre in two words or less (eg. country/rock, blues, hip hop)
• Two high-resolution digital promotional photos
• Contact information for bookings: contact name, phone, email, and one website
• A high-resolution scan of the album cover for your current of upcoming professional release (demo / EP / full-length)
• One link to your music video or live performance video on Youtube/Vimeo.
Submissions will be rejected if incomplete.
Aboriginal Music Manitoba is a non-profit organization that presents, promotes, and nurtures Aboriginal music and culture in order to build audiences at the community level and beyond. The organization’s flagship is the Aboriginal Music Week festival.
For more info, please contact:
Alan Greyeyes, Chairperson
Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc.
alan@ammb.ca
www.ammb.ca