TIMA affiliates and sponsors, The Big Schmooze and Ellen Drake, have an upcoming industry event. Go check it out!

http://www.bigschmooze.ca
Date: Thurs. May 28th, 2009
Time: 7pm doors open, 7:30 Schmooze begins
Where: 935 Bloor St. West, Long & McQuade Music Store (upstairs in big seminar room)
How Much? $10.00 or Free with Schmooze Membership
Why? Schmooze your face off, have a blast, learn about the music industry!

Indie Success Stories (and cautionary tales):

We’ll explore the triumphs, trials and tribulations and incremental steps crucial to carving out a route to fullfilling your definition of making it in the music industry.
• Who are the artists makiing solid inroads by getting their music into the right hands, selling out shows whille touring or winning top honours in songwriting?
• Who’s getting corporate sponsorship and how did they swing the deal?
• What does an artisit do when they’ve been dropped by a major label and suddenly find themselves independent again?

WIN A PRIORITY NXNE PASS:
We’re giving away 2 Priority Passes worth $150.00 each to the North By North East Conference. It’s a three day feast of one of the best places to get music Idustry info and schmoozing with reps. Fill out a ballot to win.

**The first 20 people who show up at the Schmooze will receive an extra ballot for a chance to win this covetted prize!!

ANNNDD… A
FREE Screening of What Is Indie?…

We`ll be screening the award winning movie What Is INDIE? at the Schmooze. At a time when independent artists in the music industry have more power and control over their careers than ever before, “What is INDIE?” tries to determine just what it really means to be ‘indie’.