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’.

Hey Everyone,

So we have had some questions and feedback regarding our new TIMA music blog. We’ve tried to summarize the feedback and put together a response in our FAQ just for you! Check it out!

As you can see, we try to maintain variety within the content of the blog. We mix up the indie music content with cool things we find on the internet, major label news, non-Canadian content, stuff that our staff likes to write about and content that we think you will enjoy reading. We do this in hopes to attract new people to our website and also because we get a ton of cool news in our inbox and we want to write about it! Our mandate via the awards platform is to promote independent music. However, our mandate is also to help independent artists stay in touch with the music industry and to attain whatever level of success that they feel they want to achieve, not limited to but including: major label success, personal growth, DIY ethos or otherwise! Remember that coin phrase “What is indie?”  Well? What is indie? The line between what is considered mainstream and indie can truly become blurred. Although we have very clear eligibility requirements for what we think is indie as it pertains to our award ceremony, we are going to let you define it yourself with our blog. So enjoy the content you like and comment on the stuff you don’t! We want to hear you! That’s what the “comment” button is for! Stir up a discussion and lets talk about it! Be Bold Canada!

Do you have even more questions about our award ceremony or blog? Check out our “FAQs” in the “About” section!