Artist Call: Aboriginal Music Week 2013

Aboriginal Music Week is one of the largest gatherings and celebrations of Indigenous music and musicians. In 2013 they're moving up the annual event from early November (brr!) to late August (yay!). Applications are now open - send yours in now!

It will be the fifth annual Aboriginal Music Week in 2013 and the festival will span August 16-21, taking place on outdoor stages and nightclubs in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The fest is currently accepting applications from Indigenous artists for performance spots.

From Call for Submissions: Aboriginal Music Week 2013

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 • Be willing to collaborate with other artists on stage during the festival • Be willing to provide at least one song for the free download page on the festival website • Accept the festival's radius clause for the city of Winnipeg (six months before the festival and three months after the festival) • Have the ability to book your own flights (the festival may be able to pay a flight buyout, but we won't be handling any of the bookings) • Be a nice person

NOTE: The radius clause does not apply to artists or bands that live in Winnipeg

Please submit the following in person or by mail: • One-page biography in Microsoft Word format (.doc) on CD • A stage plot and tech rider for the performance that you would like us to book (complete our template and send us a list of the backline models you need if you don't already have a stage plot and tech rider) • 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) • Contact information for your booking agent or the band member that handles booking (full name, mailing address, phone number, email, website)

Please send submissions to: Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc. C/O AMW2013 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.

The submission deadline is Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (in office – not post marked). For more info visit aboriginalmusicweek.ca.

See you at the festival!

Artist Call: Documentary Series Seeking Music Submissions

Attention musicians! The upcoming documentary series Watchers of the North is looking for music submissions for possible use in the APTN television series.

Watchers of the North is a 6-part documentary series that will be broadcast on APTN in 2013. In both English and Inuktitut, the series is about the Canadian Rangers in two communities who patrol areas Canadian Forces can't easily access while being first responders in their communities in search and rescue and emergency situations. It focuses on close to a dozen Inuit Rangers in two communities and how their way of life is changing on and off the job.

We can't wait to see it!

And your music could be a part of it! Here's more info from the producers:

• We’d love to feature Inuit musicians, whether they weave traditional sounds like throat singing into their modern music, or are creating unique sounds of their own.
• We’re also looking for a wide variety of musicians and musical styles by Indigenous artists – First Nations, Metis, Aboriginal especially instrumental, but lyrics may work, too because episodes and scenes focus on a wide variety of people and different moods- some sequences are more thoughtful, others more action-packed.
• At this point, we’d like to receive submissions as emailed links to EPKs and streaming audio.
• What we can offer to musicians in return for their musical involvement in the series is exposure for their music: profiles of them on our blog (www.watchersofthenorthblog.com) and website (to be launched in 2013 with the series), Facebook page, twitter etc., as well as credits on our TV credit roll and on the website.
• We’re also seeking a particularly versatile aboriginal musician or composer who has experience (ideally) creating music for film ,TV or theatre, to compose a few original short instrumental pieces that we will use regularly throughout the series. This would involve remuneration for that work.

To be considered, send your streaming audio links to Maureen Marovitch maureen@picturethis.ca.