canadian music cafe

Last Minute Reminder: Canadian Music Cafe 2009

Celebrating its fifth year this September 15th 17th, the Canadian Music Caf矩s the place where film and music meet, providing a platform for Canadian artists to showcase their talent. The annual event takes place at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Toronto International Film Festival and features 15 artists over three days performing for music supervisors/executives, producers, directors and media from around the world. The Canadian Music Caf矰resents all genres of music to the decision-makers of the international film community.

Previous performers include Martha Wainwright, Thunderheist, City and Colour, Jarvis Church, Molly Johnson, Matt Dusk, The Trews, Keisha Chante, Buck 65, Chantal Kreviazuk, Ron Sexsmith, Jully Black and Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies & The Vanity Project), among others. In the past four years, the Canadian Music Caf矨as created a stage for 60 musical acts.

This year矨s submission process, exclusively through Sonicbids, opens Friday, June 12th at 12:00 noon ET and closes Friday, June 26th at 5:00 p.m. ET. Artists and bands interested in performing at this year矨s event, please visit www.sonicbids.com/canadianmusiccafe for information.

The deadline for applicants is tomorrow.矨 Get all the info here.

Canadian Music Cafe: Part Deux

Continued from previous post.

Thursday lineup… I was looking for something really interesting. Something that might help me overcome my hangover.

Enter Plaster. They were booked to DJ in-between sets, but Magneta Lane cancelled so these boys from Montreal took the slot. A three piece born in 2001, their goal was to create live ‘electronic music using standard jazz instruments.’ Think about a cocktail that is 3 equal parts jazz, jam band and DJ.

They’ve got an interesting audio player on their website. You can choose a song, then choose which musician will play. When you have a specific musician turned off, they just look up and kind of stare at you all weird. You might have to check it out to understand what I’m saying. I feel my description abilities are lacking and I’m close to falling asleep.

Check out their myspace page. ‘Would You’ is an interesting one. I hear this as an Austin Powers montage, or something along those lines.

Plaster

Check out this event happening right now in Toronto. The Canadian Music Cafe is a series of daytime showcases at the Rivoli intended to program live music events for film people attending the Toronto International Film Festival. Supported by a slew of different organizations and repping artists/bands across all genres, its a real opportunity to showcase Canadian talent to music supervisors.

Yesterday, DJ Champion stole the show. You might have seen him at V-Fest. He’s drawing huge right now in Montreal, soon to be packing dancefloors near you. Four guitarists on stage, an amazing female vocalist, bass player and the DJ (on two laptops). He was essentially a conductor, guiding the band through huge builds and drops.

Check out the track ‘No Heaven‘ from his myspace page.

Champion