Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Who : Everything All The Time from Toronto.
What : It seems as if this bands profile is getting bigger all the time. They rocked the EYE/Musebox showcase last night at the Gladstone hotel to a room full of Canada’s music industry. Also, when you toss their band name into google, their myspace page comes up […]
Quick post again here, as I’m up to my eyes in Canadian Music Week and SXSW planning and executing. While on break, I checked a couple trusted sites and found these two little pieces of awesome. First off, a Daft Keyboard. Pretty cool, I had a crazy beat going here in the office with ‘I’, […]
I wish I had more time to work on this post, but here’s a rough idea of what I like this week. Note that CMW now calls the festival portion CMF, details of all the showcases here. Before I get to the CMF picks though, also note that Charles Spearin is putting on his Happiness […]
When I compare work in my current industry to when I used to work in the investment business, I always seem to come back to a really important point. A big part about working in music has to do with being creative; inventing new models, following through on creative ideas. I never fully realized this […]
Who : O+S from Birmingham, Alabama.
What : The O stands for Orenda Fink (from Azure Ray, Art In Manila ), the S stands for Scalpelist (aka Cedric LeMoyne of Remy Zero ). The two long-time friends have collaborated to create some pretty haunting, ethereal songs on their debut (out March 24th on Saddle Creek ). […]