MusicNL
186 Duckworth Street A1C1G5 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada

Its that time of year again! Family, friends, and festivities all centered around food and music. A time of year usually filled with gatherings at our favourite annual events is looking a little different this year for musicians and fans. Venues are forced to drastically limit capacity compared to the number of people usually in attendance. For some of our musicians, up to 60% of winter sales come from merch tables at holiday live events. Let us keep hardship for our artists ...at bay and keep our homes rockin’ with local talent. MusicNL is putting together their first Holiday Merch Market, taking place November 28, to give music fans a safe place they can buy direct from their favourite musicians. View all details here: http://ow.ly/PA2N50C70KX Want to take part? Contact Anthony at [email protected]

You are invited to participate in a survey which lays out MusicNL’s first steps in their diversity and inclusion audit, focused on LGBTQ+. Ensuring expertise and anonymity, MusicNL has partnered with an independent company, DiversityNL to design, receive and interpret findings. This short survey takes approximately 5-7 minutes to complete: http://ow.ly/71i950Cqw05

Tonight on NTV News catch 'Your Community’ segment with Amanda Mews highlighting our upcoming Holiday Merch Market event: https://fb.me/e/3KDSClez0 Don't miss out on this one day only Holiday Merch Market, perfect for holiday shopping. This Saturday November 28th from 10am - 6pm at the CLB Armoury - 82 Harvey Rd. Come find a unique merch market filled with a wide variety of vendors. There will be posters, prints, hats, t-shirts, records, CD's and much more! Something for... everyone! Sponsored by #SkillsPass (Bluedrop Learning Networks) Vendors include: Ana & Eric, Clare Follett, Blue Island Records, From Stage to Stage, Hip-Hop ShopNL, Ian Foster & Nancy Hynes, Kellie Loder, Kielley Koyote, Maria Cherwick, Matthew Byrne, Michael Fisher, Paige Penny, Quote the Raven, Rachel Cousins, Rev. Dave and the Sin Eaters, Rosemary Lawton, Rozalind MacPhail, Sherman Downey, SingSong Inc., The Celtic Fiddlers, The Jibfest, Weekender, Wade Tarling, WinterheartH, Xander Duffy, Your Ouroboros

Some ‘Sugar’ to sweeten your day. Goodbye Apollo have released a new single and video. Available now on all streaming platforms! Listen here: http://ow.ly/2oNR50CqfRI

Tune in as Cartermusic & Quote The Raven dive into creative entrepreneurship, mental health, and much more! Quote the Raven drop by the Creatives Talk Shop Studio (@creativestalkshoppodcast) for a chat and to perform their single Hope off their upcoming album Can’t Hold The Light. Stream it here: http://ow.ly/aVmS50Cq951

LIVE November 27 at the Peter Easton Greta Warner , Maude Blanchet and Valmy. https://fb.me/e/xOYEttZP

Nominations Open for the MusicNL Awards & Showcases 2020-21. Apply Today: www.musicnl.ca/opportunity/musicnlawards2020/

Check out the recent livestream performance with Eastern Owl and Eastern Eagle.

Weekend AM with Heather Barrett chats with Rhonda Tulk-Lane and Tendai Marazanye discussing making the local music scene more diverse.

MusicNL open mic night tonight with host Mike Fisher!

First Up with RBCxMusic applications are open for Round 2, and if you have any emerging musicians who you think would benefit applying, I’d love if you could share this info. First Up with RBCxMusic is a series of 10-minute artist performances that will take place via Instagram over 3 weeks starting November 27. Selected participants will be paid a $1,000 CAD reward for their performance in light of the lack of live performance opportunities in today’s climate. In order to be... eligible, artists need to be between the ages of 18-35, devote at least 24 hours per week to their art and rely on performing and their music as a source of income. If you know of any interested artists in our community, let them know they can apply now: www.rbcxmusicfirstup.ca http://ow.ly/Nyj850Cq6j8

Super pumped for Innovation Week NATI - NL Association of Technology and Innovation as MusicNL shares one members reflection on how technology has impacted the music world. SNEAK PEEK: Can’t Stop The Music: MusicNL NATI Partner Event... Technology innovation is the driving force behind the music industry. From the 60’s development of the Neve 8028 analog recording system, which put Sound City Studio on the map, to modern era metadata tracking that assists artists in keeping control over their intellectual property. Join Carter Snow (Cartermusic / The Jibfest Weekender / Creatives Talk Shop) and MusicNL’s Anthony Carew (Still Heavy Productions / Artist Manager) as they discuss how adapting new technological trends allow creatives to safeguard their career against economic uncertainty. Collaborating, recording, and performance are at the core of a musical career, each of which has become significantly harder this year. Learn from a couple of active industry professionals’ solution driven conversation, where they look at what tech based strategies are working in light of COVID-19. https://vocm.com/2020/10/16/nati-initiatives/

East Coast Music Association (ECMA) Industry and Music Award Submissions are Open! Find all the info here: http://ow.ly/VhHs50BTS4m

Long’s Hill: I live(d) Here. is a neighbourhood walking tour by Louise Moyes Docudance, told through those who live and have lived in the Long’s Hill area, in historic downtown St. John’s Newfoundland. In 2016, crisis struck. The Neighbourhood was divided as to what to do. Through dance, photographs, interviews and stories, Long’s Hill Walk reveals our hopes and fears, homes and businesses, our public spaces - and where they intersect. This work brings us face-to-face with the issues that shape a community and how dance, and the act of walking, can express the resilient nature of its people. The performance features neighbourhood artists, Inuk throat singer and drummer Sophie Angnatok and Caribbean-Canadian singer/ songwriter Winnie Churchill. Watch now here: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/27704

MusicNL launches diversity and inclusion audit. You are invited to participate in a survey which lays out MusicNL’s first steps in their diversity and inclusion audit, focused on LGBTQ+. Ensuring expertise and anonymity, MusicNL has partnered with an independent company, DiversityNL to design, receive and interpret findings. This short survey takes approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. Take the survey here: http://ow.ly/qUfw50Cpr15

It's Friday Which means another round of #ROCKTOBER Starting at 8pm and no cover! Check out and support great local talent at O'Reilly's on George Street, Loose Tie, Bridie Molloy's Irish Pub, Yellowbelly Brewery, Trinity Pub, The Rob Roy & Konfusion, Karaoke Kops, The Rockhouse and more! View full line up for this week here: http://ow.ly/yRXc50BTOuU

Sonny's Dream - https://open.spotify.com/track/3VfNVnnJq6LdxquGTnGayY

Check out all the events happening here: http://ow.ly/AFUf50BUCHd Keep in mind if you are a MusicNL Member you can upload your own event through your member page!

Looking to showcase your merch? We are putting together a list of potential artists that are interested in taking part in a Holiday Merchandise Fair that would take place in November 2020. If interested get in contact with us. Find all the info here: https://musicnl.ca//expression-of-interest-eoi-holiday-me/

Meg Warren's video for Bomb has arrived! It's the first single off her upcoming debut solo EP ‘A Thousand Ways’ out next month! The video for BOMB - directed, filmed, and edited by WILD BLACK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhuYUU71jZo&feature=youtu.be

To help kick off the release of country music artist, Justin Fancy’s debut, full-length album, Sure Beats a Good Time, Saltwater Noise brings you the Sure Beats a Good Time CD Release event streaming live from the GlenDenning Golf Course in St. John’s, NL, with special guest, Chris Ryan. Find all info here: https://musicnl.ca//justin-fancy-live-stream-album-releas/

Today is the release day of Rube & Rake's sophomore album! Take a listen to "Leaving With Nothing".