VIM
410 - 111 W Hastings Street V6B1H4 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Did you miss VIM Online! ? Or do you want to watch it again? The full show and each individual performance are now available online! - on our website: http://vimhouse.ca/videos/ - on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFa9OnWGsStmc9GVOTK4ulw ~~~~ Thank you again to Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo'kam, Venetta, jo passed, John Korsrud and KW Studios!... ~~~~ Please support local music by donating to the Vancouver Independent Music Centre: https://bit.ly/3pIjH0s ~~~~ We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada, FACTOR and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, and the city of Vancouver. See more

Join the Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society for an evening of performances and interviews with five local music talents: Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo'kam and Venetta! Hosts: John Korsrud and Jo Hirabayashi Please support local music by donating to the Vancouver Independent Music Centre: https://bit.ly/3pIjH0s ... http://vimhouse.ca/ Instagram: @vim.house Twitter: @VIMHouse Shot at and produced by KW Studios. ~~~ Thank you to the Government of Canada, FACTOR and Canada’s private radio broadcasters, and the city of Vancouver. ~~~ About the Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society: Incorporated in 2011, Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society (VIM) is planning Vancouver's first purpose-built music centre, to be built in the northeast False Creek neighbourhood. In the coming years, the society will present year-round concerts to highlight some of the great musical talents of Vancouver. ~~~ The activities of the Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xmkwym (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Slílwta (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Tonight at 7pm! Free! Please join us for an evening with 5 music talents from Vancouver: Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo'kam and Venetta - and with hosts jo passed and John Korsrud. ~~~ On Youtube: https://youtu.be/g5qqMZpxC8E and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VIMHouse... ~~~ Please support local music by donating to the Vancouver Independent Music Centre: https://bit.ly/3pIjH0s See more

VIM Online is tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm! Join us for a special evening of music, with 5 local talents: Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo'kam, and Venetta. ~~~ On Youtube: https://youtu.be/g5qqMZpxC8E and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VIMHouse... ~~~ Please support local music by donating to the Vancouver Independent Music Centre: https://bit.ly/3pIjH0s

VIM Online! Trailer #3 with Tariq Don't miss his performance and interview on December 3rd at 7pm! ~~~ More details ---> VIM online! Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo’kam Venetta ... Free RSVP ---> https://vimonline.eventbrite.ca ~~~ Tariq Tariq is a Juno nominated singer/songwriter and recording artist, also a member of the critically acclaimed Vancouver band, Brasstronaut. His latest, Telegrams, is his sixth full-length solo release. Tariq is also a nonfiction writer whose essays on song craft have appeared in Walrus Magazine. He is currently working on a memoir about growing up as a first-generation Canadian kid who dreams of playing in a rock n’ roll band. ~~~ Video: KW Studios Song: First Draft

Thank you Stir Vancouver, for this great article about VIM - Vancouver Independent Music Centre, Marina Hasselberg and the "VIM Online" show on Thursday! ~~~ Free RSVP for Thursday ---> https://vimonline.eventbrite.ca

VIM Online! Trailer #2 with Marina Hasselberg Don't miss her performance and interview on December 3rd at 7pm! ~~~ More details ---> VIM online! Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo’kam Venetta... Free RSVP ---> https://vimonline.eventbrite.ca ~~~ Marina Hasselberg Award-winning cellist Marina Hasselberg’s musical career led her from her birth country of Portugal across the world to Vancouver’s eclectic music scene. Starting as a chamber musician with a strong background in classical music, her passion quickly expanded into baroque music, experimental music, improvisation, and interdisciplinary works that cross all genre boundaries, taking her on a path to perform with various orchestras, ensembles, theatre, dance and film productions, mimes and calligraphers, noise bands, and improvised music groups. In early 2021, Marina will be releasing her debut album featuring written and improvised music for solo cello and electronics, and small ensembles featuring guest improvisers Jesse Zubot, Aram Bajakian, Kenton Loewen, Giorgio Magnanensi, and François Houle. ~~~ Video: KW Studios

VIM Online! Trailer #1 with Kimmortal Don't miss their performance and interview on December 3rd at 7pm! ~~~ More details ---> VIM online! Kimmortal, Marina Hasselberg, Tariq, Tzo’kam Venetta... Free RSVP ---> https://vimonline.eventbrite.ca ~~~ Kimmortal is a queer non-binary filipinx musician (poet, rapper, singer), visual artist and creative facilitator who is passionate about making and using art and music to empower, educate, and activate community engagement and healing. Kimmortal is a talented artist who combines hip hop, indie, electronic, and experimental into a powerful mix of raw vocals, imaginative instrumentation, and powerful storytelling. They released their most recent album X marks the Swirl in 2019 which was longlisted for a Polaris and recognized as top 19 albums of 2019 via CBC. In 2020 Kimmortal was nominated in the Hip Hop and Rap category of Breakout West Music Awards. ~~~ Video: KW Studios Song: Ice Palaces by Kimmortal

We need your feedback! Please take our survey on Accessibility and Inclusivity in Music Venues (estimated time: less than 5 min).

The VIM House needs your feedback! Please take our survey on accessibility and inclusivity in music venues. Since its creation in 2011, the VIM House has supported a series of studies to determine the feasibility for a new state-of-the-art venue that suits the needs of audiences and the greater music community. It is now conducting an Accessibility and Inclusivity Study, in order to support and ensure that the music centre will be providing a welcoming, safe and supportive... environment for all. What does accessibility mean socially, culturally, physically and financially in a music presentation centre? What opportunities does a purpose-built music presentation centre present? What advantages, limitations, and potential barriers will the staff and the community need to address? To this end, we have designed a survey to help us get feedback and insights from our community. Please take it! You’ll find the survey: --> Here: https://forms.gle/g4oE1tt3JEdZiobp6 --> And here for Screen Readers: https://forms.gle/V8jMPTPhbbgdoGd6A

Join us on Wednesday! This free public conversation will discuss approaches to make venues as open and responsive to broad community needs as possible.

Huge congrats to Carmen Papalia for being long listed for this amazing prize. Carmen is not only an accomplished artist, but is also leading the strategic development of accessibility and inclusivity for music presentation venues, which will have a direct influence on the future VIM venue.

Good news and support for the Vancouver music scene.

Through the support of City of Vancouver - Cultural Services and the funds raised through our tech gak rummage sale, our next step is a comprehensive accessibility study. VIM House will be a place for everyone, and accessible for all audience, performers and tech staff. Accessibility to live music has a long way to go, but there are a lot of people doing great work to make it better.

Thanks to everyone who attended our Conversation Series events. Your participation and feedback are incredibly valuable, and the enthusiasm for an independent music venue is inspirational. We commissioned 3 writers to attend the conversation events and then write an article to capture what the event was about. We're very happy to share the first 2 of these. Nou Dadoun writes about the conversation centred on our Acoustic Design Study, and Deirdre Morgan covered our events wit...h representatives from Splendor. http://vimhouse.ca/reports/ See more

We're looking to hear from as many voices as possible on Tuesday as we take the next steps towards realizing an independent music venue. Free and accessible, come hear a brief recap of the work VIM has done to date, then be part of the discussion about where we go from here!

On Sept 18 we'll be gathering at Creekside Community Centre, looking out over the site of the future music venue, to discuss, listen and gather feedback to help shape VIM's vision for an independent music venue. Join us and add your voice to the chorus! We're looking for music makers and creators from every possible genre to be part of this conversation. Tickets are free, and the venue is fully accessible. Thanks to Creative BC for supporting our Conversation Series!

The Making of Splendor (from the Splendor Amsterdam website): "The Concept - In 2010, a group of enterprising musicians, composers and artists had a plan: invest in a place where everything is possible, where experimentation knows no bounds and where artists and their public connect to inspire each other. The Musicians - Splendor is run by a group of 50 exceptional musicians from every nook and cranny of the international music scene. Splendor is a second home for them and th...eir public, but also for the vast number of musicians from the Netherlands and abroad that come to rehearse or perform there. The 50 core musicians invest 1000 and play several times a year for the members. In exchange, the building is theirs 365 days a year to create, explore and producewherever their imagination takes them. The Members - The best part of the success of Splendor is that they achieve it together with their members. For just 100 a year, you can go to 50 concerts for free conceived and presented by one of the 50 Splendor musicians. These member concerts are the perfect moment to connect with the musicians: we love to chat, have a drink together and exchange ideas on how we can make Splendor even more exciting."

This video anticipates Splendor's 5th Anniversary Celebration on Uilenburgereiland, Amsterdam, September 21, 22 and 23, 2018. Special thanks to Anne La Berge and David Dramm for adding the English sub-titles for their presentation for the VIM House Conversation in Vancouver last Saturday, July 28. What an amazing hub for all kinds of music for all kinds of people of all ages, those who play, those who create and those who listen!

Many thanks to Splendor for loaning two of your 50 founding members, David Dramm, Anne La Berge and your stalwart business manager Norman van Dartel to share in detail how this inspiring and successful model for a music hub works. So good! Thanks also to Creative BC, Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs and our amazing donors for supporting this Conversation and for everyone who came to the session on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Photos by Janice Beley.