The “Big Little” Music Conference with Heart PRESENTED BY SEP 22–25, 2013 CHARLOTTETOWN / PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CONFERENCE GUIDE SHOWCASE PEI 2013: The Schedules 2 Performance Schedule SUN, SEP 22 (NIGHT) 8:10 PM – 8:30 PM Tim Chaisson HARMONY HOUSE 8:35 PM – 9:00 PM Dan Walsh 9:15 PM – 9:45 PM Meaghan Blanchard 9:45 PM – 10:00 PM Meaghan Blanchard & Dan Walsh MON, SEP 23 (DAY) 2:05 PM – 2:25 PM Teresa Doyle MARC’S STUDIO 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM Nudie 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM Richard Wood / Gordon Belsher 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM Catherine MacLellan MON, SEP 23 (NIGHT) 8:10 PM – 8:30 PM Colour Code THE MACK 8:45 PM – 9:05 PM The Meds 9:20 PM – 9:40 PM English Words 9:55 PM – 10:15 PM North Lakes 10:30 PM – 10:50 PM Racoon Bandit TUE, SEP 24 (DAY) 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM Drea TRAILSIDE CAFÉ 2:50 PM – 3:10 PM Jordan Cameron 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Ten Strings And A Goat Skin 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM Ashley Condon TUE, SEP 24 (NIGHT) 8:10 PM – 8:30 PM Max Keenlyside THE MACK 8:45 PM – 9:05 PM Dennis Ellsworth 9:20 PM – 9:40 PM Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys 9:55 PM – 10:15 PM Coyote 10:30 PM – 10:50 PM Death Valley Driver SHOWCASE PEI 2013: The Delegates 3 KURT BAGNELL CANMORE FOLK FESTIVAL (canmorefolkfestival.com) Since October 2012, Kurt has been the director of the Canmore Folk Music Festival, responsible for programming and overall operations. Prior to joining the festival, Kurt spent 30 years at the Banff Centre as the manager of presentations where he curated a performing arts series that included music, dance, theatre, multicultural and family presenta- tions, as well as producing numerous special events and outdoor per- formances. In addition, Kurt was responsible for all aspects of marketing, production, facility management, and artist and patron services for these events. Over the years, Kurt has worked with various artists in the areas of career development and touring as well as assisting numerous community arts organizations, festivals and arts services organizations in performance, touring, planning and operations related issues. JOEL BASKIN THE FELDMAN AGENCY (feldman-agency.com/our-agents/joel-baskin) Since founding The Pilot Agency in 2006, Joel Baskin has developed a reputation as an honest and relentlessly proactive advocate for his art- ists. His primary concern—both then and since joining SL Feldman and Associates in February 2011—is providing clients with personal attention and the tools to help them reach their goals by continuously adapting his services to meet their evolving needs. Some of the artists Joel represents include: The Beaches, Autumns Cannon, Tim Hicks, Kira Isabella, Tim Chaisson, Leah Daniels, Platinum Blonde, and Courage My Love. PHILIP BATTIATO THE AGENCY GROUP (theagencygroup.com/employee/phil-battiato/) Philip has spent the last five years in The Agency Group’s New York of- fice. Originally assisting in booking hard rock and metal acts, he’s since focused on building a roster mostly comprised of indie, alternative, and punk bands. MIKE CAMPBELL THE CARLETON (thecarleton.ca) Mike worked for MuchMusic for 18 years as host of Mike & Mike’s Excel- lent X Canada Adventures, MuchEast and Going Coastal. He’s lived in Halifax for 20 years. Since leaving MuchMusic in 2002 he has continued to remain close to the action on the East Coast. Some highlights include programming the pop/rock talent for the National Arts Centre’s Atlantic Scene festival in 2003, booking the Marquee Club (Halifax’s largest venue at the time) in 2004/5 and producing JunoFest in Halifax in 2006. Until he opened The Carleton, he was also a member of Joel Plaskett’s management team. SHOWCASE PEI 2013: The Delegates 4 YANNICK CIMON-MATTAR GET A ROOM (getaroom.ca) Getaroom.ca has been promoting shows in Québec City for the past 16 years. We work with different venues and different scene as well as with a bunch of corporate clients such as the FIS, Gestev, UCI and more. MICHAEL CLOEREN PHILADELPHIA FOLKSONG SOCIETY (pfs.org) BLUE MOUNTAIN SKI AREA & RESORT (skibluemt.com) Michael Cloeren is the Director of The Philadelphia Folk Festival—a four- day event held the third weekend in August—consisting of eight stages and 50,000 guests attending annually from the USA and Canada. Michael is also the Founder and Producer of The Pocono Blues Festival [1992–2010] which is now the Pennsylvania Blues Festival, held the last weekend in July in the beautiful the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Michael presents Women In The Blues to colleges/universities, a two- part program involving today’s best international Blues artists. It con- sists of an in-class lecture series to the students during the day plus a concert performance later that evening on campus. SHEA DAHL MRG CONCERTS (mrgconcerts.com) Shea is the Vice President of MRG Concerts, a promoter with offices in Vancouver, Toronto and London, ON. Having been involved in the music industry for 15 years now, he has been a university programmer, talent buyer, festival organizer, venue operator, and corporate director. Shea currently books tours across Western Canada, and runs the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver and Adelaide Hall in Toronto. DIMITRI DEMERS ATOMIQUE PRODUCTIONS (atomiqueproductions.com) Since 2000, Atomique Productions has been Victoria, BC’s leading in- dependent concert promoter, producing an average of 150+ concerts per year. Founded with a passion for music and a mandate to bring a diverse range of national and international talent to the city, Atomique is dedicated to providing quality live musical experiences to the Greater Victoria population. With an eye for up-and-coming talent, Atomique has produced shows for artists such as Queens of the Stone Age, Girl Talk, Feist, Modest Mouse, Leonard Cohen, Kid Rock, The Killers, Mackl- emore & Ryan Lewis, City And Color, Metric, Wilco, Tegan and Sara, and many more. SHOWCASE PEI 2013: The Delegates 5 ERIN DILLON CREATIVE CONTROL ENTERTAINMENT (creativecontrolent.com) Los Angeles native Erin Dillon has been working as a music supervisor at creative control for two-and-a-half years. She works alongside Joel C. High (Monster’s Ball, Crash) on all Tyler Perry films, among other inde- pendent film productions. Erin has taken a lead role in creative control’s Event Production division. She has helped produce events throughout North America for artists ranging from Timber Timbre to Melanie Fiona at venues as diverse as Ar- naud’s in New Orleans to The Old School Bar & Grill in Austin, Texas. A performance pianist for 15 years, Dillon’s knowledge and appreciation for music is vast and eclectic. JAMES DUFFY POCKLINGTON ARTS CENTRE (pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk) I have worked within the music industry for over ten years, working at Pocklington Arts Centre, a 200-seat theatre and 70-seat studio located in East Yorkshire, UK. The venue programmes a diverse range of artists each year, in addition to programming a two-day festival each October. Past performers include Richard Hawley, Rosanne Cash, Roger McGuinn, Josh Ritter, Billy Bragg, Kate Rusby, Tom Russell, Eddi Reader, Low Anthem, Bob Harris, Raul Malo, Beth Orton, The Unthanks, Guillemots, Fairport Convention, Hot Club of Cowtown, Willy Mason, Gretchen Pe- ters, Eric Bibb... HEATHER GARDNER VAPOR MUSIC (vapormusic.com/heroes/heather-gardner) Heather’s life-long obsession with music and its love affair with advertis- ing, television, film, video games, and new media led her to Vapor in January of 2009, and she has been going full steam ahead ever since. Over the past four-and-a-half years, Heather has worked on such proj- ects as the upcoming mini-series The Best Laid Plans (CBC), television series Seed (The CW/CityTV), Rookie Blue (ABC/Global), Less Than Kind (HBO Canada), AAA video game Shaun White Skateboarding (Ubisoft Montreal), and many feature films. In addition to long-format work, Heather is heavily involved in the world of advertising and has worked on numerous campaigns, including recent spots for Samsung, Nissan, and The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. BEN GOLDBERG BA DA BING RECORDS (badabingrecords.com) Ben Goldberg has run Ba Da Bing Records for nearly 20 years, releasing records by Beirut, Sharon Van Etten, (CanCon Alert!) Jenn Grant, Spiny Anteaters, and Hawksley Workman. He has worked in management (Breeders, tUnE-yArDs) as well as publicity (for Matador Records and Merge Records). Ben was recently project manager on the Neutral Milk Hotel boxset. SHOWCASE PEI 2013: The Delegates 6 DAVID HAYMAN SUPERSONIC CREATIVE (supersoniccreative.com) David Hayman is Creative Director and Lead Music Supervisor at Super- sonic Creative Inc. ::: Rookie Blue / Saving Hope / Less Than King / Telus Canada Exclusive / Virgin Mobile / CIBC Events / Corona / Nestea + Coca-Cola Canada / Buick / Mazda / Movember / and lead Music Super- visor on numerous studio and independent feature films. RYAN HEERSCHAP I BOOK SHOWS (ibookshows.com) Ryan Heerschap has been working as an agent for over ten years. In 2008, Ryan started up his own agency, I Book Shows. With a growing roster of roots, singer songwriters and speakers, I Book Shows now has three agents servicing the roster. In 2010, I Book Shows started doing event sponsorship for Music Festivals, and works with AEG Canada, Wakestock, Live Nation Canada, and more. DANIEL HIGBEE SECRET ROAD (secretroad.com) Daniel Higbee is the Head of Film/TV in the music licensing department of Secret Road, a boutique music services company in Los Angeles. He used to freelance for music supervisor Jennifer Pyken, assisting her with television projects Las Vegas and LOST.