CRTC news you should know about, HILLSIDE, CMW, Episode 213 and 214

[indie at indiecan.com]

If you read Section A of the Newspaper (that's a daily print media with
news weather and sports, but that's not important now) you have learned
that the Canadian Radio(and TV) Telecom Commission or CRTC (same acrynom
but ever changing name) does not dictate to us - rather it is there to
serve our interests and do our bidding.

They are looking at reversing the decison on pay for what you eat internet
usage. That is good for humanity. They are also grappling with the SIRUS
XM Satellite Radio merger. Will these two stations merge in Canada or
operate seperate and apart? I believe a monopoly would not be good for
music artists or for fans. Competition rocks. Under DISCUSSIONS at
IndieCan Radio's facebook you can see the letter I sent them in support of
thei two entities working seperate and appart.

You can comment too. If you feel strongly about music in Canada I urge to
read up on what's at stake and have your say:

http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-6.htm

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ under gPublic Proceedingsh then by selecting
gInterventions/
Comments Formsh or, by selecting the link below the description of each
application
within the Notice of hearing also located on the CRTCfs web site under
gPublic
Proceedingsh; or

œ by fax to the Secretary General 819-994-0218; or
œ by mail at
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2.

This weekend is HILLSIDE - the winter edition in GUELPH Feb 4 and 5
http://www.hillsidefestival.ca/#/home

INDIECAN RADIO (two shows for the price of none)

Episode 213
http://www.indiecan.com/213IndieCanRadio.m3u
Episode 213 features Maple Blues Award Winners Monkey Junk and Julilan
Fauth + we revisit IndieWeek 2010 with Guerrilla Remote recording co,
WAZU, Lstadt, Atlantis Blueprint, She King, These Electric Lives, More
IndieCan friends like, Broken Social Scene, The Painted Birds, The Free
Press, Loud Love, Void�s Anatomy, The John Henrys, Hunter
Valentine, and brand new stuff from The Long Lots, Adverteyes, Theset, and
Gloryhound who we�ll talk to as part of an East-Coast Horseshoe
Tavern party with The Stanfileds and Carmen Townsend on Episode 215

Episode 214
http://www.indiecan.com/213IndieCanRadio.m3u
Sleepless Nights, Charlotte Collegelight, Geoff Berner, Homebrew, October
Sky, The Stanfields, another new one from Juno nominee, Neil Young, The
Rescue, Olympic Symposium Simon Fagen, Lay Low, Postdata and Twilight
Hotel

Check out pics and commentary from the Maple Blues Awards
http://www.indiecan.com/reviews.htm#mba2011

More IndieCan Radio
http://www.indiecan.com/podcast.htm

Canaian Music Week is coming.  The Parlatone's are coming back to Canada. 
Big Sugar is back, so turn the light's down, baby, turn the lights down
baby, turn the lights down.  XM is hosting the Indie's again.  It's all so
much :-)  Mellisa Ethride, Sammy Haggar and more
http://www.cmw.net/

Have a great weekend!

Joe C