OPEN MIC/JAM at MAGNUMS WITH ZADDY

2014 is back in full gear and so is the Magnum's Open Mic / Jam Night! Come check out the newest addition to live music in Brampton every Wed.!

Magnum's Bar & Eatery
21 McMurchy Ave. N.
Brampton, ON
(McMurchy north of Queen)
Tel. 905-459-8983
www.magnums.ca

Signup: 845pm at Magnum's
Start time: 930pm
19+, NO COVER

In the past while, I have heard from countless people in Brampton looking for jam nights and open mics, and the good people at Magnum's have given us a great venue to do just that! This is an event for performers of all skill levels; everyone is welcome!

ALL TYPES OF PERFORMERS WELCOME: musicians, spoken word artists, comedians, COME ONE COME ALL!

We are happy to provide the following gear for players to use:

Righty: acoustic guitar, bass
Guitar & Bass Amp
Drum kit
PA System

You are also welcome to bring your own gear. We only ask that drummers use the kit provided (breakables are fine).

I always start the night with a few songs. Looking for someone to accompany you? I am more than happy to. I also provide a song list of every tune I know.

Looking forward to jamming and seeing you all perform. Bring a friend! Cheers!

BAC member Matt Zaddy
www.zaddy.ca

P.S. Any questions? Email me at zad.matt@gmail.com

Weekly Open Mic

January 15, 22, 29, 9:30 PM. Every Wed. "Weekly Open Mic / Jam" hosted by BAC member Matt "Zaddy" Zadkovich at Magnum's Bar & Eatery, 21 McMurchy Ave. N. 19+. All music lovers, musicians, comedians, spoken word artists, everyone is welcome! Drums, bass, & acoustic guitar provided. Registration at 8:45 PM, event begins at 9:30pm. Contact 905-459-8983 or zad.matt@gmail.com. NO COVER CHARGE

Originally published on January 16, 2014 at 2:05 PM
Republished on February 13, 2014 at 11:33 AM

OPEN MIC WEDNESDAYS

Every Wed. evening (except Christmas & News Years). "Weekly Open Mic / Jam Night at Magnum's" hosted by BAC member Matt "Zaddy" Zadkovich at Magnum's Bar & Eatery, 21 McMurchy Ave. N.  19+.   All music lovers, musicians, comedians, spoken word artists, everyone is welcome!  Drums, bass, & acoustic guitar provided.  Registration at 8:45 PM, event begins at 9:30pm.  Call905-459-8983 for more details or email zad.matt@gmail.com. NO COVER CHARGE

More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.

More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.

Open Mic - Friday, May 24 -

After the 2 featured rounds of music there will be an open mic for all songwriters at the Cadillac Lounge. Sign up during the evening to grab your spot on the stage.

Draw Prizes -

Come out to the shows to get an opportunity to win a door prize which includes gift certificates from Long & McQuade's and more.

Bill Toffan to MC Hugh's Room Gala - May 25 -

KX947 FM's morning host Toff of Toff & Melissa (CCMA radio personalities of the year) will be the MC for the Gala show

NSAI Members to open Gala Show
A draw was held from among the NSAI members who are performing during the festival and the winners were Barbara Lynn Doran & Elora Taylor. They will each perform a song to open the Gala.

14^TH ANNUAL TIN PAN NORTH SONGWRITERS' FESTIVAL MAY 23-25^TH, 2013

Look out Toronto! This year's festival should be the best yet!!  Tin Pan North is Ontario’s largest 3-day songwriters’ festival and is a celebration of original songwriting with intimate shows held in the GTA over three nights.  In addition to showcasing local talent, each show features some of Canada’s finest talent as well as some heavy hitters in the world of songwriting that come up from Nashville to take part in the festival. 

This year's show promises to deliver with headliners such as: 

   

            -          Michelle Wright, a Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer, with 25 Top Ten hits and more than forty major awards; 

            -            Steve Bogard, who produced nine #1 hits with artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Etta James, and Lee Greenwood; and who has produced albums for Michelle Wright, Deric Ruttan, Jerry Kilgore and Brad Cotter; 

            -           Marc Beeson, a Nashville veteran with over 100 cuts by artists such as Restless Heart, Reba McEntire, Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride; 

            -           Tim Taylor, a Juno Award winner whose songs have been cut by Canada’s top country artists, and who has won CCMA and BCCMA Song of the Year awards;

            -           Bruce Michael Miller, a producer, guitarist, songwriter’s vocalist, performer and Oscar nominee for best song in a motion picture in 2013; 

            -           James Gordon, one of Canada's most prolific songwriters, well known for his songs about social justice, heritage and environmental issues;   

            -           Suzie Vinnick, a perennial nominee and six-time winner of Canadian Maple Blues awards for her work;  and

            -           Marshall Dane, nominated in several categories at this year's CMAO awards, including Male Artist and Album of The Year. 

Other amazing headliners are:  Tim Buppert, Kate Todd, Ryan Cook, JK Gulley, Kim Beggs, Tom Barlow, and Serena Pryne.

Tickets are available now at ticket window - http://tickets.ticketwindow.ca/mobile/Event.asp?Event=1505

For complete schedule, venues and list of performers please go to:

http://www.nsaitoronto.com/TinPanNorth14/index.html

Don’t forget about Music Row North!!!!

Music Row North is a one day, intensive seminar presented by the Toronto Chapter of the NSAI that will give you the inspiration and insight to become a better songwriter. Held at Trebas Institute on May 25^th from 10am-5pm, music industry guests will include hit songwriters Steve Bogard, Marc Beeson and Bruce Michael Miller. Other panelists will include Jennifer Essiembre (Ole), Erin Kiyonaga (FACTOR), Jennifer Fox (Grant writer) and James Linderman (Berklee graduate), Deborah Wood (Publicity & Promotion), Rodney Murphy (SOCAN), and Wendell Ferguson (multiple CCMA Guitarist of the Year awards). This seminar includes song evaluations by some of our panelists.  Cost and location details can be found at:

http://www.nsaitoronto.com/TinPanNorth14/index.html

Originally published on May 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM.

Next NSAI Meeting

Jan 24 - 7:30 PM . Brampton Arts Council Building, 24A Alexander St (behind high school in parking lot area, go to the back porch door of the building)
Brampton, On

Meeting Agenda:
How to Fail in the Music Business by Steve Grossman. From a webcast in Sept 2011, Grammy Award winning industry music veteran, Steve Grossman, takes us on his musical journey and shows us the mistakes songwriters/artists make in building their music careers.
NSAI will also be doing song evaluations. Please bring a song with 10-15 copies of the lyric. Play your song live or bring a CD or cassette.

NSAI Songwriter's Night
Come join us for a fun evening of entertainment at NSAI's songwriter's night at the Moonshine Cafe. We feature 4 NSAI songwriters from 8-9 PM followed by an open mic which is open to ALL songwriters. Sign up for the Open Mic starting at 7:30 PM. Each songwriter will get to perform 2-3 songs each and once all writers have played, we'll do it again time permitting.

When: Jan 25, 7:30 PM Open Mic Signup, 8 PM Feature round, followed by Open Mic
Where: Moonshine Cafe, 137 Kerr St, Oakville, On
Who: Host: Karl Widmeyer with feature NSAI writers, Neil Morrissey & Jared Thibeau
Come out and support your local songwriters!!!

Next NSAI Songwriter's Night: Feb 16, 2012.

www.nsaitoronto.com
www.nashvillesongwriters.com
Dan McVeigh - dman-music@rogers.com
Shaun Devlin - sdevlin@rogers.com

CALL FOR PERFORMERS/CALL FOR ARTISTS

Looking for all kinds of performance artists (poets, writers, musicians, comedians, vocalists and anything else) to start an open mic? Are you interested? Contact gcropenmic@gmail.com