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IndieCan Radio is now found on XM Satellite
One
of Canada's premiere new music programs will now be heard
on XM
Satellite's, The Verge XM52. Every week IndieCan Radio's
guerrilla music team will hit the streets, clubs, festivals
and studios of Canadian indie hot beds coast-to-coast to
bring you Canada's new music and the stories behind it from
artists and industry insiders.
"The
program takes a brilliant honest look at the new music industry"
says Jeff Leake Program Director, The Verge. "IndieCan
Radio will help
promote even more Canadian artists to a growing North American
audience".
"At
IndieCan we are stoked everytime we can help bring these
great Canadian artists to the larger stages that they are
so deserving of. says Joe Chsiholm, I ndieCan founder. Partnering
with XM is one more way we can help artists in our own small
way to enjoy the success they drean of. We are looking forward
to hear what The Verge listeners have to say about the show."
Catch
IndieCan Radio Mondays a 3pm EST. and Saturdays at 7pm EST.
on XM
Satellite's The
Verge XM52.
Media inquiries
Joe
Chisholm 416-239-8737
info@indiecan.com
Jeff
Leake 416-619-4314
leake@xmradio.ca
Indie Can Music is the online community where Indie Fans,
Indie Bands and Industry Insiders meet. Our mission is to
be the first place on the net anyone Indie minded comes
to for Canadian Indie content and entertainment.
We
aim to bringing you the best music you never heard - The
music that will be some of your favorties tomorrow. Indie
Can aims provides a wealth of quality Canadian Pop Rock
and Alt Rock ranging from Folk to Punk. This site is here
for the fans first. You decide what gets played, what gets
sold and who you want to see articles and interviews on.
Tell us what you want; ask your friends to do the same.
The future look and feel of IndieCan.com will be forged
by your input.
If
you're new to IndieCan Music, we welcome you. We are the
new means for musical artists and fans relating to each
other. IndieCan isn't a "middleman (sorry, I mean middleperson)"
rather it's a community where fans and bands meet. Content
in the show develops from word-of-mouth and networking;
fans tell us what their digging, bands tell us about other
artists they are listening to and so on. Artists never pay
to be heard or compete in any way to be featured on IndieCan.
All we ask is that you are exceptional in some way.
We
have a pod cast page and a radio page which are identical
- it's just semantics to accommodate that we are one half
geeks and one half ludites here. On either page you have
access to over 80 one hour shows.
HOW
TO LISTEN TO INDIECAN RADIO.
Each show has these choices:
THE TORONTO INDIE SCENE#56 - stream
THE TORONTO INDIE SCENE#56 - download (right click and save
link)
If
you click on the top one, your computer will likely ask
what program you want to play the show with and then you
will stream it from our server.
If
you right-click the second choice and "save as"
you will be asked where you want to download the show to
and you can put it in "my music" make your own
"indiecan" folder, put it on your desk top or
directly onto your MP3 Player if it's attached to your computer.
People
who love the show that think and prefer CD-sound, will burn
each show, or some shows onto a disc and listen on their
stereo or car. Hey, that way, you can collect the whole
set!
HELP!
We need you – if you have or love an Indie E-zine,
a pod cast, a web site devoted to Canadian indie music,
tell us about it. We want to link to other internet locations
that share common principals and goals. If you go to shows
and want to report on them, let us know. If you have ideas
or opinions to share, Indie Can is the place for you to
express yourself.
WHO
IS INDIECAN?
The
founding partners of IndieCan Music are Andre Skinner and
Joe Chisholm, both with years of music biz experience as
musicians, producers, songwriters etc.
CHECK OUT THIER BIOS BELOW.
Joe
Chisholm
Writer, columnist, finnancial planner, songwriter, performer
- www.myspace.com/chroniclesrock
www.joechisholm.com
Joe
has enjoyed over 15 years in the financial services industry;
giving financial planning advice to Radio/TV arts people
and varied other professions, writing commentaries and interviewing
investment experts, honing his skills (like these clinical
third person bios) and developing a hard earned reputation
as a trusted financial advisor with a sound business acumen.
But
what’s twice as nice has been his mid-life crisis.
This started a couple of years ago when Joe and teen-age
son Jesse started writing, recording and performing pop
rock tunes. Then came Songwriters’ Association of
Canada weekend music workshops, demo evaluations, more performing,
mingling with the Toronto indie-music community, writing
music reviews and attending awards ceremonies. Joe and Jesse’s
band “The Chronicles” features some of Toronto’s
top musical talent and has been enjoying acclaim and local
college airplay as well as pod cast appearances from Detroit
to Ft. Lauderdale.
The
business of music has captivated Joe and with the inside
look at promoting and producing his own band, Joe Chisholm
has quickly developed a perspective on the music scene which
is completely unique to the Toronto scene. Driven with a
vision that formed over time of what he wanted to do with
and for Canadian independent music, the trap was set for
a change in direction for the Chisholm Trail – a career
change was afoot.
Andre Skinner
Musician, Writer, Producer - www.canteenknockout.com
Wearing many hats is what Andre Skinner does best especially
when it comes to music. Andre started as a drummer in the
early 90's with as many bands as he could juggle and carried
on to study at Humber College in the Jazz Program. Andre
continued playing in local bands but felt restricted as
a drummer creatively and wanted to try out some other talents
so he bought a $50 guitar from a pawn shop and started writing
songs almost immediately. A few years down the road and
couple of bands later Andre
founded the Toronto country rock group Canteen
Knockout who have since played as far sounth
as Nashville and have released a both a full length CD and
an EP.
On top of his passions for both leading his band and drumming
Andre was also very interested in the recording aspect of
music and teamed up with a friend in 2002 to open a small
recording studio in the east end of Toronto called the Exhaust
System Recording Studio. Pushing forward with his wirting,
producing and drumming Andre was recruited by Joe Chisolm
to play drums on his CD at Excarpment Sound for a studio
session. Shortly after the session Andre and Joe started
talking about the project and other music related things
which led to the concept of IndieCan Music. Andre Skinner
is also a contributing writer at Spill Magazine www.spillmagazine.com
WHAT’S
WRONG WITH COMMERCIAL MUSIC, DUDE!?!
Well
if you want to ask someone who should know, Peter Spellman,
Director of Career Development at Berklee College of Music
in Boston, refers to commercial music as:
“…force
feeding the public a flavourless diet of sonic pabulum.”
What
makes popular music a colourless swill? These are questions
we will address at Indie Can. Tight and tired play list
pitched to you by the stations advertisers might be something
that is already grating on your nerves. We agree. At Indie
Can, the listeners, not the advertisers decide what’s
going to be played. Indie Can is about Indie Bands and Indie
Fans. A direct connection that puts the music listener first,
the way public music used to be, the way it should be.
WHAT
WILL YOU FIND HERE
·
Radio Programming like the one hour “Inside Toronto
Indie Show” which brings you up _close
and personal with the best of indie artists in the greater
Toronto area. We take you into the studio, on the road and
behind the scenes.
·
Who, Where and When Info on Bands in towns all across the
country.
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Better ways to listen to and support your favourite Indie
Bands
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Communicate directly with Bands you want to get to know;
give them your feedback, get on their street team.
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What’s Hot – What’s Not Reviews and links
that help get you to the music you really care about faster
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24/7 streaming of indie music where listeners decide what
the most played should be (coming soon!)
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New features that you tell us you want and need for your
musical consuming pleasure
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