Nov 11 TROIS MINOT     Montreal, Quebec
Nov 12 THE BOAT w/High Mother, Chang-a-lang and ‘It It     Toronto, Ontario
Nov 13 OSSIA w/Sons of Thor     Peterborough, Ontario
Nov 14 THE PHOG LOUNGE w/High Mother     Windsor, Ontario
Nov 15 MOON OVER MARIN w/High Mother     London, Ontario
Nov 18 THE LEGENDARY RED ROOSTER     Burlington, Ontario
Nov 20 THE MANSION     Kingston, Ontario
Nov 21 SCANNER     Quebec, Quebec

If you are curious about checking out the band, feel free to download their releases to date beforehand to help you decide:

01 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Beware! The Fuzz
02 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – California Man
03 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – I Love My Baby
04 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Thrill Seeker
05 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Filthy Addiction
06 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Master of the House
07 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Watch Your Job
08 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Ain’t Worth Tryin’
09 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Halifax is Burning
10 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – It’s a Long Walk

Police Cops cover art

01- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Police Cops
02- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Ayatollah
03- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Boom Boom

EP as a zip

New 7″ Split with the Cuban Assassins

The weekend after they return from tour they are officially release their new 7″ split with the Cuban Assassins!!! This will be a limited pressing hot red vinyl piece of magic you should get your hands on!!! Have a listen:
01 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – Lights Out Electric Co
02 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – The Healing Power
01 – Cuban Assassins – Money
02 – Cuban Assassins – Dead Dead Dead

You’ll be able to catch the Fuzz and Assassins at the end of November in Halifax and Moncton:
Nov 26 THE PARAMOUNT LOUNGE w/Cuban Assassins    Moncton, New Brunswick
Nov 27  GUS’ PUB – Split 7″ release! w/Cuban Assassins     Halifax, Nova Scotia

And don’t they look excited!

Fortunately for these guys the “now what” part isn’t going to be hard to figure out.

First off – this weekend, Halloween night:
Live bands meet live burlesque on Saturday Oct.31st @ The Seahorse Tavern. Bang Bang Burlesque has put together individual dances for original music from The Broken Ohms, Gloryhound , Big Game Hunt and Myles Deck and the Fuzz. The stage will also be joined by Halifax’s own BLOODBATH. This night will be filled with Sexy , Dirty and Sweaty Rock n Roll with an efficient amount of gore and blood to fill all your ghoulish fantasies. Come out and be apart of this Halloween extravaganza!!!!!

Here’s the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=ho … 96&index=1

Nova Scotia Music Week – www.musicnovascotia.ca/nsmw
In a little over a week they will be performing two sets [at least, will see about some late night opportunities] at Music Nova Scotia’s Music Week (in Yarmouth this year).

Nov 6 Th’ YARC – Warped Tour BOTB     Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
This show is a performance before Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. He will be selecting one of the bands to perform on dates for the 2010 tour.  Set time will be determined by draw at the show. Also performing are Three Sheet, The Stanfields, Ricochet and last call Chernobyl. This show is all ages.

Nov 7  Then Saturday night they will be performing a 19+ showcase at the Red Knight [stage 2]. Their set is 10:15-10:45
As part of this set the guys will also be part of a fashion project conceived by the Argyle Fine Art gallery: Project Bandstand

Ontario Tour + 7″ Split with Cuban Assassins
They then have a couple days off before heading out to Ontario and back for their “Fuzz Goes Commando Tour”. Check out that post for MP3s for all their releases to date even if you can’t catch a show because the tour will also be in celebration of their new 7″ split with the Cuban Assassins which you can hear too.

New LP
But the guys have not been resting in anticipation of these dates. They have been gigging, playing after parties and most importantly: recording a new LP you’ll be able to get your hands on in early 2010.

Those sessions have been going great, sounding better and the band is excited about the end product. I will give the credit to the wonderful Mike O’Neil who has been producing these sessions [Mike just won a Gemini for his music work on TV, congrats].

So while the band is busy recording and performing I am working on a master plan for their 2010 conquests. 2010 will see their first journey beyond Ontario  and allow the western provinces a taste of one of our rock and roll secrets.

A new LP, maybe some Warped Tour dates….

And I will be using them on this blog as guinea pigs in a series of posts for developing digital strategies for bands. There are so many options, so little time and so much confusion – what the hell is a band to do? Honestly, not a clue. Well some clues. Half an idea. We’ll figure it out.

I might love these guys
The Fuzz were the first band my wife and I released on our label.  It is great to see them still giving it their all and winning folks over with every show. I am very excited to becoming more involved with them and seeing how far they can go. Hopefully you’ll stick around for the trip too.

P.S. In honor of all that is happening may I unveil the very first official Myles Deck and the Fuzz avatar [probably a good thing you can't make out the Fuzz logo there....]

P.S.S – First person that can name which album cover that is …hmmm…..paying homage too – gets a free copy of the 7″ split when they arrive.

So the blogging has been pretty lack as of late…I could blame twitter [post on less blogging] and while I am sure that played some role in distracting me I had better reasons.

Over the summer I spent a good deal of time working to make changes to my main business that pays my bills, The Rock Garden. That effort is about to pay off and with that many [small] changes will be coming to the space starting in November.

I also set up and started my first corporation:
I Tuned Out Music Consulting and Software Development Inc.

Catchy name no?!
The first project for ITOMC&SDI [!!] is going to be another attempt at crowd funding musicians via fan donations/support. Called IOUmusic, we are finishing up the final details to launch version 0.1

The other thing I have been busy with is working on getting the house of Myles Deck and the Fuzz in order [see other recent posts on those guys].

But…
So my summer was busy but it also involved the first extended vacation I have had since becoming self-employed almost 5 years ago. And I used that time wisely by getting married in Cape Breton. Hands down the best decision I have made to date. It was such an amazing day. Months later it makes me smile instantly thinking about how scary it started – was pouring, everything was planned for outside with no real back-up plan [go entrepreneurs!] – but ended up perfect and as I hoped it would be for Joi.

She walked down the aisle to Radiohead’s “Motion Picture Soundtrack” – which was kind of fitting because I kind of felt like I was in a movie marrying her.

The deed was done:

Then we took a view pictures near the lake, before going to an abandoned gas station…and we took some very nice pictures there…then put masks on [ALL her idea, just makes me love her more]:

More pics for the curious

And our first dance [thanks for the reminder Joe and Adrianna!] was to Stevie Wonder’s “I Believe (When I Fall in Love)”:

Next year is going to be a good one, but it will be tough to beat that day in July for me.

We are finding songs for the CTV Olympic telecast in February, 2010 (Olympic Games) and are thrilled to be sending out this email.

One song will be featured every day of the broadcast (16 days), in PrimeTime, at the end of the day’s telecast (and additional times – see below).
The song will be played overtop a 1-2 minute highlight reel capturing that day’s events/emotions.

We think it’s an amazing opportunity to showcase Canadian songs. Expected PrimeTime CTV audience alone is 2M – 3M people each day.

CTV has created a special project for the music portion of the Games: MUSIC OF THE NATION (MOTN)

There will be a dedicated part of CTV Olympic website for MOTN featuring the highlight reels, 30 seconds of song (with a ‘buy song’ button close by), a spotlight section for the artist’s whose songs are featured, artist website link, a link to an online store to purchase the artist’s music, etc.
Expected CTV Olympic page views – 150M +.

The promotion for MOTN is unprecedented.

The online promotion for MOTN will start December 15th, 2009 with the launch listing the artists etc.

We will choose approximately 30 songs but most likely use 23 songs (French + English).
We are looking for 16 English and 7 French songs.

The other 7 songs may be used on the broadcast but will be used online as part of another highlight package etc.

In addition, a 7-10 second chiron (a ’super’) will appear at the beginning and end of the 1-2 minute highlight pieces
listing song title, artist, label.

We are looking for CANADIAN ARTIST songs ONLY.
Iconic, classic, modern, contemporary, classical, pop, rock, r ‘n b, dance, etc.

We are looking for the best songs to suit our needs.
The songs will be given to the Production Team who will use one per day.

We are looking for songs that elicit emotions/feelings/styles such as:

Thrill of victory, heroism, agony of defeat, empowerment, uplifting,
sad, happy, exciting, rockin’, introspective, athletic

Here is the deal that seems to be working for everyone:

Term/Medium: CTV & Canada’s Broadcast Consortium ‘networks’ (TSN, Sportsnet, etc., ‘all forms of TV’). One original use in PrimeTime on CTV and 2 days with multiple plays on the Consortium ‘networks’

Use: In highlight reel for 1-2 minutes with following uses:

1. CTV Primetime (original use)
2. Multiple plays on Consortium networks over the following 2 days after original PrimeTime use
3. On VOD for TV and Bell/Rogers mobility (stream only) up until March 31st.
4. Online use on CTV Olmpics site for 6 months

5. Non-highlight reel use potential for approx. 10-20 seconds for ’spontaneous’ use during ‘Games’ broadcast

Promotional value:  See attached proposal.  It is well-thought and is unprecedented promotion for music for an Olympic games

DVD Buyout: Highlight reels will be included on the commemorative “2010 Olympics”
DVD for sale to the public

Fee: $ 400.00 CDN. for Master (100%)
$ 400.00 CDN. for Sync. (100%)

Please submit a COMPILATION CD ONLY to us via mail or courier no later than
FRIDAY, OCTOBER  23rd at 5 pm.  No MP3’s or links are accepted. Please label the package:

instinct entertainment
“Olympic 2010 Pitch”
96 Spadina Avenue, Suite 310
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 2J6
Attention:  Michael Perlmutter

We are pitching songs to CTV on November 5th.

****  I ask that you pre-clear the songs/recordings with your artists/co-writers/co-publishers etc. before pitching to us.
Once we get our final list of songs to be used (November 13th), we will have under 3 weeks to provide CTV with information about the artists, the proper music files and much more information.   ****

The understanding is that when you pitch songs you AGREE to the above terms, fees etc.

Let the Games begin…

Two afternoons of panels, workshops and speakers, just $35.00 for Music Nova Scotia members.

The Halifax Pop Explosion is proud to announce the details of this year’s Music Matters Conference. Taking place from Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at The Citadel Hotel; the conference will feature workshops, panels and speakers discussing all aspects of music industry.

“The Music Matters Conference focuses on ‘facing the digital music,’” says Halifax Pop Explosion executive director, Waye Mason. “In two short days experts discuss the future of music, creating digital communities, the threats and opportunities created by proposed copyright reform and finding the balance between the needs of industry and protecting our societies freedom.”

This year’s keynote speaker is Walter F. McDonough. One of the founders of the Future of Music Coalition, McDonough has taught copyright law at Suffolk University Law School, and serves as a board member on the American performing rights society Sound Exchange and the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies. He will be discussing the migration of distribution from the physical to how the digital has had a profound and disruptive impact on the entertainment industry.

The 2009 Music Matters featured speaker is Ian Heath. Heath is a marketing manager at Sony Music Canada and runs the musician-focused website Intrsctn.com [music+interactivity]. His speech will focus on giving attendees concrete advice on effective promotion tactics, how to take an interactive approach to nurturing their band-fan relationships, how to communicate effectively with their audience, tips on collecting fan info, building customer databases and how to create many options for monetization.

The conference will also offer several panels and workshops. Panels taking place will focus on topics such as merchandising, publicity, social networks, copyrights and more. Each will feature industry experts discussing the various aspects of their field.

The workshops taking place include a song demo evaluation with industry experts such as Steve Himmelfarb (Billions) and Paul Gagnon (VideoFACT), a youth involvement workshop with Eric Warner (We Are Busy Bodies) and Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations), and finally a workshop on focusing on the ins and outs of international touring with Steven Himmelfarb.

For a The 2009 Music Matters Conference schedule and further information on all events taking place, visit: http://halifaxpopexplosion.com/conference/music-matters/ or pick up a copy of our program guide.

Passes are on-sale now at all Ticketpro outlets, at 888 311 9090 and online at: http://ww3.ticketpro.ca/event.php?event_id=914

Registration is limited.

To register for a panel, please purchase a conference pass and then RSVP to MMC Coordinator Julia Sheldon – julia@halifaxpopexplosion.com

Maybe a year ago someone did this with books and I recall wishing someone would do so with music. Well someone did!
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