June 2004:

News

Canada Disc & Tape is a proud sponsor of "The Ship and Anchor/Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Contest". The inaugural event attracted over 120 entries from aspiring and established songwriters. There was an amazing amount of diversity and, interestingly, none of the songs had been previously published in any form or awarded a prize in any other competition. This only goes to show how much great new music there is just waiting to be heard!

John Wort Hannam will receive manufacturing of 500 CDs from Canada Disc & Tape for the Best Original Song "Church of the Long Grass". Richard Brown won Best Song by a Newcomer for the track "You Can Never Tell". His prize is 20 hours of recording time at Sundae Sound and one day of mastering at our in-house facility: www.audiomastering.com. Both winners also receive $500.00 cash, a 4-day Folk Festival Pass, and a Festival performance of their song. We'd like to thank Dave Muir and all the organizers for putting on such a highly successful event!

On the international front, we'd also like to thank Mark Knopfler's manager Paul Crockford for choosing Canada Disc & Tape to handle the replication for the 21st Century Schizoid Band's "Live in Japan" DVD and the "Live In Italy" CD. As fans know, this group is comprised of 3 former members of King Crimson: Mel Collins, Peter Giles and Ian McDonald (who was also a founding member "Foreigner") along with ex-Level 42 guitarist Jakko Jakszyk and Bob Dylan's tour drummer: Ian Wallace.

Before we wrap up the news for this month, we'd like to remind our clients that all our offices will be closed on Thursday, July 1 for Canada Day. For those of you in Calgary who are looking to hear some great local talent, we highly recommend that you visit Ceili's for the 4th Annual Canada Day Rockfest. Twelve groups will be competing for a variety of prizes including a mastering session with our very own Richard Harrow. For more details, just visit: www.ceilis.com.