September 2004:

News

All of us at Canada Disc & Tape are proud to be involved with both the CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) Awards and the WCMA (Western Canadian Music Alliance) Awards this September. The CCMA Awards are part of Country Music Week which runs from September 10 to 13 this year in Edmonton. We are pleased to have been chosen by the CCMA to provide on site duplication services for all of the seminars being offered. For more event details, visit: http://www.ccma.org/ccmatoday/cmw/events.htm

The second annual Western Canadian Music Awards will be held in Calgary from September 30 to October 3, 2004 and we are pleased to provide sponsorship for this exciting event. In addition to the cool delegate bags (sorry, you've got to attend to get one) we are working in conjunction with the WCMA and Big Rock Brewery to produce 3 different CD projects featuring music from various artists either nominated or featured at the various venues during the conference.

These CDs will be given out free of charge with the purchase of selected products made by Big Rock but remember, quantities are limited so you'll have to get them quick! The artists and tracks on CD 1 are: Mocking Shadows - "Karma", Big Dave McLean - "She's Got The Stuff", Veal - "I Hate Your Lipstick", mcenroe - "disenfranchised" and Joel Kroeker - "The Wind".

CD 2 features: 54 • 40 - "Ride", Doc Walker - "North Dakota Boy", Sweatshop Union - "The Thing About It", Weakerthans - "The Reasons" and Foster Martin Band - "Sweet Magnolia". And, CD 3 includes The Northern Pikes - "It's A Good Life", The Clumsy Lovers - "Better Me", The Wailin' Jennys - "Ten Mile Stilts", Undertakin' Daddies - "Just My Past", Aaron Pritchett - "New Frontier" and The Harlots - "The Crawl Spaces".

We'd like to thank Thom Sparling, Bruce Bondesen, all the crew at the WCMA and all the other sponsors for helping to make this year's awards the best yet! Kudos to Guppy Design (http://www.guppydesign.com) for their work on the CD covers as well as other print materials and to Brandon Friesen of Studio 11 (http://www.studio11audio.com) for the mastering work. For more info on the WCMA or to register for the event, visit: http://www.wcmw.ca