Thought I would take to the local scene blog to talk a bit about a new project coming together in North Bay!

IWantToHelpYourBand.com is a brand new project started among a small group of friends aimed at helping bands create albums, websites, Facebook pages, a following, or basically anything else they may need all on a shoestring budget. With a very strong group of partners and friends, IWTHYB (for short) has created an impressive platform for your band to continue its rise up, to pick it up if it is falling, or to plant its feet if it is new.

We would love to help you and your band in any way!

You can find out more about this project and how to sign up by both ‘liking’ it on Facebook and visiting them online!

http://www.facebook.com/iwthyb

http://www.iwanttohelpyourband.com

Thanks,

Art On Main Gallery, 171 Main St. West, North Bay, ON Canada

Featured Artist: Mim* Thompson

Opening Reception + Downtown Gallery Hop:
Friday, August 12th, 2011 @ 7pm
(artist in attendance)

Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested!

Contact ‘Art on Main Gallery’ at: tel:705-840-1753

Please View some of Mim’s work & a digital version of invitation at:
http://www.facebook.com/mim.art.001

FATALITY links:

FREE DEMO: fatality.bandcamp.com
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/fatalitythrashfuck
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/FATALITY/97224729901
TOUR EVENT PAGE: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215227278510777

Fatality Show Episode 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBTal_uqvc

Thrash Fuck Eat Sleep Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaYiUm6ze4

JAGSTOG links:

MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/jagstog
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Jagstog/164568100227522?sk=wall

Are you sick and tired of trying to rollerblade/bike around North Bay, ON and either having to contend with ignorant drivers who pass when they shouldn’t, don’t give you enough space and honk their horns for you to get on the sidewalk, or having to contend with runners and walkers (and their DOGS) on the “multi-use” path? Does it grind your gears even more to see all the roads being re-done that could accommodate bike lanes and instead the city spending money on “beautification projects”?

Calling all musicians and filmmakers! MFM brings its InSight and Sound Seminar Series to North Bay with two great panels!

Sudbury, October 26, 2010 – Music and Film in Motion (MFM) is pleased to announce its next workshops from the InSight and Sound Seminar Series in North Bay. “Placing Music in Film and Television” will be on Wednesday, November 10th from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and “Anatomy of a Release” will take place on the same day from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m.

“Placing Music in Film and Television” takes an inside look at how to get your music in a film or television show. This session will cover the many ways, and the process by which, an artist can get their music placed in film and television productions. The session will be instructed by Chris Budd and Kyle Merkley. Chris is the president of Bearsuit Publishing, a publishing and song pitching company based in Toronto and he is the founder/editor for a Canadian music blog, Indie Music Filter. Kyle is Arpix’s Music Coordinator. Submissions, technical delivery, and paperwork typically flow through him, along with all the other fun stuff that comes with music supervision.

“Anatomy of a Release” will explore the dynamics of a film’s release process. Taking a hypothetical approach, the session will investigate each step, from development through exhibition, with insight provided by key industry figures. The session will be instructed by Sean Cisterna and Anna Tsoulogiannis. Sean is a Director/Producer who is fresh off the heels of a successful broadcast premiere of King of the Camp, a feature film musical he co-produced and directed, which aired on YTV in May 2008. He has currently just wrapped production on Moon Point, a new feature film comedy starring a number of well-recognized Canadian faces in film and television. Anna is currently the Programmer for Movieola – The Short Film Channel. From working in the Acquisitions division of Ouat Media Distribution to becoming New Media Content Programmer for Movieola, she has since gone on to head all Programming/Acquisitions for the Movieola brand.

The sessions, free for members and $5 for non-members, will be taking place in the Garland Room in the Holiday Inn Express, located at 1325 Seymour Street in North Bay.

For more information or to register for this session, please call MFM at 705-674-9954 or visit our website at www.thinknorth.ca. Space is limited so please book ahead to reserve a place. This session is offered in English only.

Music and Film in Motion is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario.

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Grab those sandals & shades and mark this on your calender because you don’t want to miss this…

The Escape Movement Presents this summers hottest lakeside party with 17 LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES featuring

DUBBS
…The Birds They Spy
Dining Dead
Fall of Spring
The Isosceles Project
Starship Harbour
Bang Bang You’re Dead
Chainz
DSF
Middlemen
The Local Pharmacist & His Wife
Ben Hermann
Holly Cunningham
Dave White
Caley Campbell
Ashley Cerisano
Words of Wisemen

The perfect blend of music & beach alongside the premiere of The Escape Movement Fall/Winter 2010 Collection and the launch of Birds of a Feather jewelry line by Brooke Reed.

This event is FREE so come down for an epic day of music, fashion, sand & sun before the summer draws to an end.

THE WORLD IS YOURS
.:escape 2010:.

You ready for It? This event just keeps getting bigger every year. Featuring a line up of 18 different acts:

(Acoustic)
Josh Dimmel
Mikey Chewbacca – myspace.com/mikeyboads
Wild Few
Ben Dick – iambendick.com
Ryan Problems – myspace.com/harmonicadragon
Matt Murphy
Old Shores – myspace.com/oldshores

(Rock/Punk)
Drama Addicts – myspace.com/dramaaddkict
Dining Dead – myspace.com/arewethediningdead
FeelsLikeYesterday – myspace.com/feelslikeyesterdaymusic
The Birds They Spy* – myspace.com/thebirdstheyspy
Bohemian Cove – myspace.com/bohemiancove
The Hometown Hecklers – myspace.com/hometownhecklers

(Metal/DJ)
Fallen Accolade – myspace.com/fallenaccolade
Fatal Glory – myspace.com/fatalgloryband
DJ Matt Shim – myspace.com/dj_shim
FaceTheHate – myspace.com/facethehatemusic
TheKillingField – myspace.com/thekillingfield
Empyrean Plague – myspace.com/empyreanplague
Like Animals – myspace.com/likeanimals
The Isosceles Project – myspace.com/theisoscelesproject

* has yet to be comfirmed

Saturday July 3rd!
Show starts @ Noon sharp!!! get there early for a good camping spot!
$10 for advance tickets or $15 at the door!
For advance tickets call 358-7684

Take hwy 11 south turn left on rivers road, and keep right! (just past Astorville/Callender off ramp)

No glass bottles!!!

North Bay Scence.ca will be there in full force, on stage and off. If you need an idea of what rothfest will be like, check out our podcast from last year!

ROTHFEST 2009

The album features 11 alt rock songs with infectious melodies and riffs. It is on sale now at CD Plus in the Northgate Shopping Center and downtown at Tone Stack Guitars.

The band promises that an official CD release show is currently underway, but until then you’ll have to grab the album or check out their Myspace.

For more information see the event page on Frank’s website.

Submissions came in from communities across the North including; Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Timmins, Espanola, Parry Sound and Dryden. The nominees for the ten awards categories were selected by a panel of prominent music and film industry professionals.

“We are very happy with the results of this year’s program. Submissions were up, which means the program is still growing,” MFM Executive Director Dennis Landry said in a release. “MFM would like to thank all of those who entered. It is with their talent and hard work the music and film industries see growth here in the North.”

For a full list of nominees and respective categories click here.