Community development research project and sound off!

The most frequent issues raised across the province and across the project centred on audience development and engagement; a lack of live venues; a lack of information about funding available to artists; the desire to better connect with and reach out to media and potential audiences; the desire for a better connected Ontario music industry, beyond regional borders; and the need for artists to be [...] The databases that resulted from this phase of the study are included in Appendices A-C, and can be updated to continue to observe trends in the industry, as well as offer resources to improve inter-regional communication and expand the reach of each business and individual in the industry. [...] Online survey Town hall attendees and other music industry members were invited to complete an online questionnaire where respondents were asked a series of questions related to the music infrastructure in their community and their knowledge and understanding of a variety of music topics, and then rated the impact of possible workshops and programs based on these topics. [...] In the case of artist managers in particular, there is a very clear contrast between Toronto (70) and the rest of the province, as all other cities of virtually every size have similar numbers of one or two, or four at most, in the case of Hamilton (which is, incredibly, second to Toronto in this facet). [...] LONDON Regional industry infrastructure Based on the business directory research, the music infrastructure in London appears to be skewed toward the technical side of the business, an observation supported by town hall attendees’ comments on the talent coming out of the technical programs at Fanshawe College and the Ontario Institute Of Audio Recording Technology.