September 2023 – Music Newsletter

Hello there!

This is Eloisa Veliz, the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator of the NCRA/ANREC and the Lead Manager for !earshot distro.

Thank you for supporting and using our system. Now with 30,000+ songs, 960+ Artists, 3,400+ indie accounts and 310 broadcasters accounts we are continuing to grow and trying our best to better the platform on all fronts. 

 Thanks for supporting non-profit campus/community radio.

Ongoing Promotions

The MAPL!e Grant Program is back!

The MAPL!e Grant Program is back! For a whole year this time! Until July 31st 2024!

!earshot Distro partners up with provincial and national music associations for the past 3 years to bring you the MAPL!e Grant Program. You can learn more about the program here.

Here are the names of the associations taking part in the promotion:

    • Manitoba Music
    • MMF Canada
    • Alberta Music
    • SaskMusic
    • Music New Brunswick
    • Indie Week
    • Music BC
    • AFM/CFM Local 820
    • Music PEI
    • Folk Music Ontario
    • Music Yukon
    • Music NL
    • Music Nova Scotia
    • Women in Music Canada
    • Regina Musicians Association
  • East Coast Music Association

This list is always growing, follow on social media for updates!

*You can find the discount code by accessing your account within the association. If you’re part of an association that is not on this list, let them know about the promotion and we will be happy to set them up! 

Worth Checking out:

Gussapolooza

Gussapolooza Music Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that celebrates emerging artists, builds a passionate community of music enthusiasts, and provides a platform for artists and creators to network and collaborate. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Cookstown, Ontario.

Gussapolooza aims to empower the next generation of talent and create a unique experience where music, art, and creativity converge. Taking place September 15-17, 2023, this is a festival you do not want to miss. 

Visit www.gussapolooza.com for more festival details! You can use the code “EARSHOT” at checkout to receive a discount on your tickets!

Life in Covid Study

A team of university researchers is using podcasting to study and they still need volunteers! They are looking for children and youth (ages 5 to 18) and some older adults (ages 65 or older) participants. To learn more, email Christine Gibb (cgibb2@uottawa.ca or lifeincovidstudy@gmail.com) or visit https://site.uvm.edu/lifeincovidstudy/.

 Best Practices

Number your tracks/Reordering your songs

Stations have a hard time figuring out the order of songs in an album after downloading them, you can make their lives easier by numbering your songs yourself! Make sure to number your tracks OR to make sure the order of your songs is correct.

Under “Songs” you can edit the name of songs and add their number, after you can go to “Releases” and select your album and click on the pencil icon and you can re-organize your songs on the right hand side. To save click the “Save Order” button and then for good measures click “Save” at the bottom of the page. This is a quick and easy fix that you can do even after the payment process has been completed.

You’ve uploaded your music, now what?

In case you haven’t yet, check out the “outreach button”. When you drop down to the list of names and email addresses, on the right hand side there is a search bar. If for example you are looking for stations that play pop you can search “pop” and then the list will narrow down. 

You can go up to “Songs” or “Releases” on your account and click on what you wish to share and simply “Copy share URL” and when reaching out to stations you can send them the link for easier access. *Stations need to sign in first to be able to see the upload.

Resources

Training Videos

In April of this year we hosted a training on how to upload music to the system, thank you to those who were able to attend. If you are interested in going over how to upload to the system or need a refresher you can checkout the recording here: https://earshot-distro.ca/?page_id=355 

Full Service

Don’t have time to upload your new and/or back catalogue to the system? We can do it for you! 

  1. Fill out this form, to contact the team here about what it is you want to upload.
  2. You will receive confirmation and estimated upload date (2-3 business days), and cost.
  3. You will be invoiced $5/song plus the cost of the release. 
  4. When payment is received, your release will be pushed live!

Promoters Program

If you as a musician or label want to have a referral code you can share (and get 25% of sales made on that code, while those who use the code get a discount), simply email eloisa@ncra.ca to request to join our promoter program.

We share your uploads with our members weekly!

Every monday a music digest email goes out to all the music directors which includes all the uploads to !earshot distro from the week before, this is in efforts of creating an easy and digestible way for stations to browse through new releases.

Gives us a follow:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

If you have general questions or concerns please email support@earshot-distro.ca or fill out this form.

Eloisa Veliz
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

eloisa@ncra.ca 

support@earshot-distro.ca

Barry Rooke

NCRA/ANREC Executive Director

barry@ncra.ca

July 2023 – Music Newsletter

Hello there!

This is Eloisa Veliz, the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator of the NCRA/ANREC and the lead manager for !earshot distro.

Thank you for supporting and using our system. Now with 29000+ songs, 940+ Artists, 3300+ indie accounts and 302 broadcasters accounts we are continuing to grow and trying our best to better the platform on all fronts. 

Thanks for supporting non-profit campus/community radio.

Upcoming

MAPL!e Grant Program

!earshot Distro partners up with provincial and national music associations to bring you the MAPL!e Grant Program. The MAPL!e Grant offers association’s members access to !earshot distro at a discounted rate, with the chance to receive a 25% to 50% discount to the system! We are offering this to all music associations, including local chapters and genre-based groups. 

The MAPL!e Grant Program is coming back August 1st, 2023 to July 31st 2024!

Here are the names of the associations taking part in the promotion:

  • Manitoba Music
  • MMF Canada
  • Alberta Music
  • SaskMusic
  • Music New Brunswick
  • Indie Week
  • Music BC
  • AFM/CFM Local 820
  • Music PEI
  • Folk Music Ontario
  • Music Yukon

This list is always growing, follow on social media for updates!

*You can find the discount code by accessing your account within the association. If you’re part of an association that is not on this list, let them know about the promotion and we will be happy to set them up! 

Worth Checking out:

Life in Covid Study

A team of university researchers is using podcasting to study the experiences of children, teens and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still looking for children and youth (ages 5 to 18) and some older adults (ages 65 or older) participants. To learn more, email Christine Gibb (cgibb2@uottawa.ca or lifeincovidstudy@gmail.com) or visit https://site.uvm.edu/lifeincovidstudy/.

DIT Community 

The DIT music community is the place for the independent music community to connect, learn, work with, and help each other!  

You can join the DIT community today and connect with industry professionals worldwide. They offer online courses, community forums, and industry events will help you improve your skills and knowledge while providing valuable networking opportunities. 

You can learn more about it and join here: https://members.ditcommunity.com/ 

Promoters Program

If you as a musician or label want to have a referral code you can share (and get 25% of sales made on that code, while those who use the code get a discount), simply email eloisa@ncra.ca to request to join our promoter program.

We share your uploads with our members weekly!

Every monday a music digest email goes out to all the music directors which includes all the uploads to !earshot distro from the week before, this is in efforts of creating an easy and digestible way for stations to browse through new releases.

Resources 

How To Distribute Music To Canadian Radio

Back in 2022 we released a series of best practices, as recommended by our member stations and approved by the sector in the distribution of music to not only campus/community radio stations but also CBC and commercial opportunities. If you are interested in these best practices you can check them out here: https://earshot-distro.ca/?page_id=1301

Training Videos

In April of this year we hosted a training on how to upload music to the system, thank you to those who were able to attend. If you are interested in going over how to upload to the system or need a refresher you can checkout the recording here: https://earshot-distro.ca/?page_id=355 

Full Service

Don’t have time to upload your new and/or back catalogue to the system? We can do it for you! 

  1. Fill out this form, to contact the team here about what it is you want to upload.
  2. You will receive confirmation and estimated upload date (2-3 business days), and cost.
  3. You will be invoiced $5/song plus the cost of the release. 
  4. When payment is received, your release will be pushed live!

Gives us a follow:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

If you have general questions or concerns please email support@earshot-distro.ca or fill out this form.

Eloisa Veliz
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

eloisa@ncra.ca 

support@earshot-distro.ca

Barry Rooke

NCRA/ANREC Executive Director 

barry@ncra.ca

April 2023 – Music Newsletter

Hello there!

This is Eloisa Veliz, the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator of the NCRA/ANREC and the lead manager for !earshot distro. 

Thank you for supporting and using our system. Now with 27,000+ songs, 900+ Artists, 3,000+ indie accounts and 290 broadcasters accounts we are continuing to grow and trying our best to better the platform on all fronts. 

You signed up for earshot distro, if you don’t want to receive this monthly (more like every couple months) newsletter, feel free to unsubscribe below. Thanks for supporting non-profit campus/community radio.

Upcoming:

Training on April 26th

It has been a couple months since we last hosted a Music Industry !earshot training. If you are new to the system and you are looking for the best ways to use it or if you have been using it for a while but you still have questions, you can join our free training session.

When: Apr 26, 2023 02:00 PM (EST)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUudO-gqzMrG9QdIC6H0RyMoaXB1XqJhRxL 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Fill out this quick survey

We continue to look for ways to understand your needs as an artist/label. Please take 5 minutes and fill out this quick survey so you can share your thoughts, feedback and priorities with us. We need to hear your thoughts and where your priorities lie to be able to grow and provide you with a better service.

Best Practices Reminders:

Number your tracks/Reordering your songs

Make sure to number your tracks OR to make sure the order of your songs is correct.

Under “Releases” select your album and click on the pencil icon and on the right side you will see the songs you’ve uploaded to that album, you can drag them and move them around to the correct order and to save click the “Save Order” button and then for good measures click “Save” at the bottom of the page. This is a quick and easy fix that you can do even after the payment process has been completed. 

You’ve uploaded your music, now what?

Check out the “outreach button” if you haven’t yet. When you drop down to the list of names and email addresses, on the right hand side there is a search bar. If for example you are looking for stations that play pop you can search “pop” and then the list will narrow down. 

You can go up to “Songs” or “Releases” on your account and click on what you wish to share and simply “Copy share URL” and when reaching out to stations you can send them the link for easier access. *Stations need to sign in first to be able to see the upload.

Add your lyrics

When a song is released you can still add the lyrics to it, simply go to Songs and click on the pencil icon of the song you want to edit, scroll down and you will see a text box where you can add the lyrics to the song.

Worth Checking out:

We share your uploads with our members weekly!

Every monday a music digest email goes out to all the music directors which includes all the uploads to !earshot distro from the week before, this is in efforts of creating an easy and digestible way for stations to browse through new releases.

Who is listening/downloading?

You can check out the list of radio stations who have access to !earshot along with their website info at the bottom of the page, this list is constantly growing and updated.

Gives us a follow:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

If you have general questions or concerns please email support@earshot-distro.ca or fill out this form.

Eloisa Veliz
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

eloisa@ncra.ca 

support@earshot-distro.ca

Barry Rooke

NCRA/ANREC Executive Director

barry@ncra.ca

February 2023 – Music Newsletter

 

Thank you for supporting and using our system. Now with 25,000+ songs, 880+ Artists, 2,500+ indie accounts and 280 broadcasters accounts we are continuing to grow and trying our best to better the platform on all fronts. 

We will be sending out newsletter emails like this to the music industry every few months.

Upcoming:

Podcast School 

Have you ever wanted to start your own podcast? Why not start now! 

The NCRA/ANREC has put together an online 6 week course that brings together experts in podcasting from across the country to offer you 12 advanced courses in podcasting. 

You can learn more information about the courses, presenters and register today at https://podcast.ncra.ca/ 

The Timeline: March 7th  to April 13th.

Time: 8pm AST /  7pm EST / 5pm MST / 4pm PST (For 1h)

The Cost: $225+HST/ per person

Here is the Schedule: 

  • November – Registration Opens (First come, first serve)
  • March 6th – Registration Closes (If room)
  • March 7th  (Tuesday): (Chris Chang-Yen Phillips) The Basics: What defines a podcast? 
  • March 9th (Thursday):  (Kattie Laur) Walking the Talk: How to be a representative for your podcast
  • March 14th  (Tuesday):  (Phil Shirakawa) Sound Like A Pro: Tech SetUp
  • March 16th  (Thursday): (Hina Imam) Ethics of Storytelling and Why it Matters
  • March 21st (Tuesday): (Pamela Haasen) Defining the aim of your podcast / Making a trailer  
  • March 23rd (Thursday): (Jess Schmidt) Accessibility in Podcasting
  • March 28th  (Tuesday): (Pamela Haasen) Hands On Editing – Good Practice for Beginners
  • March 30th (Thursday): (Max Collins) Making A Podcast On A Budget
  • April 4th (Tuesday): (Anthony Sanna) Creating an Energetic Narrative
  • April 6th (Thursday): (Phil Shirakawa) Different types of podcasts
  • April 11th (Tuesday): (Pamela Haasen) Grant Writing for Your Podcast
  • April 13th (Thursday):(Ella Jean)  Looking at the Data (Marketing)

Best Practices:

 

Order of your songs

This is important to stations! And it is a quick fix on your end!

Under “Releases” select your album and click on the pencil icon and on the right side you will see the songs you’ve uploaded to that album, you can drag them and move them around to the correct order and to save click the “Save Order” button and then for good measures click “Save” at the bottom of the page. This is a quick and easy fix that you can do even after the payment process has been completed. 

Outreach Button

Check out the “outreach button” if you haven’t yet. When you drop down to the list of names and email addresses, on the right hand side there is a search bar. If for example you are looking for stations that play pop you can search “pop” and then the list will narrow down. 

You can go up to “Songs” or “Releases” on your account and click on what you wish to share and simply “Copy share URL” and when reaching out to stations you can send them the link for easier access. *Stations need to sign in first to be able to see the upload.

Independent Artist” vs. “Label

If you started your account as an independent artist and would like the option to upload other projects under a different name, you can email support@earshot-distro.ca and we can quickly change your account, this won’t affect your past uploads. 

Lyrics

When a song is released you can still add the lyrics to it, simply go to Songs and click on the pencil icon of the song you want to edit, scroll down and you will see a text box where you can add the lyrics to the song.

Worth Checking out:

New Releases

Every monday a music digest email goes out to all the music directors which includes all the uploads to !earshot distro from the week before, this is in efforts of creating an easy and digestible way for stations to browse through new releases.

Radio Stations

You can check out the list of radio stations who have access to !earshot along with their website info at the bottom of the page, this list is constantly growing and updated.

Social Medias:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Feedback:

We actively seek feedback to enhance the system. Let us know what you would wish to see implemented or what you would like to see on our social media.  If you have general feedback, questions or concerns please email support@earshot-distro.ca or fill out this form.

Eloisa Veliz
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

eloisa@ncra.ca 

support@earshot-distro.ca

 

Barry Rooke

NCRA/ANREC Executive Director

barry@ncra.ca

 

Oct. 2022 – Music Newsletter

Thank you for supporting and using our system. Now with 20,000+ songs, 780+ Artists, 2,300+ indie accounts and 225 broadcasters accounts we are continuing to grow and trying our best to better the platform on all fronts. We will be sending out newsletter emails like this to the music industry every few months.

Updates:

Share Album URL with stations

You can now not only share songs links with stations but now you can share the link to your full album. Go to “Release” and in the album you are wishing to share you will see “Copy share URL” next to the pencil icon to edit and the “x” to delete.

Ongoing promotions:

MAPL!e Grant

!earshot Distro partners up with provincial and national music associations to bring you the MAPL!e Grant Program. The MAPL!e Grant offers association’s members access to !earshot distro at a discounted rate, with the chance to receive a 25% to 50% discount to the system! 

The MAPL!e Grant Program is running from August 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022. If you are part of one of the associations below make sure to reach out to them and get your discount code:

List of participating Associations & Groups:

  • CIMA
  • MusicOntario
  • Manitoba Music
  • MMF Canada
  • Musicians’ Rights Organization Canada (MROC)
  • Alberta Music
  • Collective Music Nation
  • Music Yukon
  • Folk Music Ontario
  • SaskMusic
  • Music Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Music New Brunswick
  • Indie Week
  • Music Publishers Canada
  • British Columbia Country Music Association
  • New Brunswick Musicians’ Association

Best Practices:

Order your songs

Under “Releases” select your album and click on the pencil icon and on the right side you will see the songs you’ve uploaded to that album, you can drag them and move them around to the correct order and to save click the “Save Order” button and then for good measures click “Save” at the bottom of the page. This is a quick and easy fix that you can do even after the payment process has been completed. 

Outreach Button

Check out the “outreach button” if you haven’t yet. When you drop down to the list of names and email addresses, on the right hand side there is a search bar. If for example you are looking for stations that play pop you can search “pop” and then the list will narrow down. 

You can go up to “Songs” or “Releases” on your account and click on what you wish to share and simply copy the URL and when reaching out to stations you can send them the link for easier access.

Independent Artist” vs. “Label

If you started your account as an independent artist and would like the option to upload other projects under a different name, you can email support@earshot-distro.ca and we can quickly change your account, this won’t affect your past uploads. 

Lyrics

When a song is released you can still add the lyrics to it, simply go to Songs and click on the pencil icon of the song you want to edit, scroll down and you will see a text box where you can add the lyrics to the song.

Follow us on:

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Feedback:

We actively seek feedback to enhance the system.  If you have general feedback, please email support@earshot-distro.ca or fill out this form.

I am happy to answer any questions, comments or concerns. Please feel free to let us know if you are enjoying distro and give us a great review. 

Eloisa Veliz
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

eloisa@ncra.ca 

support@earshot-distro.ca

Barry Rooke

NCRA/ANREC Executive Directorbarry@ncra.ca