Member365

Select the Use button to add a tag to the body of your email. You may also use tags in the subject of your email by copying and pasting them directly in.

{FIRST_NAME}	Adds the recipients First Name.	Use
{LAST_NAME}	Adds the recipients Last Name.	Use
{COMPANY_NAME}	Adds the Company Name.	Use
{PORTAL_NAME}	Adds the application portals name.	Use
{MEMBER_NAME}	Adds the Recipients Membership name.	Use
{SIGNATURE_OPT_IN}	Adds the Opt-in link.	Use
{SIGNATURE_OPT_OUT}	Add the opt-out link.	Use
%signature%	Adds your preferred signature block.	Use
{Event_Start_Date}	Adds the Event's Start Date.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_End_Date}	Adds the Event's End Date.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_Name}	Adds the Event's Name.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_Description}	Adds the Event's Description.(Events Only)	Use
{Online_Training_Description}	Adds the Online Training Description.(Online Training Only)	Use
{Event_Specific_Dates}	Adds the Event's specific dates.(Events Only)	Use
{member_number}	Adds the Membership Number.	Use
{MemberSince}	Adds the Member Since Date.	Use
{CONTACTEMAIL}	Adds the Contact's Email Address.	Use
{EVENT_CREDITS}	Adds the Event's Credits.(Events Only)	Use
{EVENT_CREDITS}	Adds the Event's Credits.(Events Only)	Use
{CERTIFICATE_NUMBER}	Adds the Contact's Certificate Number	Use
{EVENTLOCATION}	Adds the Event's Location.	Use
{TOTALEVENTCREDITS}	The total number of credits that the contact has earned through the event tickets and workshops.	Use
{ASAPPEARSONBADGE}	Display the text of as appears field in the event setup.	Use
{contact_organization}	Displays the organization name of the contact.	Use
{RENEWALDATE}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (yyyy-mm-dd).	Use
{MEMBERSHIP_YEAR}	Adds the Member's Membership Year	Use
{RENEWALDATE_MM-DD-YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (mm-dd-yyyy).	Use
{LMS_CREDIT}	The number of credits the LMS course is worth for Continuing Education	Use
{COLLECTION_PERIOD_END-DATE_YYYY_MM_DD}	The end date of the CE collection period end date	Use
{LMS_COURSE_COMPLETION_DATE}	The completion date of the LMS course	Use
{INCEPTION_DATE}	Adds the Member Inception Date in (yyyy-mm-dd).	Use
{EVENT_END-DATE_MONTH_YYYY}	Adds Event End Date in Full Month Name and Year Format.(Events Only)	Use
{EVENT_END-DATE_MONTH_YYYY_ADD3}	Adds Event End Date in Full Month Name and Year Format Plus 3 Years.(Events Only)	Use
{WORKSHOP_NAME}	Adds the workshop name (if applicable)	Use
{WORKSHOP_DESCRIPTION}	Adds the workshop description (if applicable)	Use
{WORKSHOP_CREDITS}	Adds the workshop credit for related workshop (if applicable)	Use
{TOTALWORKSHOPCREDITS}	Adds the sum of all workshop credits for related event (if applicable)	Use
{Event_Start_Date_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Event's Start Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).(Events Only)	Use
{Event_End_Date_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Event's End Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).(Events Only)	Use
{RENEWALDATE_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).	Use
{RENEWAL_DATE_MONTH_DD_YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (Month Dth, yyyy).	Use
{INCEPTIONDATE_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Member Inception Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).	Use
{TODAYSDATE}	Adds the current date.	Use
{TODAYSYEAR}	Adds the current year.	Use
{QR_CODE}	Adds the QR Code for their contactID, name, and emailAddress	Use
{WORKSHOP_DATE}	The date of the workshop (if applicable).	Use
{WORKSHOP_START_TIME}	The start time of the workshop (if applicable).	Use
{WORKSHOP_END_TIME}	The end time of the workshop (if applicable).	Use

MMF Canada Online
REAL TALK SERIES: Live Performance and Touring Realities

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024
Panel - 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET
Networking - 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET
(Online via Remo)

We've been seeing some big changes in the live sector these past few years. Artists, promoters, festival buyers, agents, and others in the industry have had to adjust significantly to the changing global environments. Our panelists will discuss topics such as the rising demand for festival and tour dates, the complex world of visa applications, shifts in fan engagement, performance sustainability, what the future of touring holds, and much more.

TICKETS:

Registration is free for members
MMF Canada welcomes the attendance of non-members for a fee of $30

SPEAKERS:

Eleanor McGuinness (Moderator)

Agent & Partner, Playbook Artists

Eleanor first immersed herself in the Dublin music scene in 2002, promoting acoustic nights & booking national tours for Irish artists.

Soon thereafter advancing to promoter & booker for POD Concerts which included bookings for Electric Picnic among other festivals, and alongside live bookings for a premier music venue in Dublin.

Finally joining Pitch & Smith Agency in 2011 helping to develop their roster and strategy across Europe before leaving and setting up PlayBook Artists Agency in 2021.

Her roster includes Andy Shauf, Arooj Aftab, Leith Ross, Son Lux and Beverly Glenn Copeland among others.

Gilad Carroll (Panelist)

Artist, Living Hour

Composer & Community Organizer

Founder, Real Love Winnipeg and First Date Touring

Gil Carroll is a Winnipeg born musician, booking agent, concert promoter, composer, and community organizer. Carroll is a founding member and guitarist of Winnipeg based bands Living Hour and Palm Trees and is the co-founder of Real Love Winnipeg, Real Love Summer Fest, and Slow Shine Records. Carroll is an owner and booking agent at the Winnipeg-based boutique booking agency, First Date Touring - he has booked tours for bands and solo artists all over Canada, USA, and the UK. He has toured extensively in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe with Living Hour. He was the editor of Manitoba’s only music magazine, Stylus Magazine, and is a volunteer DJ for the show Space Cadet and former staff member with CKUW 95.9 FM. Gil was the 2018 recipient of the Kevin Walter’s Legacy Award presented by Manitoba Music.

Merv xx Gotti (Panelist)

Artist, Merv xx Gotti, Samurai Champs, GHOSTFORM

Artistic Director, Trifecta Sound Co.

Merv xx Gotti is the Canadian, award-winning multi-genre artist behind solo singer-songwriter dream-pop project, "Guitar Songs”. He is also the singer of hip-hop/R&B duo, Samurai Champs, as well as indie-emo band, GHOSTFORM.

Additionally, he is the Founder and Artistic Director of Canadian DJ & artist collective, Trifecta Sound Co, as well as Archivist of Toronto’s ISO Radio.

Tao-Ming Lau (Panelist)

Founder, Blue Crane Agency

Agent, Paquin Artists Agency

Tao-Ming Lau is the founder of Blue Crane Agency (@bluecraneagency) and an Agent with Paquin Artists Agency. Blue Crane is a music booking platform centred on elevating women, artists of colour, and LGBTQ2S+ musicians on stage in North America and abroad. Tao’s roster currently includes Mustafa, Tanya Taqaq, Tegan and Sara, Ash, Wild Rivers, Priyanka, Begonia, Kiesza, Tia Wood, Billianne, Logan Staats, Ikky, and more. She founded Blue Crane with artists like Zaki Ibrahim, Shay Lia, Clerel, DJ NDN (Co-Founder of A Tribe Called Red), Vivek Shraya, BAMBII, and more. The agency has programmed festivals such as Pride Toronto and curated events for Nuit Blanche, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and more. Tao is a board director at Polaris Music Prize and Canadian Live Music Association and was chosen as a Rising Star in Toronto Life Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2018. Previously, she was at Chicago-based touring agency Billions, Universal Music Canada, and originally from Vancouver, on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Tao is a queer woman of colour seeking to open more doors and establish better infrastructure for underrepresented talent.

MMF Canada Online | REAL TALK SERIES: Live Performance and Touring Realities

Wednesday May 29 2024, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online via Remo