CIMA (formerly CIRPA) is the trade organization representing the independent sector of the Canadian music and sound recording industry and the collective voice of independent music in English-speaking Canada.


After Festival Music House and as part of the Toronto International Film Festival event, CIMA is presenting a seminar “Score. Place. Win. An Insiders Look At Scoring And Music Placement In The Los Angeles Film & TV Music Market”.

This event features US Consultants such as Madonna Wade-Reed (Blu Mountain State, Castle, Smallville) and others TBA, Joel C. High and Rebecca Rienks, based in Los Angeles and music supervisors/executives participating in the TIFF events.

The seminar will be held on September 16th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor in Toronto. As we know this Seminar will be oversubscribed, please register early (limit 2 reps/company). To register send an email to events@cimamusic.ca. We look forward to seeing you there.



CITY AND COLOUR, STARS, GORD DOWNIE TO HEADLINE THREE-DAY FESTIVAL MUSIC HOUSE AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL â

Festival Music House, the official three-day musical component of the Toronto International Film Festival â, will take place at The Roosevelt Room on September 13, 14 and 15.

Headlining the three-night gala will be Montreal indie pop trailblazers Stars (Sept. 13), Juno Award-winning and Platinum-selling singer-songwriter City And Colour (Sept. 14) and The Tragically Hip frontman and folk-rock legend Gord Downie (Sept. 15).

The exclusive, invite-only event will feature an impressive array of Canadian musical talent, performing privately for Festival delegates, producers, directors, writers, actors and music supervisors in an extremely intimate setting.

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Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor Perform Live at the The Consul General of Canada in L.A.

The Canadian Music Industry in a Digital World
CIMA Submission to National Digital Policy Consultations

Canada produces some 2,000 new musical titles (albums in English) every year. This productivity has remained constant over the past several years, despite the substantial issues faced by the industry with the advent of wide-scale file sharing.  Canada has developed a system of regulated Canadian content requirements for radio, combined with financial supports mandated by the CRTC, to produce this outcome.  The Canadian system is much admired and often envied by other countries that did not have the foresight or political will to implement similar systems. Most of Canada’s current production (and most of the recent catalogue) of musical works has been digitized, and producers are aware of and are meeting the need to distribute their works throughout the world in digital form, with the correct formats to allow the tracking of sales and distribution.  This effort has been ongoing for some time, and is beginning to show results as Canadian companies collect on international sales.
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Upcoming Events: 2010

September 8-10, Popkomm, Berlin, Germany
September 13-15, Festival Music House at TIFF, Toronto, ON
September 23-25, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany
September 29-Oct. 3, POP Montreal, Montreal, QC
October 14-17, Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, Ottawa, ON
October 19-23, CMJ, New York City, NY
October 21-24, Breakout West Festival, Kelowna, BC
October/November (TBA) - BAFIM, Argentina
November 19-20, CFMA, Winnipeg, MB

Upcoming Events: 2011

January 23-26 – MIDEM, Cannes, France
February 13, The Grammy Awards, L.A., USA
February 16-20, Folk Alliance International, Memphis, USA
April 14-17 - ECMA, Charlottetown, PEI

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