• Discounts on travel and hotels when using Maritime Travel and Delta Hotels
• Registration fee discounts at Canadian Music Week  and NXNE plus UK shows like the Great Escape and London Calling
• Up to $500 off Canada Stand registration fees for shows such as MIDEM and POPKOMM
• A savings of over 15% when delivering music to radio through the Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS)
• CIMA health plan through Manulife Financial
• Participation in Special Marketing Campaigns (OMDC)
• Participation in Trade Missions/Symposiums – Los Angeles (USA), London (UK), Berlin (Germany), Tokyo (Japan)
• Participation at all Canada Stands (MIDEM, POPKOMM, SXSW)
• Participation at the International Marketplace (IMP) at CMW
• Participation in promotional initiatives (Applaud!)
• A chance to network with other members and industry affiliates through various professional development seminars and workshops including our Tools of the Trade series as well as invites to summer networking BBQ’s
• Timely updates on vital issues affecting the Canadian recording industry through our weekly e-Digest Communiqué

CIMA's members are Canadian companies involved in all aspects of the music industry.
They include:

• Established Canadian indie labels like Marquis Records, Stony Plain and Nettwerk.
• Cutting edge independent artist service companies like Arts & Crafts responsible for breaking Fiest and Broken Social Scene onto the international scene and industry moguls like Donald K. Tarlton (Sum 41, Metric).
• Managers of Bruce Cockburn (Finkelstein Management), Rush (SRO/Anthem), and Avril Lavigne (Nettwerk).
• Industry mogul Donald K. Tarlton (Sum 41, Metric)
• Companies responsible for launching the careers of Diana Krall (Justin Time Records), the Barenaked Ladies (Nettwerk) and Sum 41 (Aquarius/DKD).
• Artist driven labels like Sonic Unyon and Quinlan Road.
• Our companies represent all genres of music from Alt. Rock, to Jazz; Country to Classical, Children’s music to Aboriginal.
• The provincial music industry associations and collectives.

CIMA always welcomes new members. We have two membership categories – Voting and Affiliate.

1. Voting Members - Includes record labels, distributors, record producers, studios and managers.
2. Affiliate Non-Voting Members – These are the “friends” of the music industry or people/companies not directly involved in the production of music. Includes cultural industry associations, collectives, lawyers, accountants, publicists/promoters, publishers, artists, manufacturers and other creative service providers.

CIMA takes the leadership role in improving the economic viability and well-being of the independent music and sound recording sector in such important areas as:

• Canadian content
• Copyright law
• International marketing
• Cultural industry policy
• Government and industry
• Cultural industry assistance programs
• Cultural industry assistance and information
• Tax laws and tariffs
• Professional development

To find out more check out our About CIMA section.

Voting Members are billed according to their annual revenues.

New members will have their applications reviewed by our membership committee to determine level of membership.

We have three levels of Voting Members:

1. Class A - $2,000.00 annually +GST. Members with gross revenues more than one million dollars annually, except distributors who most join as Class B or C members
2. Class B - $750.00 annually + GST. Members with gross revenues more than $500,000 but less than one million dollars annually, or distributors who have revenues of at least three million dollars annually
3. Class C - $200.00 annually + GST. Members with gross revenues less than $500,000 annually, or distributors who have revenues less than three million dollars annually.

Affiliate Non-Voting Members - $200.00 annually + GST

• Memberships are on an annual basis and are due April 1st.
• New memberships can be taken throughout the year and will be either retroactive or pro-rated (depending on when you join) to accommodate the April 1st renewal.
• Returning members can have their membership level re-evaluated at the time of renewal