Kensington Sound Annual Party
Come out and enjoy the sound of past and present Kensington Sound recording aritsts with a beer and some FREE grub at Graffiti’s Bar in Kensington Market. It’s an open invite… bring your friends!
4pm-10pm Sunday July 10th.
Running Red Lights – WINNER – 2011 Kensington Sound/CMW Songwriting Competition!
Kensington Sound is pleased to announce “Running Red Lights” as the winner of our Canadian Music Week 2011 Songwriting Competition. They will receive a recorded, mixed, and mastered radio-ready single produced at Kensington Sound by Ben Pelchat and Vezi. Congrats!
Thank you to all of the fantastic bands who entered this year!
Carey Ott Kensington Sound Testimonial
Artist Carey Ott talks about his experience at Kensington Sound:
Kensington Sound Introduces a New KEL Mic Collection
Kensington Sound is happy new announce their new collection of KEL mics. Known for their unique sonic qualities, KEL mics have been used with such artists as Katy Perry, One Republic, Alanis Morrisette, Bil VornDick, Celine Dion, and Sting.KEL Audio is a promising mic manufacture, well worth an acquaintance.
CMW Contest Extension
* Do to the overwhelming response to this years Canadian Music Week contest, we have extended the submission deadline to April 15th, 2011! Winner will be announc
ed April 30th, 2011. Submit demos, or links, to contest@kensingtonsound.ca
Featuring 2010 Canadian Music Week Contest Winner ‘Jojeto’
Kensington Sound presents our 2010 Canadian Music Week contest winner, Jojeto. Ben Pelchat and Vezi worked with the band to produce “Your Best Dress”, which can be heard below.
Think you have what it takes to win this year’s contest? Enter at contest@kensingtonsound.ca.
Let the Fans Be Your Label
PledgeMusic is a music company offering you a new way to take control of your career. We’re not interested in being a rights owner – Pledge does not want ANY rights to your music, live income, merch etc. We just help you fund whatever type or format of record you want to release next.
To do this we simply help and encourage you to participate with your fans in an exciting and unique way. Pledge allows you to easily create an irresistible customised menu of exclusive content and experiences that integrates your database, MySpace friends, Facebook fans, Twitter followers and various other social networking sites. You decide how much money you’d like to raise and your fans pledge money for whichever item or experience they want. They will only be charged once the full target amount has been raised and there’s even the option to build a charitable donation into your campaign. We charge a flat 15% fee and we have no hidden fees or transaction costs whatsoever.
You are your own A&R and Marketing Manager – you choose the studio, the producer, the artwork, the promotion – it’s all down to you! Let the fans be your label, while you keep the rights to your music.
Kensington Sound Mixes Score for Damian Lee’s “Sacrifice”
Kensington Sound is pleased to be a part of Damian Lee’s new feature-length film “Sacrifice“, featuring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater.
Many parts of the movie’s soundtrack were composed at Kensington Sound by film scoring artist Steve Raiman.
Ben Pelchat also assisted in engineering and mixing the score in 5.1 surround-sound.
FACTOR Grant Deadlines Fast Approaching
On October 29, 2010 the following two FACTOR funding programs will deadline:
Juried Sound Recording (Independent and FACTOR Loan)
Marketing & Promo for Non-FACTOR Supported Sound Recordings
For further information please contact the FACTOR offices or your Local Provincial Music Industry Representative.