Canadian Heritage committee  Right. A lot of that came from the fact that when they would approach FACTOR, there were certain rules in place, notably distribution, or where your album was being distributed. If you're not in HMV, you're not in Walmart, you're not with a record label, it doesn't get recognized

Canadian Heritage committee  Our particular industry is I guess probably thriving in the sense that we have, as an organization, brought people together and taught them how to go from A to B. That wasn't really in existence for a lot of these artists before. They are finding out that they can get radio airpl

Canadian Heritage committee  I think new and developing and middle-level artists need the most help to pursue their careers. I would echo the need for songwriters as well. They sometimes get missed in that equation. Some of them are just songwriters. They're not in front of people performing. So I think tho

Canadian Heritage committee  I just want to add that the destruction of the music industry is further along than we think it is. I want to give you a statistic. In 1974 there were 31 different number one songs on the billboard chart. In 2013 there were 12. You think, “Well, what does that have to do with a

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's not a problem. It's a real and tangible difference in the industry over time. Shania Twain sold 10 million copies of three albums in a row. The last person to do that, over the last I don't know how many years, is Adele. One person in the whole industry reached that

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not solid. That's for sure. The same problems Greg was talking about we would echo, because of course our community represents people who are creating songs and writing them. Not all of them are performers, but their income streams are drying up. They're not selling physical

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Martin Smith, and I'm the president of GMA Canada, also known as the Gospel Music Association of Canada. Before I drove up here today, I was thinking about the heritage and place of gospel music i