Canadian Heritage committee  It varies, to be honest. If we were to fund the production of a 12-song record album by an established group that is used to working in the finest studios in the United States and working with the most renowned production teams and engineers, it could be half a million dollars to

Canadian Heritage committee  I can add to that, Stuart, if you want.

Canadian Heritage committee  Just to put an exclamation point on Stuart's comments, the model, as we see it now, is that the industry has several Canadian players at a certain level from an independent label perspective. The health of those labels is what I think we're talking about here. The independent sec

Canadian Heritage committee  I haven't seen what they said, but I can add some colour to an independent Canadian label in a global marketplace, if that's what you're asking. I think the major difference between what we do and what they do is that they have the luxury of what I call “catalogue cover” every

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start. I think it's a loaded question to some degree, because from this perspective or through this lens, the value gap is obviously negative. However, from an artist's perspective, what the digital era has done from a production standpoint to a distribution standpoint can

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Stuart. My name is Chris Moncada. I am a resident of the Toronto—Danforth riding and the General Manager of Last Gang Records and eOne Music Canada. Last Gang records is a 15-year old Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, representing both new and well