My concern is in terms of funding and representing artists in Canada--the musicians who need to have their music heard more--and I'm wondering about some of the changes. I don't know, but if it's a matter of dollars, I wonder if the CBC is doing less recording of live music even though they have a program that's dedicated to recording live music. My sense is that fewer artists are being recorded in concert or in studio.
If jazz is the example, I would say there are fewer jazz concerts being recorded in this country, and we're not hearing some of the ones we used to hear on Jazz Beat any more. That's just my perception. If it's a question of funding, the committee could definitely recommend that dollars to the CBC be increased and stabilized. It would allow more of Canada's excellent artists of whatever genre to be recorded. Then it doesn't become an “us and them” thing, with everybody scrambling to try to get the attention of these producers to record me instead of you.
Can anyone else speak to whether that perception is right or wrong?