Mark Cashin

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@TylerWhelan96 2/2 #MUS2011 with many popular American artists?

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@TylerWhelan96 1/2 #MUS2011 Do you think the above artists encompass the entirety of Canadian music? Or could their style be interchangeable

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#MUS2011 4/4 a marketplace that is overwhelmed with foreign content.

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#MUS2011 3/4 artists have a medium for distributing their content to a large audience, and thereby, ensuring they receive market exposure in

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#MUS2011 2/4 forms of media. It provides a small, but meaningful, royalty revenue stream for artists. Furthermore, it ensures Canadian

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#MUS2011 1/4 Yes, the CanCon quota is still significant today. The quota serves as an incubator for Canadian talent, musical and in other

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@ColinGrenning #MUS2011 2/2 a style that is indistinguishable of the style of American artists. CanCon serves to build Canadian content.

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@ColinGrenning #MUS2011 1/2 Very true. Even the popular artists that many are mentioning in their tweets (ie. @Drake & @justinbieber) have

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@kryshanlon #MUS2011 3/3 have a much more difficult time making their mark in the Canadian music scene due to the scarcity of airtime.

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@kryshanlon #MUS2011 2/3 valuable airtime. I predict that if the content regulations were eliminated, Canadian artists and productions would

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@kryshanlon #MUS2011 1/3 The CanCon regulations can be viewed as a contributing factor to their success by granting such artists valuable

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@JamesTitford #MUS2011 3/3 a marketplace flooded with commercially popular American and International productions?

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@JamesTitford #MUS2011 2/3 content. Without such a quota in place, how would Canadian artists and Canadian productions survive and thrive in

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@JamesTitford #MUS2011 1/3 I disagree. A quota serves as a safeguard, which dually functions to protect and develop Canadian music and

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#MUS2011 4/4performance. I don’t believe a summary statement can truly reflect the macro and micro musical preferences of a complex society.

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#MUS2011 3/4 Conversely, other persons may prefer the sounds of a live cover band, and the total sensory experience that accompanies a live

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#MUS2011 2/4 individuals would prefer to listen to high quality, touched up recordings on their own time than listen to a cover band.

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#MUS2011 1/4 I disagree with Wald’s assessment as a “one size fits all” statement almost never reflects the reality of the issue. Some

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@liamNAPM #MUS2011 2/2 more appealing to the greater population.

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@liamNAPM #MUS2011 1/2 To supplement your point, I think the quality (or lack thereof) of records in the past made live performances much