Nicholas Bickford

Ready to tweet some musical fire

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@ennismallory True! the popularity of Canadian singers and the technology today makes the quote more and more unnecessary #MUS2011

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@Rome_Leader I agree, Drake Doesn't reflect Canadian culture as much as, say, Great Big Sea might #MUS2011

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(10) International stardom in the future #MUS2011

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(9) be present in todays music industry, and if this trend continues we will see more and more Canadian artists reach... #MUS2011

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(8) So a quota enforcing Canadian content at the moment seems unnecessary because a trend of big Canadian acts seem to always... #MUS2011

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(7) presence in the music industry. Some artists include: Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado, Nickleback, Michael Buble. #MUS2011

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(6) flooding the radio stations today. However, before stars such as Drake and Bieber, other Canadian artists had a strong... #MUS2011

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(5) of Canadian content in today's music industry would be difficult not to be met with the array of Canadian stars that are... #MUS2011

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(4) Top charts these days are occupied by Canadians including Drake, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendes. So in reality a quota... #MUS2011

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(3) because it is hard to listen to any kind of popular radio station without hearing Canadian grown musical talent. #MUS2011

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(2) drowned out by all the popular american artists. But these days I feel like this quota doesn't need to be enforced simply... #MUS2011

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(1) I believe that the original notion to enforce a quota on Canadian was a good idea to make sure that Canadian content wasn't... #MUS2011

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@jessicawarren27 this also shows how cover bands are less popular how can they recreate the songs if the stars can't themselves #MUS2011

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@TylerWhelan96 I agree, live music is key to music listeners, cover bands just take a hit from the editing that new music has #MUS2011

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(11) their ability to deliver older songs, or songs that are played with typical rock band instruments #MUS2011

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(10) technology allowed them to have access to the original at all times. cover bands these days are still appreciated through... #MUS2011

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(9) DJs, and it created a certain standard among listeners that they wanted the original version over the cover versions because... #MUS2011

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(8) transition inevitable. Technology made songs more difficult to recreate by cover bands, which bring upon the popularity of... #MUS2011

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(7) The Beatles and their change in style. Personally, I think the advancement in technology's influence on music made the... #MUS2011

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(6) This transition from cover bands to the popularity of listening to recorded versions, however, shouldn't be blamed on... #MUS2011