This week our Director of Artist Relations Dave Cool is attending one of his favourite conferences, Folk Music Ontario (formerly OCFF). The conference takes place October 17-20 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.This annual conference brings together festival programmers, agents, managers, folk musicians, and other key players in the Canadian folk, roots, and traditional music community for a series of workshops, panels and of course, music showcases.
Dave will be moderating a panel as well as offering free website reviews while there. Here are all the details:
How to Not Go Crazy on the Internet / Image-Based Marketing
Saturday, October 19
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Does your Facebook status still say “Happy New Year 2011!”? Do you really need to be Instagramming your road food? Do you need to post gig shots every single night? Do you need a Tumblr page AND a Facebook page AND a band website AND an Instagram account, etc.? This panel will help guide you through what you should and should not be doing online and how to best manage yourself on the Web.
Panelists:
Dave Cool - Moderator
Cindy Doire
Amanda Rheaume
Rob Wozny
Exhibit Hall - Free Website Reviews
Friday, October 18: 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Saturday, October 19: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
On the Friday & Saturday of the conference we’ll have a table set-up at the Exhibit Hall offering free website reviews to musicians. Come by to say hello, get your website reviewed, have some free candy, and if you’re already a member, pick up a free t-shirt too!
Stay tuned to our blog, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages for more updates about upcoming events we're attending this Fall!