This week Mike welcomes back to the podcast Erin Benjamin, the president and CEO of the Canadian Live Music Association. The CLMA advocates on behalf of Canadian concert promoters, festivals, presenters, venues, agents, ticketing companies, industry associations, and suppliers. Mike and Erin spoke in late April about the immediate devasting impact the pandemic was having on the live music industry. Now, six months later, Erin is back to offer an update on how things have panned out, what the near- and long-term future looks like for the industry, why keeping the live music industry afloat is economically important, what venues are doing to facilitate live music, and more.
To read the new report from the CLMA, City of Toronto, and Nordicity that Mike and Erin talk about, go to www.canadianlivemusic.ca.
Michael Raine is the Editor-in-Chief for Canadian Musician, Professional Sound, and other magazines. He’s a fan of long conversations about music and the music industry.
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