A place to think, discuss, and plan for a new music industry support model in Atlantic Canada. Written by Blanche Israël, former CEO of the East Coast Music Association.
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The Strategic Plan I Wish the ECMA Had Released
Last week, while in the middle of a PR crisis over its failure to pay performers, the East Coast Music Association quietly and sheepishly released its long-awaited strategic plan.
The irony isn’t lost on me. The lack of a strategic plan wa...
ECMA is Now Blaming Me For Their Financial Crisis
Rumour has it that ECMA is now blaming me, as its former CEO, for the financial shortfall that has left artists waiting more than two months to be paid for their performances at the 2026 event.
That’s... convenient.
When a former colleagu...
My $500 giveaway reached 20,000 people. Almost no one asked for the money.
last week i ran a little experiment.
after the halifax jazz fest honoured my cancelled performance fee, i decided to pass $500 of it along to a fellow artist.
the post went pretty far: 20,000 views, 623 likes, 75 shares/saves, 43 comments...
i am giving away $500 of my cancelled halifax jazz fest performance fee
last week, i wrote about the east coast music association failing to pay its 2026 performers on time:
it got shared the most of any of my posts so far, and my dms lit up with artists’ frustration, their lack of surprise, and details of the...
ECMA is defaulting on its artist payments
i received a screenshot in my dms today of a mass email communication from ECMA to its 2026 performers:
from an email to ecma performers today: “ECMA has been approved for ACOA funding earmarked for performance fees. No specific date has b...
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Musician and former CEO of the ECMA. Working on a way forward for Atlantic Canadian musicians and music workers.
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