Vol. XXXVII, No. 2

You Can’t Kill The Magic!

By Andrew King

Millions of downloads, hundreds of millions of streams, Times Square, the NBA All-Star Game, and the most JUNO nods of any other artist this year – and it all started with a single lyric…

Meet The Starmakers

Some Canadian Masterminds Behind Modern Pop’s Elite

By Adam Kovac

A good pop song is a powerful thing, and having the ability to summon those kinds of songs for millions of people is something special – even if it’s behind the scenes.

Making The Cut

A Turntable Roundtable With Some Of The Scene’s Best

By Andrew King

Some of Canada’s most capable and creative turntablists sit down and share their thoughts on the state of their scene.

Friends In Low Places

Our Country-Focused 2015 Bass Special

By Andrew King

Shining the spotlight on the ones anchoring the performances of some of country music’s finest in our 2015 focus on all-things four-string.

Road Test

Reviews of new products from Steinberg, DigiTech & Albion

Indie Insider

SOCAN’s growing performance rights ecosystem

Departments

Feedback

Changes

CM Radio

Events

Hot Gear

Advertisers’ Index

Marketplace

Classifieds

Showcase

Columns

Guitar – Chris Chambers

Keyboards – Mike Dubue

Bass – Paul Vroom

Percussion – Steve Augustine

Woodwinds – Daniel Schnee

Brass – Mike Herriott

Digital Music – La+ch

Vocals – Brandon Brophy

Writing – James Linderman

Recording – Sam Guaiana

Live Sound – Raven Biederman & Penny Pattison

Business – Cheryl Yeung

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