Amplify BC delivers $600,000 to support music companies in British Columbia

Vancouver, BC (May 25, 2023) – Today, Creative BC proudly announces 34 provincial Amplify BC grants through the Music Company program (the Program) totalling $600,000 distributed to recipients across the province.

The Program supports business development for a wide range of music companies, including record labels, recording studios, booking agencies, production houses, guitar manufacturers, and online platforms. Grants will help grow businesses, build capacity, create new jobs, and invest in new infrastructure and equipment.

Applications were scored according to the priorities of the program, including economic impact, investment in B.C. talent, innovation, and support for equity-deserving groups who experience systemic barriers to industry participation. Creative BC together with panels of industry professionals representing a variety of genres, industry backgrounds, regions and demographics, selected the successful recipients of the Music Company program.

The Music Company program is part of the Province of British Columbia’s $22.5M three-year commitment to Amplify BC, now completing its second year of delivery through Creative BC. These provincial funds are part of B.C.’s $10 Billion COVID-19 response and focus on protecting the music industry’s infrastructure and assisting the survival of festivals, venues, live music presenters, and music companies in B.C. On April 19, 2023, the Province announced a historic investment into B.C.’s creative sector, including another $22.5 million for Amplify BC to build the province’s music talent and help launch careers, extending the Province’s music fund programs until 2027.

View a list of the recipients by program online here.

To learn more about these programs, visit: Amplify BC: www.creativebc.com/programs/amplify-bc
StrongerBC: www.strongerbc.gov.bc.ca/

Quotes:
Honourable Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
“These music companies provide careers and income for artists, workers, agents and producers all over the province. We know the music and recording industry needs support to recover, grow and expand their business and reach for the stars. That’s why we recently renewed Amplify BC for another three years, and it’s exciting to see all the projects that these recipients have underway.”

Bob D’Eith, Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film
“Congratulations to the recipients. It’s great to see the reach of this program as it supports companies with different focus and expertise, in so many communities throughout the province. We want to build capacity and keep B.C.’s music industry strong, and these recipients will now get the support they need to recover and continue to create amazing content and products.”

Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC
“Continued support for B.C. record labels, booking agencies, artist managers, production houses, and recording studios is crucial to the province’s music and sound recording industry. This program’s investment, and the Province’s recent announcement of an additional $22.5M for Amplify BC through 2027, will sustain and empower British Columbia’s music ecosystem as it innovates and builds for the future.”

Kishan Wijeyagoonewardane, Chaos Club Digital, Music Company Recipient
“We’re extremely grateful to have this continued support from Creative BC. It’s imperative to us at Chaos Club that we grow the resiliency of the Canadian music industry, and with Creative BC’s help funding our project we know that we will be better able to market our artists and Canadian artists as a whole in this internationally competitive industry.”

Media Contact:
Lisa Escudero
Creative BC
media@creativebc.com
604-730-2235

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About Creative BC
Creative BC is an independent society created and supported by the Province to sustain and help grow British Columbia’s creative industries: motion picture, interactive and digital media, music and sound recording, and magazine and book publishing. The society delivers a wide range of programs and services with a mandate to expand B.C.’s creative economy. These activities include: administration of the provincial government’s motion picture tax credit programs; delivery of program funding and export marketing support for the sector; and provincial film commission services. Combined, these activities serve to attract inward investment and market B.C. as a partner and destination of choice for domestic and international content creation. The society acts as an industry catalyst and ambassador to help B.C.’s creative sector reach its economic, social, environmental, and creative potential both at home and globally. Website: www.creativebc.com