JUNO WEEK UPDATE This week is Juno week. The Juno’s are the Canadian version of the Grammy’s and Brit Awards. They celebrate the diverse talent that is in the Canadian music industry. Hex Entertainment joined The Ottawa Sound on an adventure through Algonquin College to ask some people their opinions on the Juno Awards! 1.        What Canadian artist do you think had/has the most influence on the global music industry a.        The most common answers for this question for this question were Justin Bieber and Drake with The Weeknd thrown in once or twice. The bassist from local band BATAVIA (Hakan who is from Istanbul, Turkey) said Devin Townsend. 2.        What Canadian artist do you think has the most influence INSIDE Canada? a.        A lot of people thought hard about this but couldn’t think of any artists. Hakan said Devin Townsend for this one as well. 3.        Who is your pick for Fan Choice? a.        A lot of people thought hard about their choices for this

Up Coming Shows: ·          April 1 st o    Batavia will be playing their debut show at the Starbucks in Prinecrest Mall for a fundraiser for Camp Quality §   10am-2pm ·          April 7 th o    Endless Oceans, Noi Ya, Milk Jive, FoOlish and Nessie at Avant Garde §   7pm doors open §   $10 tickets in advance, bands have tickets ·          April 27 th o    Nighttime In Kansas, Forest and Hawking at Live! On Elgin §   E.P release for Hawking Crowd Funding: Should you use it to fund your album/E.P Kyle Stumpo: Crowd funding platforms are becoming a very popular way to raise money for new products, services and music. There are many websites to use such as GoFundMe and Kickstarter. Kickstarter is mostly used for new products in the science and technology department and has some pretty strict rules that users need to follow to qualify for the service. GoFundMe is used for more art stuff such as movies, YouTube channels and music. Both sites take 5% of

UP COMING SHOW! On April 7th 2017 at 7:00 the debut show of Endless Oceans will be on at Avant Garde. Join Endless Oceans, Noi Ya, Nessie and FoOlish at Avant Garde! LOCAL ARTIST HIGHLIGHT NOI YA  Noi Ya is an Ottawa based artist who is making waves in the Ottawa indie and punk scenes. He puts on an energetic and entertaining show. Ottawa Sound talked to him about the release of his EP.  My first question is where did you get the idea to use Noi Ya as your Pseudonym?  It is a secret 😝 I made a promise to someone that I wouldn’t tell anyone, and I intend to keep it.  What is the title of your latest EP?  The Self Immolation EP  How many songs will be on it?  Six for sure, aiming for around six maybe some bonus tracks  Where did the name for the EP come from?  The Name came from a point from an assignment in class where the Monks were lighting themselves on fire to protest the Vietnam war and I thought it was beautiful.