2011 Nominees

2011 Industry Award Nominees

1. Music Teacher of the Year (elementary school) by People’s Choice

2. Music Teacher of the Year (secondary school) by People’s Choice

3. Music Teacher of the Year (post-secondary school) by People’s Choice

4. Music Teacher of the Year (independent school) by People’s Choice

5. Artist Manager of the Year
Joel Carriere - Arkells
Andy Curran - The Reason
Allen Moy – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Parkside Mike Renaud - Jeremy Fisher, Brandon Pacheco
Nathan Stein – Monster Truck

6. Instrument Retailer of the Year
Absolute Music
Mountain Music
Long & McQuade
Payne Music
Pongetti Musical Instruments

7. Studio Engineer of the Year
Brandon Bliss and Trevor Titian – Dinner Belles
Michael Chambers - Whitehorse
Bob Doidge – Blacken’d Red, The Torchmen Quartet
Mark Howard – Neil Young, Black Dub
Amy King - Alfie Smith, Dawn and Marra, Brian Meechan

8. Producer of the Year
Luke Doucet – Whitehorse
Justin Koop – Jamie Barnes
Daniel Lanois – Neil Young, Black Dub
Scott Orr – James Hoffman, Scott Orr
Trevor Titian – Dinner Belles, Rachel Heart

9. Recording Studio of the Year
B-Town Sound - Jamie Barnes
Catherine North – Whitehorse, City and Colour
Grant Avenue Studio – Alfie Smith, Dawn and Marra, Blacken’d Red, Brian Meechan
Threshold Recording Studios – Dark Mean
Westmoreland Recording Studio – 40 Sons, Andrea Godin

10. Website/Online Publication of the Year
www.hellbound.ca
www.hiphophomage.com
www.jamilton.ca
www.southernsouls.ca
www.y108.ca

11. Artist Website of the Year
www.brianmelo.com
www.fingereleven.com
www.ilovemonstertruck.com
www.jeremyfishermusic.com
www.whitehorsemusic.ca

12. Video of the Year
The Creepshow – They All Fall Down
Brian Melo – Soundproof
Monster Truck - Lethal Weapon Cop Car
Finger11 – Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me
Jeremy Fisher – Shine A Little Light

13. Best Album Artwork
The Creepshow – They All Fall Down - Wessel
Dinner Belles – West Simcoe County – Ely Cass/Dinner Belles/ Walsh
Jeremy Fisher – Flood – Watrous/Waymen/Feininger
Alfie Smith – Sometimes The Rain – Amber Delaney/Sarah Pearl/Valerie Savoy
Martin Verrall – Spears of Fate – Wedekind/Harding/Verrall/Moore/Wintermans

14. Record Label of the Year
Hidden Pony – Brandon Pacheco, Jeremy Fisher
Other Songs Music – Scott Orr, James Hoffman, Allosaurus,
Six Shooter Records - Whitehorse
Wind Up – Finger 11

15. Music Retailer of the Year
The Beat Goes On
Cheapies
Dr. Disc
Looney Tunes – Burlington
Records On Wheels – Dundas

16. Music Director (Radio) of the Year
Andrew Bell – INDI 101
Emma Ditchburn– CFMU
Chuck Evans – Y108
Michelle Quinn - K-Lite

17. Radio Show of the Year
Get Hammered – Y108
Lou's Control – INDI 101
Lullabies in Razorland – CFMU
Sounds of the Hammer – INDI 101
Watermelon Throwdown – CFMU

18. Media Person of the Year
Lou Molinaro – INDI 101
Graham Rockingham - Hamilton Spectator
Jamie Smith – INDI 101
Ric Taylor – CFMU, View Magazine
James Tennant – CFMU, Hamilton Magazine

19. Radio Station of the Year
CFMU
INDI 101
K-LITE
Vinyl
Y108

20. Print Publication of the Year
H Magazine
Hamilton Magazine
The Hamilton Spectator
Urbanicity
View Magazine

21. Poster Artist of the Year
David Kellogg
Jeremy Kemeny
Kristie Ryder

22. Major Concert Venue of the Year
Ancaster Fairgrounds
Christie Conservation Area
Copps Coliseum
Gage Park
Hamilton Place

22. Live Club of the Year
The Casbah
Club Absinthe
The Corktown Pub
Stonewalls
This Ain’t Hollywood

24. Live Sound Engineer of the Year
Anthony Cascella – McIntyre Theatre, The Casbah
Steven Foster – Studio at Hamilton Place
Lou Furlanetto – The Corktown Pub
Doug Smith – This Ain’t Hollywood
Michael Stewart – Hamilton Place

25. Musical Event of the Year by People’s Choice

26. Theatre of the Year
Hamilton Place
McIntyre Theatre
The Pearl Company
The Staircase Theatre
Studio at Hamilton Place

27. Talent Buyer of the Year
Jesse Dore - The Corktown Pub
John Elder – Copps Coliseum
Loren Lieberman – Festival of Friends
Lou Molinaro - This Ain’t Hollywood
Brodie Schwendiman – The Casbah

28. Booking Agent of the Year
The Agency Group
S.L. Feldman and Associates
Live Tour Artists
Paquin Entertainment
Spherical Productions

29. Tour Manager of the Year
Joe Cacioppo - Buffy Sainte Marie
Brad Ferguson - Arkells, San Sebastian
Ace Piva – 5440, Nashville Pussy, Econoline Crush

30. Sound and Lighting Company of the Year
AVW Tel Av
Creative Artists Group
Lou’s Music
Soundbox Productions
Bates Audio

31. Event Photographer of the Year
Stephanie Bell
Ted Buck
Kyle Weir
Bryon Zammit

General Information

General Information

Saturday November 19, 2011

The Industry Awards recognize the achievements of those behind the scenes in the Hamilton music industry. Every year the Industry Awards bring together record labels, managers, radio station personnel, producers, engineers, booking agents, talent buyers and venue managers.

2011 Industry Lifetime Achievement Award

Kim Cooke
Industry Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Four decades on, Kim can definitely be called a veteran of the music industry. He started off at retail with Sam The Record Man in Hamilton, Ontario and shipped tens of thousands of 8 tracks for Muntz in Burlington, Ontario before finding his major label holy grail, WEA Canada (later Warner Music Canada) in 1978 as Atlantic/Elektra Marketing Manager. In this post, he was recognized in 1987 with a Grammy nomination in the Best Historical Album category for his work on The Otis Redding Story.

Kim spent 24 years with Warner later holding the posts of Vice-President, National Promotion and Vice-President, A & R. In the latter position he signed Sarah Slean, Great Big Sea, Paul Brandt, Odds, Big Wreck, Colin James, Natalie MacMaster and more. His last posting at Warner from 1998-2001 was Sr. VP/MD US labels.

All Things Must Pass as the philosopher George Harrison held, and Cooke left Warner in 2001 as that company began a series of transformational changes.

It was a brief respite. In February 2002 he went from the very big to the very small, joining startup Universal-distributed indie imprint MapleMusic Recordings. Drawing on all his prior experiences Cooke served as General Manager, helping sign and develop the careers of Sam Roberts, Kathleen Edwards, Pilate, The Dears, Joel Plaskett, Martha Wainwright and more.

"Launching a new and progressive Canadian-owned label in an increasingly difficult marketplace was a bit like pitching a tent in a hurricane, but the personnel and the philosophies at Maple were the right approach at the right time in the evolution of the music business. I had the time of my life there. "

After 5 ½ in the GM's chair at Maple, Kim launched his own label, Pheromone Recordings, in partnership with his old friends at Maplecore. "It's simultaneously daunting and thrilling to have my name on the marquee but while configurations and business models may change, the core challenge of finding and nurturing talent never does. I'm thrilled to still have my hand in the game."

In early 2009 one of Pheromone's first signings, the Montreal-based multi-genre mashup known as Beast became the label's first gold album, followed by Inuk artist Elisapie Isaac whose album has sold 25,000 copies.

In 2011, with his partners, Kim opened Revolution Recording, a three room state of the art recording in facility in the Leslieville neighborhood, just east of downtown Toronto. Barely open three months, Revolution is already hosting world class recording artists and has been nominated for a prestigious NAMM Tec award, for the new studio design.

Kim also contributes to the music industry in various other ways. He is a past board member of CARAS and is still its Co-chair, Nominating and Voting. He also sits on the board of the Polaris Music Prize.