Join IMSTA (Intl. Music Software Trade Assoc.) and SAE Institute as they host IMSTA FESTA,
a celebration of music technology packed with Panels, Workshops & Master Classes, Song Critiques,
Demonstrations and more.
Hosting industry experts in an environment where music-makers can network,
interact and learn with each other face-to-face, this annual one-day event is not to be missed.
IMSTA FESTA is a FREE event open to everyone in the music making community; professional and
semi-professional musicians, songwriters, music producers, and audio engineers, as well as music students and educators.
IMSTA FESTA is a FREE event open to everyone in the music making community; professional and semi-professional musicians, songwriters, music producers, and audio engineers, as well as music students and educators.
Event Highlights:
Register for a FREE class in the IMSTA Master Class Series featuring the most coveted products from your favorite companies.
Visit all of the exhibits to get hands-on experience and even win software!
Attend the IMSTA Panel Series with industry experts to network and learn.
Bring your Song in to have it reviewed by an expert who will provide you with a professional critique. Song Reviews between 2-5pm
Enter your original song submission into our Songwriting Competition to win the opportunity to attend Black Rock Studio's in Santorini, Greece!
IMSTA FESTA Toronto 2018 will be taking place at:
Location
Date
Time
Ryerson RTA School of Media
Rogers Communications Centre
80 Gould Street
Toronto, ON
M5B 2M7
October 13, 2018
11:00AM - 6:00PM
Suggested Hotels:
Location
Website
Phone
Chelsea Hotel, Toronto
33 Gerrard St W
Toronto, ON
M5G 1Z4
Get up close and personal with some of your favourite brands and music software companies at this year's IMSTA FESTA. Exhibitors will be bringing
their latest software and products for our attendees to demo and try out.
T.J Habbibi is a Juno nominated songwriter, musician and record producer. He has been in the music industry for decades composing music for film & T.V as well as major label artists including Kardinal Official, Maestro Fresh Wes, Danko Jones, Red Rat among others.
JOHNNY RAYBORN - CELEMONY
Johnny “Bravo” Rayborn is a graduate from Columbia with a B.A. in Arts Management/Music Business, Brave has worked on scoring and developing music for movie trailers and is a co-writer on multiple video games, along with having music licensed on MTV, MTV2, ESPN & EA Sports. Currently Johnny is vocal producing and writing songs for top named DJ/Producers and artists from around the world such as Bad Boy Bill, Steve “Silk” Hurley, Umek, Jameisha Trice, Waka Flocka & Superfunk to name a few.
BILL COLLINS - MAGIX
Bill Collins is a Chicago-based music producer, educator and product specialist for MAGIX Software who has been actively performing and producing music for over 20 years. His music can be heard on several major television networks and is published by Sony/ATV and Universal Music Publishing Group. Bill is also the Editor for The Pro Audio Files, and served as Course Director for the Los Angeles Film School from 2010-2017.
Michael Bilenki - Eventide
Mike Bilenki (aka DAD) is a songwriter and producer from Winnipeg, MB operating out of Stu-Stu-Studios in Toronto's West End. He is a graduate of Harris Institute in Toronto and his client list includes Burak Yeter, Aviva, Havelin, Joshua Francois, and Aiden Myers.
Sappho Hansen Smythe - Sugar Bytes
Sappho is a Torontonian songwriter, vocal coach, and professional virtual reality nerd at House of VR! A graduate of SLC's Musical Theatre program, SAIT's Digital Audio program, and Sheridan's Performing Arts Prep program. She has just released her debut studio single, "Get My $*** Together" and she is currently working on a 360 music video to be released early next year. She is excited to be working with IMSTA this year representing Sugar Bytes.
Duwayne Wright - FL Studio
Duwayne is a Producer & Engineer from Toronto. Having interned for Prince 18 years ago, Duwayne got to witness a master at work. Inspired Duwayne went on to picked up knowledge from some of the best studios in North America, from Hit Factory in Miami to Baseline Studios in Harlem New York. Having mixed and/or composed music for recording artists, other producers, video games, movies and television series along the way. Armed with a wealth of knowledge and experience Duwayne is Senior Engineer/Producer at Astrolab Studios based in Toronto, Canada.
Andy Cherna - Strandberg
Andrew Cherna is the founder and owner of Diffusion Audio, a Canadian musical instrument and recording technologies distributor in business since 2002. Prior to that, he was the Alesis sales representative for the eastern half of Canada after several years of MI retail. While running his company is his main focus, he does take on occasional production work and has done everything from tracking, producing, and mixing complete albums to jingle, voiceover, mastering and video production. Andrew's main instrument is guitar and is equally comfortable managing the technologies available in today's modern recording environment.
Marko Drexler - Reveal Sound
Marko Drexler grew up in Southwest-Germany where he developed his passion for electronic music production. He produces various electronic genres and hosts his own radio show. Marko has been working for Music Marketing, a North American music software distribution company, as account manager and product demonstrator since 2016 and has been demonstrating music software products at trade shows in North America and Europe.
Quincy Bullen - Modart
Quincy Bullen is an accomplished pianist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer. Extraordinarily talented, with a great sense of timing, Quincy 'wows' audiences across Canada, the USA and the Caribbean. His style is jazz with a funky vibe. His repertoire includes his own version of popular standards from jazz, R&B, Pop and soul as well as his original compositions. He has been a featured performer at many large music festivals and venues in Canada and the Caribbean. Quincy has been splitting his time between Toronto and Los Angeles. He also works as a producer and DJ.
Morgan Potruff - Celemony
Morgan Pottruff is a Toronto based producer, mix engineer and educator. He is a partner in the mix duo 2 Lions Audio along with LA engineer Scott Radke. Together, they have worked with artists such as One Republic, New Kids on the Block, Girlicious, Freddie Gibbs, The Cool Kids, as well as local artists such as 11:11, Dru, Casper TNG and. Yung Tory. He has served as an instructor at two of Canada's top audio schools such as The Metalworks Institute and Harris Institute, and is a contributor to Groove3.com.
Willard Bond - Accusonus
He's been working in the music and audio business since he bought a brand new Tascam 38 as a high-school student in 1982. Using Pro Tools since version 2, he has been teaching the Signal Processing course at The Harris Institute since 2010. He recently released the 17-track record "Jiggery Pokery", and is beginning his 20th year as a women's self-defense instructor.
Chris Amato - Izotope
Chris grew up in the suburbs of Massachusetts where he learned of his love of music through playing piano and bass guitar. He graduated from Northeastern University in 2016 with a degree in Music Industry and Recording. Throughout this time, he has worked as a composer and sound designer for several short films. As a Product Specialist for iZotope, Chris troubleshoots technical issues directly with customers while educating them on the software and audio production in general.
Douglas Romanow - Breaking Down the Mix
Len Goins is an unbiased veteran of hardware and software integration.
Equally adept in hardware modular synthesizer systems and computer-based production environments, Len is a champion of the hybrid approach. The best of both worlds.
The right tool for the right job. Make everything work with everything else.
Len Goins - Modular Synthesizers
Len Goins is an unbiased veteran of hardware and software integration.
Equally adept in hardware modular synthesizer systems and computer-based production environments, Len is a champion of the hybrid approach. The best of both worlds.
The right tool for the right job. Make everything work with everything else.
Noah Mintz - Mastering Need to Knows
Noah Mintz is a Senior Mastering Engineer and owner of Lacquer Channel Mastering. With over 20 years experience specifically and exclusively in professional audio mastering, Noah’s philosophy has always been “less is more”. With a strong emphasis on “vibe”, Noah’s sonic signature has been left on 1000’s of successful indie and major label acts.
Colin McDowell - McDSP
Colin McDowell has spent over two decades in the professional audio industry. Before founding McDSP in 1998, he was employed at IBM, Digidesign, and Dolby. Colin worked on several projects during that time, including many Digidesign plug-ins, the original TDM multi-shell technology, and the Emmy Award winning Dolby E audio encoder. Colin's work at McDSP has garnered eight TEC Award nominations, two Electronic Musician Editors Choice awards, a Cinema Audio Society Award for Best Post Production Product, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development, and a US patent.
Rajiv Bethune - FabFilter
Rajiv Bethune is an electronic music producer, product specialist and a IADT Recording Arts graduate. He became a Product Specialist for Music Marketing, a North American music software distribution company in 2014 and since then has been demonstrating music software products, educating musicians and audio enthusiasts at various North American trade shows and conventions.
Derrick Floyd - IK Multimedia
Artist, Musician, Songwriter, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, are just a few of the words that describe Derrick Floyd. By day, he is the National Sales and Product Specialist Manager for the ground breaking music technology company, IK Multimedia who is one of the leaders in making professional software tools for musicians, producers and engineers all over the world. Also being the pioneers of mobile recording revolution with the invention of the iRig family of portable recording products has given Derrick a front roll seat at the helm of the constant evolving world of creative music technology products.
Register below (SOON) for a FREE class in the IMSTA Master Class Series featuring the most coveted products from your favorite companies.
2:00PM
3:00PM
4:00PM
Noah Mintz Mastering Mastering Need To Knows
Award-winning Mastering Engineer Noah Mintz, Senior Engineer and Owner of Lacquer Channel, will demystify the world of mastering.
Len Goins Modular Synthesizers
Len Goins is a synthesizer wizard who will take us through the wild and wonderful world of modular synths. Control your modular synth rig from your DAW/plugins! Control your DAW/plugins from your modular synth rig! Bi-directional techniques for total integration of DAWs, virtual instruments/modulators, and modular synth hardware. Sponsored by Universal Audio and Softube.
Doug Romanow Mixing Breaking Down The Mix
Douglas will take us through the process of recording, mixing, and production techniques he uses in the studio. Sponsored by Universal Audio.
Melodyne Melodyne 4 All about Vocals
Take the opportunity to attend these free classes that thoroughly unpack all the star-features of Melodyne 4. The First Master Class tune vocals, time align and stack harmony vocals for a tight sounding mix... and more.
FabFilter Modular Synthesizers
This Master Class focuses on the ground-breaking Pro-R reverb with its unprecedented 6-band control of frequency decay and tonal balance.
Melodyne The Creative side of Melodyne 4
The Second Master Class delves into using Melodyne 4's extensive toolkit for tempo mapping, tempo correction and tempo assignment for remixing.
Native Instruments For The Music in You
In this workshop, discover the next generation of TRAKTOR controllers with the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 MK3 and TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 MK3.
Colin McDowell McDSP
This Master Class is being given by Founder and Owner of McDSP Colin McDowell. Colin will cover the the latest products from McDSP including the NR800 noise-reduction processor, SA-2 dialog processor and the EC300 collection.
Native Instruments For The Music in You
In this workshop, get a complete overview of the new MASCHINE MIKRO MK3, KOMPLETE KONTROL A-SERIES and KOMPLETE 12.
Magix Acid Pro 8
Magix Acid was the first beat-making, loop-taming software program in history and the secret weapon behind countless hit records.
Presonus Studio One Basics
This Master Class is ideal for new users and people checking out Studio One to see what it can do and how it works. You will learn about: Instrument tracks and Audio tracks and their differences; Audio Tracks Channel Mode; Panning basics ; Insert Effects and FX Channels and Mixing 101.
Presonus Studio One Advanced
This Class is geared for advanced Studio One users. In this Masterclass you will learn about: The Arranger Track; Using Audio Bend; Using the Scratch Pad 4; Working with loops and VST Instruments; StudioLive DAW Mode and Studio One Integration.
Ableton Workshop with Jason Spanu
Ableton Certified Trainer & Performance Artist Dj Shine shares Tips & tricks, don't miss it!
TORONTO 2018 PANEL SERIES
IMSTA is proud to host another exciting panel series during IMSTA FESTA Toronto 2018 featuring industry leaders and their fresh perspectives on music production.
We are bringing together the best minds, innovators and companies in the business of music and audio for this 1-day networking event.
You must register below to attend the panels.
Overview: Ken Lewis has been at the top of the music business for years as a Producer, Songwriter, Mix Engineer and Musician. He credits include 12 GRAMMY winners and 40 total nominations, 71 Gold & Platinum albums and single and 56 #1’s. Ken has worked with such luminaries as Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande and many others. His keynote which will detail his studio and writing experience is not to be missed.
Overview: IMSTA proudly presents the very first Canadian appearance of legendary Mixing Engineer Gary Noble who is the man behind the sound of Amy Winehouse. Gary will give a 2-hour dissection of how he mixes these classic hit records and specifically about his time working with Amy. If you are making music at home on your computer, you will want to see this. If you are an artist or a singer, you will want to see this.If you are a Recording Engineer you will want to see this. You will not want to miss this.
Overview: Whether you are a musician, songwriter, producer or business owner, you will find this session essential to your success. To get from where you are today to where you want to be in the future, you need a well-developed career plan. Canadian Musician magazine publisher and NWC president, Jim Norris will teach you how to set and achieve goals and how to keep yourself motivated and deal with setbacks and disappointment.
Overview: SAC [Songwriters Association of Canada] has as assembled some of the most experienced managers in Canada for an important panel discussion of the topic of Managers in the Music Business. If you are looking for a manager or ever wanted to be one, or you want to know how to spot a good one be here. Register Now
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Writing a great song is a primary creative goal of most artists and songwriters from around the world. Getting the beat perfect is only one step. Getting the lyrics and melody just right is another step. Then – does it have a memorable hook? Does the style and production match the story? Is it engaging to listen from beginning to end?
IMSTA FESTA has been pleasantly overwhelmed by the amount of songwriters that submit songs and/or come to the show to get a song reviewed. There has been a common theme when reviewing these songs. While so many have some of the ingredients, more often than not there are crucial missing pieces and/or underdeveloped ideas. A weak song, that could have been stronger. A good song that could have been great.
In this panel – we will take a selection of songs – have our expert panel listen to them and discuss what elements might be missing or what could have been done differently to improve the song. Knowing what’s wrong with the song is a first step in making it a better song.
This is a must panel for anyone who writes songs or produces tracks.
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Overview: IMSTA & SOCAN is happy to host the young Artist, Producer and Beat Maker Bijan Amir who has created hits with the likes of Metro Boomin, PartyNextDoor and forthcoming releases with Belly, Tommy Genesis and Plaza. Don't miss this chance to see and hear how this master beat maker cooks up a beat in FL Studio. Space is limited. Register Now
IMSTA FESTA SONG REVIEWS | RYERSON 3rd FlOOR | 2PM-4:45PM
IMSTA announces Song Reviews beginning at 2pm. Bring your original song in on a headphone-compatible device and receive a one-on-one listening session with an industry expert who will give you a critique on your masterpiece. From the Song Reviews, the judges nominate 'Wild Cards' who are then spontaneously added to the finalists' pool who place 1st, 2nd and 3rd of the 2018 IMSTA Songwriting Competition. (Wild Cards must be present for judging at 5pm)
At the end of 2018, the 1st place finalists of each region are re-entered into a draw for the Grand Prize. The winner goes to Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece! Don't miss the opportunity to possibly go to Greece!
