Thursday June 23rd

9:30 am - 5:00 pm Sid Williams Theatre Lobby
registration/administration

10:00 am Sid Williams Theatre
THE CREATIVE SIDE OF SONGWRITING
What inspires hit songwriters? How to overcome
writer’s block? Songwriting tools, Co-writing.
Dan Hill Grammy - award winning multi-platinum
songwriter (Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Reba McEntire,
Alan Jackson, Michael Bolton, Britney Spears)
Bill Henderson Chilliwack, lead Singer, songwriter
Ralph Murphy Vice President - ASCAP Nashville.
producer, songwriter and music publisher.
Jamie Warren CCMA award-winning
recording artist and songwriter.
Steve Wilkinson Producer and songwriter for the
platinum-selling country band "The Wilkinsons"
Patricia Conroy
Award-winning singer/songwriter, recording artist
Moderator: Susie McGregor
Presented by: Songwriter’s Association Of Canada (SAC)

10:30pm Westerly Hotel Ballroom
GUITAR WORKSHOP
Guitar virtuoso, Ed Henderson will be exploring and
focussing on acoustic, fingerstyle guitar playing
Latin, Chorinho, Appalachian, Flamenco.
Ed Henderson (Chilliwack)
Moderator: Sue Medley

11:30 am Sid Williams Theatre
THE BUSINESS OF SONGS
What happens to a song after it’s written? What is
copyright? How do songs make money? Publishers,
Lawyers, Music Supervisors and industry veterans talk
about the business side of songs and what the laws are..
Ron Irving Internationally-acclaimed award-winning
songwriter, producer, publisher.
Ron Proulx Music Supervisor, President, Arpix Media
Ralph Murphy Vice President - ASCAP Nashville.
producer, songwriter and music publisher.
Bob D'eith Music Lawyer, Peak Performance Project
Bill Henderson Songwriter, Past President of
SOCAN, Former director, CARAS
Moderator: Jamie Warren
Presented by: Songwriter’s Association Of Canada (SAC)

12:00 noon Westerly Hotel Ballroom
Drum'n'Bass Workshop
It’s all about the groove, at any tempo: Country shuffle,
Blues shuffle,Jazz swing, Rock Back Beat shuffle,
Texas 2-hander, NY back Beat: Any questions?
Jerry Adolphe & Doug Edwards (Chilliwack)
Moderator: Angela Kelman
Sponsored by TOM LEE MUSIC

1:30 pm Sid Williams Theatre
PUBLISHING, LICENSING, ROYALTIES
A more in-depth look at the role of the publisher in
administering copyrights, licensing music and collecting
royalties..
Michael Saxell SKAP (Swedish Composers of Popular Music)
award winning Swedish Composer, Producer,
Multi-Instrumentalist
Dan Hill Grammy - award winning multi-platinum
songwriter (Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Reba McEntire,
Alan Jackson, Michael Bolton, Britney Spears)
Ron Proulx Music Supervisor, President, Arpix Media
Ralph Murphy Vice President - ASCAP Nashville.
producer, songwriter and music publisher.
Sarah Gavigan Music Supervisor, Founder, GYML
Moderator: Sue Irving
Presented by: Songwriter’s Association Of Canada (SAC)

3:00 pm Westerly Hotel Ballroom
Vocal Performance Workshop
Learn good technique through proper breathing
and placement of the voice. Everyone from first- time
singers to established recording artists can become
better singers with Angela’s “5 Point Singing System”.
Angela Kelman (Farmer’s Daughter Lead Vocalist)
Moderator: Jamie Warren

4:45 pm Westerly Hotel Ballroom
GET YOUR MUSIC LICENSED IN COMMERCIALS
Sarah Gavigan is founder/author of the groundbreaking
online educational resource “Get Your Music Licensed”
Sarah Gavigan Music Supervisor
Moderator: Steve Wilkinson

6:00 pm Sid Williams Theatre
VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSIC AWARDS

9:00 pm Whistle Stop Pub 2355 Mansfield Dr
LIVE MUSIC - VIMA AFTER PARTY
9 :00 pm Alli Sunshine and The Blue Sparrows
9:40 pm Emily Spiller
10:20 pm Ellisa Hartman
11:10 pm Spaceport Union
12 midnite Mindil Beach Markets
Host: Kenny Shaw
Sponsored by LONG AND McQUADE