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Bid on great music memorabilia to help ‘Healing in Harmony’

April 24, 2022April 23, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Big Wreck, Billy Talent, Canadian Music Week, Healing in Harmony, Junos, Make Music Matter, Rush, Sum 41, The Tragically Hip

Spring is a good time to redecorate your home and the Healing in Harmony online auction has some rare and

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Music News 

The Make Music Matter auction was a big success!

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Make Music Matter, Music Therapy, NGO

Make Music Matter is an NGO that uses music as a form of therapy in war-torn nations and in some

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Music News 

Today is the final day of The Make Music Matter Holiday Auction

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Christmas Gifts, Make Music Matter

Looking for a super-unique gift for someone this year? You must check out the Make Music Matter Holiday Auction. Make

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Concerts 

Part 4 of Make Music Matter’s #UnpluggedTogether is coming up tonight

October 21, 2021October 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Grievous Angels, Make Music Matter, Unplugged Together

[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

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Concerts 

Part 3 of Make Music Matter’s #UnpluggedTogether is coming up tomorrow night

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Talent, Blackbird, Cone, David Botrill, Ian D'Sa, Make Music Matter, Sum 41

[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 923: Studio stories with David Botrill

September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Botrill, Make Music Matter, Muse, Music Production, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Peter Gabriel, Tool, UnpluggedTogether

The new season (the 29th!) of The Ongoing History of New Music begins! Long before I started doing this for

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Recommended Music 

The next edition of #UnpluggedTogether is TONIGHT with The Trews, Corey Hart, and Gord Sinclair

September 9, 2021September 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Corey Hart, David Botrill, Gord Sinclair, Make Music Matter, Trews, Unplugged Together

[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

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Music News 

Major streaming event TONIGHT: #UnpluggedTogether in support of Healing in Harmony program for trauma survivors

August 5, 2021August 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Botrill, Healing in Harmony, Make Music Matter, Standstills

I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

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Music News 

#TogetherWeGroove auction features merch from Corey Hart, Sam Roberts, Billy Talent

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments #TogetherWeGroove, Billy Talent, Corey Hart, David Bottrill, Godsmack, Hill Kourkoutis, Justin Cikuru, Make Music Matter, Sum 41, The Trews, Three Days Grace

Looking for the perfect gift for the music lover on your list? But maybe, this year of all years, you

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Music News 

Members of Sum 41 and Three Days Grace are offering one-on-one experiences to raise money for Make Music Matter

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Make Music Matter, Sum 41, Three Days Grace

You’ve probably seen messages and stories about Giving Tuesday, which is today. There are some cool incentives for people to

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Contest 

Want to Win a Recording Session with Sam Roberts? Here’s How.

May 3, 2014May 3, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Make Music Matter, My Song for Change, Sam Roberts

This arrived from Devon the other day about the My Song for Change contest currently being run by Make Music

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