From: Kevin Austin (kevin.austin@videotron.ca)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2011 - 08:47:20 EST
Another aspect of this is jury representation. It is essential that members of the ea community make themselves known far and wide. In time, this will translate into a greater presence of a wide range of ea practices on juries. There was a time when funding agencies (etc) had to keep asking the same half dozen people to sit on juries as representatives of ea. Those days are gone. [I hope.]
Kevin
On 2011, Jan 31, at 3:59 AM, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay wrote:
> I would say that
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> 1) start early in your career to ask for money, as this is part of a freelance artist job
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> 2) do not hesitate to ask for successful people around you to show you their grant application. I was happy to share examples of [iks]'s (un)successful grant to younger contemporary jazz artists in Montreal to show them what was relatively good average intake. i was lucky to be shown by other ensembles when I started the band 15 years ago and without their model, I would have not known what a good grant application looks like.
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> Now don't come and ask me now, as I am not the leader, and with 15 years of history [iks] is not really a junior anymore ;-) Anyway, I am not in the band anymore !
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> Seriously, electroacoustic is quite represented at the Canada Council as far as I can tell. at least we are named in the grants, and we have a pool of acceptation which looks like a representation of our field at least in professional concert practice.
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> What we need to do is to help the fringe electro scene (those who are 20 to 30 now) to organise and get represented. On this respect, I can salute Nicolas Bernier's daring programmation of the last 3 years of Akousma. I also like what NoType has done in the 1st half of the 2000s.
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> So I would recommend the potential applicants to look around to the successful people in their field, and if they happen to remotely know one, to ask for advice and mentoring. I am certain some will be happy to share like some did to me, and in return I did later...
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> pa
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> Le 2011-01-30 à 21:02, Kevin Austin a écrit :
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>> The process is highly competitive. Most people can expect 2 - 5 applications before success. Keep trying. Don't give up. Usually, you will need a minimum of 2 - 4 years of relatively continuous work to develop a cv that demonstrates breadth, depth and commitment.
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>> As you work during these couple of years, document as much as you can with as much detail as possible. This will help in preparing the support materials / documentation, and will assist those people who will write letters of assessment / support for you. It's a long road.
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>> Kevin
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>> On 2011, Jan 30, at 3:53 PM, Tom D wrote:
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>>> Not to hijack this topic, but the possibility of applying for a grant interests me as well, is there anyone on the list that has gone through the process and successfully received one? What can you tell us about your experience with the Council for the Arts? How much did they help you out? Are there specific requirements that need to be met if you plan on releasing something using money you received from the council?
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>>> thanks
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>>> -Tom
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