Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

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One thing before we start the show.

I want to let you know about a special interview you'll hear at the end of this episode.

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All right, let's get on with things. Fifty years ago, there was no such thing as the Canadian

music industry. Well, at least not compared to the U.S. or the U.K. Yeah, we had bands who played

gigs and recorded singles and albums, but there wasn't much of an infrastructure to support a domestic scene.

Too few recording studios, a lack of experience promoters and managers and producers.

There was a tiny collection of domestic record labels.

And there was a steady drain of talent to the United States.

If you really wanted to make it big, you had to leave the country.

Well, that's pretty discouraging, isn't it?

And Canadian radio stations were not helping.

There was a perception that audiences did not want to hear much of this domestic music because,

well, it wasn't very good.

It was inferior to all the music coming from America and England, and this contributed to the overall opinion with the general public that Canadian music just wasn't worth anyone's time.

At the same time, though, it didn't seem right that our musical culture and our music scenes,

such as they were, were being overwhelmed by foreign powers. Canadian artists were getting

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