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SUMMARY:YYCMA Creative Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:YYCMA Creative Toolkit returns May 23\, 2026! 4 workshops\, $10
 /session or $25 all-day. Learn\, connect & grow your music career. Register
  now!\n\nSession 1: Artist Audit with Jessie Okyere\n\nJessie Okyere is a c
 reator and strategist on a mission to prove that being organized doesn’t 
 have to be boring. With a foot in both the business and healthcare worlds\,
  I know exactly what it’s like to balance a big vision with limited dispo
 sable income. I specialize in helping artists with irregular paycheques\, t
 urn chaos into calm through the Artist Audit. A system for organizing your 
 Wealth\, Health\, and Home using the low-friction tools you already own\, l
 ike Apple Notes and your calendar. My goal is to help you build systems for
  life management so you can spend less time stressing and get back to the "
 why"\; of your art and help you get those creative juices flowing.\n\nSessi
 on 2: Lighting and Sound 101 with Adam Buzzard\n\nFor over ten years Adam h
 as had a passion for audio and live production. His career began in voiceov
 er work and gradually evolved into audio post-production for film and TV. D
 uring his time working at The Forge Audio\, he had the privilege over worki
 ng on a variety of projects and has been nominated for multiple AMPIA award
 s. Currently\, he is working as the Technical Lead at the Bert Church Theat
 re\, facilitating hundreds of events ranging from live music to theatrical 
 productions\, mixing audio\, designing lights\, and everything else that co
 mes with live entertainment. \n\nSession 3: Radio Panel featuring X92.9\, C
 JSW\, and CKUA\n\nLogan Middleton is the Host of Xposure\, Assistant Music 
 Director\, and Imaging Director at Calgary’s Alternative X92.9. A passion
 ate advocate for local and independent music\, Logan has built a reputation
  as a champion of emerging artists and a trusted voice for Canada’s indie
  scene. He serves as a juror for the Juno Awards\, Polaris Music Prize\, an
 d YYC Music Awards\, contributing to the recognition and growth of Calgaryâ
 €™s vibrant music community and Canadian independent music at large.\n\nAda
 m Kamis is a born and raised Calgarian. He is probably best known for being
  an engaged champion of a lot of different fields within the city’s music
 \, arts/cultural and nightlife scene. Since 2017\, Adam has been Station Ma
 nager of CJSW 90.9FM Campus & Community Radio\, and for many more years\, h
 as been the host of The Failed Pilot show\, broadcasting every Thursday aft
 ernoon from 2pm-4pm MST. Adam is also on the Music Calgary board of directo
 rs and is a long-serving volunteer of the Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
 . Adam is a perennially active member of Calgary’s music scene as a music
 ian (Liquor Mountain\, Hex Ray\, Brenda Vaqueros\, English Teeth\, Agricult
 ure Club\, Thee Maypolers) and DJ. In past lives\, Adam has also been a nig
 htclub manager\, bartender\, promoter and writer.\n\nDaniel Goodridge gradu
 ated from MacEwan University’s Library and Information Technology program
  and started volunteering at CKUA Radio. His love for the station and music
  in general was a welcomed surprise when after meeting\, Arianne Smith-Piqu
 ette (Content Director)\, he found out they had a special library. After be
 ing hired full-time at CKUAs music library\, he is now responsible for hand
 ling incoming music (physical and digital) as well as Top 30 Charts and som
 e on-air features. Being an avid listener of CKUA and all kinds of music he
  has a good ear for what could be of interest for the CKUA hosts and listen
 ers.\n\nSession 4: Ethical Use Of AI In Music Composition with Bilal Tanwee
 r\n\nBilal Bin Tanweer is a Calgary-based entrepreneur\, software engineer\
 , and self-taught musician with a passion for technology and creativity. He
  launched his first software company at the age of 19 and moved to Canada i
 n 1996\, later founding eFormative Systems Inc. in 2000 and WOW Electric Ri
 des in 2013\, a growing micro-mobility company with multiple retail locatio
 ns in Calgary. With a background in software engineering\, business\, and i
 nnovation\, Bilal has spent decades working at the intersection of technolo
 gy and entrepreneurship.\n\nMusic has remained a lifelong passion for Bilal
  since high school\, where he began producing music and performing in bands
 . Working from his home studio\, he creates a fusion of Eastern and Western
 -inspired music across genres including pop\, rock\, hip hop\, and EDM. In 
 recent years\, he has been exploring how Artificial Intelligence is transfo
 rming music production by making the creative process faster\, smarter\, an
 d more refined\, while still preserving the artist’s originality and crea
 tivity.\n\nhttps://www.visitcalgary.com/events/yycma-creative-toolkit\n\nht
 tps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/yycma-creative-toolkit-tickets-1988881774928
LOCATION:1001 Barlow Trail SE\, 1001 Barlow Trail Se\, Calgary\, Alberta\, 
 T2E 6S2
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