50 Years of CanCon
b'Fifty years ago, there was no such thing as a Canadian music industry\\u2026well, at least not compared to the U.S. or the UK\\u2026we had bands that played gigs and recorded singles and albums\\u2026but there wasn\\u2019t much of an infrastructure to support a domestic scene\\u2026\\n\\nToo few recording studios\\u2026a lack of experienced promoters, managers, and producers\\u2026there was a tiny collection of domestic record labels\\u2026and there was a steady drain of talent to the united states\\u2026if you wanted to make it really big, you had to leave the country\\u2026that\\u2019s kind of discouraging, right?\\n\\nAnd Canadian radio stations weren\\u2019t helping\\u2026there was a perception that audiences did not want to hear much of this domestic music because, well, it wasn\\u2019t very good\\u2026it was inferior to all the music coming from America and England\\u2026this contributed to the overall opinion with the general public that Canadian music just wasn\\u2019t worth anyone\\u2019s time\\u2026\\n\\nAt the same time, though, it didn\\u2019t seem right that our musical culture and our music scenes (such as they were) be overwhelmed by foreign powers\\u2026Canadian artists were getting smothered in the crib\\u2026something needed to be done\\u2026and five decades ago, something was done, beginning on January 18, 1971\\u2026\\n\\nIt was difficult, expensive, and, in some quarters, wildly unpopular\\u2026but it turned Canada into a global musical powerhouse\\u2026this is fifty years of CanCon\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'