Untapped Judging Panel

Your Taps help our judging panel identify the artists you think are doing it right. Here are some of the criteria are judges use to select the tracks for our Untapped CD:

They play it. They promote it. They produce it. They teach it. They know it. But above all, they love it.

The Judges:

Michael Bacon

Entertainment Manager and Promoter

An entertainment manager and promoter since 1997, Michael Bacon has produced several live events and concerts for television including performances by Shiloh, The Canadian Tenors and David Usher to name a few. Michael also manages Canadian 'Supergirl' and fan favourite Suzie McNeil and up and coming new country artist Marshall Dane.

Jaymz Bee

Producer, Composer, Entertainer and Radio and Television Personality

Jaymz Bee (www.jaymzbee.com) is a producer, composer, entertainer and radio and television personality. He is currently on-air at JAZZ.FM91 (www.jazz.fm) and runs the PR firm, Bullhorn. (www.bullhorn.ca) He also produces recordings for various artists (including Marieve Herington, Robert Scott and Babes In Jazzland) and leads his own big band, The Royal Jelly Orchestra.

Jaymz has worked as A&R for various labels including Leisure Lab/BMG, Timely Manor/Universal and JAZZ.FM Records. In his twenty six years in the music industry Bee has performed and recorded everything from punk rock to jazz, folk to disco, industrial to rock...and pretty much everything in between. Suffice to say, he loves all forms of music!

Russell Broom

Music Producer, Songwriter, and Musician

Best known for working with Jann Arden for the past 14 years....I've also worked with other people....Chixdiggit, SheDaisy, Martin Page, Tariqu, Josh Groban, Sam Roberts, The Dudes, Maren Ord, Mae Moore, Hidell, Will and a whole bunch more. I've also performed, written or engineered a whole bunch of music on film and TV too.....Ginger Snaps, ABC Monday Night Football, MuchMoreMusic....Which has led to awards including JUNO songwriter of the year, WCMA producer of the year x2, WCMA musician of the year, SOCAN pop, #1, and classic awards, as well as double platinum and several gold awards.

Al Chapman

Director of Arts Development

Al Chapman is the Director of Arts Development with the Arts Branch of the Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit. In this role he is responsible for the management of department staff working with Alberta Foundation for the Arts programming and the Provincial Art Collections. Al has spent the past 20 years as a musician, engineer, music educator and arts administrator. Over the past few years he has managed special projects pertaining to the province’s Centennial celebrations, the Alberta program at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC., and Alberta’s cultural program at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Kerry Clark

Artistic Director of the Calgary Folk Music Festival and co-chair of the Juno Legacy committee

Clarke spent a bit of time on the skins in a low-fi, original all-female pop band and booked the tours of a few Canadian bands. She's worked for 14 years at the Calgary Folk Music Festival in the areas of artist programming and marketing (where her current title is Artistic Director), plus the usual other duties as required, has served on a bunch of non-profit organizations' boards (CJSW Radio, Folk Alliance Canada, Bubonic Tourist, Calgary Animated Objects Society, the Calgary Professional Arts Alliance, National Campus/Community Radio Association, etc). Clarke is the co-chair of the Juno Legacy committee and on the production team of the Aboriginal Juno Celebration. She's a proud and active member of the western festivals mafia and hosts the CJSW Radio program Alternative to What whenever she's not travelling to conferences and festivals.

Dane DeViller

Music Producer and Songwriter

Dane has written and produced songs that have sold over 40 million records worldwide. He has reached the top of the charts with artists; Kelly Rowland, Jessica Simpson, Hedley, Stacie Orrico, The Corrs, 98 Degrees, Laura Pausini, LFO, Amy Grant and Jim Brickman. His musical talent has been recognized internationally, garnering hit songs in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Holland, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, and throughout Asia.

Dane began his music career playing guitar for international stars such as David Foster and Celine Dion. Session work inspired his creativity, and Dane delved into songwriting and producing. He strives to bring the best out of artists and the songwriting experience.

Besides traveling throughout Europe and the US, Dane works out of his recording studio in beautiful Vancouver, BC. He is published by Universal Music in LA.

Andrew Patton

Senior Marketing Manager

A life long music fan, Toronto native Andrew Patton quickly realized, after finishing University, that if he had to actually work for a living it had better involve his one true love...music. And since his talents as a musician himself were limited to say the least, he quickly looked to the music industry as a whole to satisfy his hunger. After spending the next 3 years working at a national music retail chain, Andrew made the switch to record label when he joined the sales department at Universal Music Canada in 1999. From sales he moved over to promotions, working closely with Ontario radio stations for the next several years. And for the last 3 years Andrew has worked in the Marketing department for the Universal/Island/Def Jam division - responsible for the Canadian releases of such domestic artists as Sam Roberts, Diana Krall, and Hedley, as well as such international acts as U2, Jay-Z, Elton John, Garth Brooks. There's no such thing as a favourite or preferred genre for Andrew...good music is just good music.

Dave Pierce

Music Supervisor, Untapped Vol. 3
Also the Director of Music for the Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Pierce attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied film scoring and commercial arranging. He began a longstanding partnership with the world famous Calgary Stampede starting out as one of several lyricists and arrangers, moving into his current Musical Director and Music Producer roll in 1998. Other career highlights include composing a symphonic work for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and orchestrating, producing and conduction the Olympic inspired video "Believe", featuring Suzie McNeil and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Dave has served as arranger and/or conductor for Canadian country legend Ian Tyson, country superstar Paul Brandt as well as international recording artists Michael Bublé and Carrie Underwood. Dave was selected to arrange and conduct Jann Arden’s hits for her Canadian Symphony Tour which resulted in the recording: "Jann Arden Live with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra." This critically acclaimed album was nominated for a 2003 Western Canadian Music Award, (Outstanding Pop Recording). Dave was honoured to conduct the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in performances with Jorane, Ron Sexsmith and Suzie McNeil to mark the "Two-Year Countdown Concert to Vancouver 2010", as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

Tim Tamashiro

National Host of TONIC on CBC Radio 2

Tim Tamashiro is an outgoing arts professional in Calgary and has been active in entertainment for the past twenty-two years in the areas of jazz singing, music management and music business education.

Tamashiro is also the author of two books on music business, the most recent of which is "The Superstar Formula: Cracking the "It" Factor". Recognized for his comprehensive lexicon of visual styles, which range from high-concept, effects-laden pieces to narrative-driven clips, he continues to explore and experiment in the realm of compact storytelling.

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