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About Music x Business Grants

Facilitated by the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC), the new Music x Business Development Fund aims to support the growth and innovation of Ottawa's music industry. Thanks to funding from Kinaxis, the 2024 Music Video Production Stream will provide direct funding to music industry professionals to facilitate the production of high-quality music videos, whether live or recorded, showcasing original music by artists based in the Ottawa region. This initiative seeks to amplify local music, foster creativity, and promote online engagement for Ottawa's vibrant music community.

Submissions are open to artists, videographers, labels and venue operators from August 13th-September 4th at 5 PM ET, 2024 for the production of new music videos to be released publicly before July 31st, 2025. Successful submissions will be contacted by OMIC by September 27th, 2024. 

Music x Business Webinar 

For more information on project criteria and how to strengthen your application, watch the Music x Business Webinar with OMIC that was held Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 from 12:00pm-1:00pm ET via Yotube below.

Music x Business Application Information

Applicant Eligibility  

• Artists, videographers, filmmakers, music video directors, music venues or any other member of the music industry interested in financing the production of a music video 
• Applicants must be based in Ottawa or its surrounding regions (within 150km); including Gatineau, the Ottawa Valley, Pakwakanagan and Kitigan Zibi
• Applicants must be registered members of the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition

Project Eligibility 

• Music x Business funds the production of high-quality music videos by Ottawa area-based creatives, e.g. video that integrates a song with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes
• A maximum of one submission per applicant, i.e. one artist and/or videographer and/or music venue

Funds may be used for, but not limited to: 

• Hiring a professional videographer/editor to shoot a music video; 
• Renting a local music venue to capture a live performance; 
• Purchasing video equipment or software for shooting and editing a music video; 
• Hiring actors/session players/sound technicians for the music video, etc.

Project Criteria: 

• The music for which the video is produced must be original material only (no covers)
• Applicant must retain all applicable rights to release the original material mentioned above
• All musical samples must be legally licensed to the artist for use 
• Video must comply with OMIC’s Code of Conduct
• Video must be a minimum of 2 minutes in length
• Video must be publicly available by July 31st, 2025 on a streaming platform (e.g. website, YouTube, Vimeo, or similar)
• Audio and video must be high quality 

Examples of ineligible projects include: 

• Songs or music videos that promote or depict hate, harmful or oppressive behaviour, including but not limited to: racism, sexism, transphobia, queerphobia, ableism, and bullying or harassment of any kind 
• Music or music videos that appropriate other cultures
• Promoting music created by an artist not based in Ottawa or its surrounding regions.
• Music videos completed and released on or before the application deadline date

My project has been selected for funding. What happens next?

Congrats! Once you’ve been selected, you have until July 31st, 2025 to publish your project online for public streaming. The funds allotted to you will be sent once you sign our Recipient Agreement. OMIC will announce all recipients on our website, newsletter, and social media. You will be required to acknowledge OMIC and Kinaxis’ contributions when publishing your project, and submit a project Final Report, outlining the outcomes of your project, your marketing and promotion efforts, how your collaborators contributed to the project, as well as your feedback on the Music x Business fund.