In this extended length episode we’re joined by Michael McCarty from Toronto. Michael is a veteran music publisher who was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2019. He was president of EMI Music Publishing Canada for 17 years, spent four years as the president of Anthem (formerly ole), and seven years as the Chief Membership Officer of SOCAN. McCarty has worked in various capacities with artists including Neil Young, Michael Jackson, Glass Tiger, Loverboy, Jim Vallance, Bryan Adams, Drake and Alessia Cara.

We sit down with Michael to discuss the Kilometre fund, where he and partners, producer Gavin Brown and SOCAN colleague Rodney Murphy are taking on the artist rights-fight after seeing a “brain drain” of Canadian music intellectual property. He explains why Canadians are dominating the global music charts right now after a groundswell of talent spanning five decades.

Keep up with Kilometre Music Group at: kilomg.com and get in touch at: [email protected].

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