Bell Media’s MuchFACT (A Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) announced today the 33 fund recipients from the April 3, 2024 music committee meeting. With more than 332 applications considered following the announcement of MuchFACT’s new funding structure, a total of $607,611 was awarded to Canadian musicians in the following categories: Music Content Package, Music Videos, Online Music Video/Project, and Digital Tools.
As the official sponsor of the JUNO Award for Video of the Year, MuchFACT congratulates all the nominees at last week’s 2024 JUNO Awards and The Sheepdogs on their JUNO win for their video, “Feeling Good.”
MuchFACT fund recipients from the April 3, 2024 music committee meeting are as follows:
MUSIC CONTENT PACKAGE
Majid Jordan
Victoria Duffield
Death from Above 1979
MUSIC VIDEOS
Allie X for “Catch”
Arkells for “Come To Light”
BadBadNotGood feat. Ghostface Killah and Danny Brown for “Six Degrees”
Grandtheft feat. Keys n Krates for “Keep It 100”
IMPOSTER(S) for “You Control You”
Kreesha Turner for “MJ”
Lowell for “The Bells”
Mia Martina for “Prototype”
Nikki Yanofsky for “Necessary Evil”
Protest the Hero for “Mist”
Serena Ryder for “Heavy Love”
Teenage Kicks for “Curse Words”
The Trews for “What's Fair is Fair”
ONLINE MUSIC VIDEO / PROJECT
Aidan Knight
Blue Hawaii
Dear Frederic (Charles Huot)
Fur Trade
High Klassified
Justin Rutledge
New Hands
Obey the Brave
Rich Aucoin
Tasha the Amazon
Terell Safadi
Thought Beneath Film
Wake Owl
We Were Lovers
Wilde
DIGITAL TOOLS
Bear Mountain
Courage My Love
Additionally, seven new members join the MuchFACT music committee:
•Julien Bidar, Co-founder and President of Outloud (Montréal)
•Darren Bourne, Senior Music Programmer, Bell Media Inc. (Toronto)
•Alan Greyeyes, Aboriginal Music Program Manager, Manitoba Music (Winnipeg)
•Christina Fitzgerald, Program Director & Music Director, Radio 965 FM | Newcap Radio (Halifax)
•Angelique Knights, Marketing, Bell Media Inc. (Toronto)
•Melissa Mowat, Artist Manager, Watchdog Management (Vancouver)
•Rachel Noonan, Marketing, Content & Storytelling, Beyond The Next (Toronto)
Bell Media’s MuchFACT has helped to launch the careers of some of Canada’s best and brightest artists, including Serena Ryder, City and Colour, Feist, Nelly Furtado, K-OS, The Tragically Hip, Arcade Fire, k.d. lang, Carly Rae Jepsen, Metric, and many more.
The next deadline for submitting MuchFACT applications is Thursday, May 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications can be submitted at www.muchfact.ca.