RACS commandite généreusement la Liste de Présélection cette année. Polaris aime offrir de l’argent à des artistes talentueux, tout comme RACS. RACS signifie Recording Artists’ Collecting Society. C’est une division de ACTRA. Vous savez, l’union des acteurs ? Mais ce sont deux choses différentes.
RACS is generously sponsoring the Long List this year. Polaris likes giving great artists money, and so does RACS. RACS stands for Recording Artists’ Collecting Society. They are a division of ACTRA. You know, the actor's union? But they are separate things.
La saison Polaris se profile à nouveau devant nous et cette année marque l’arrivée d’une nouvelle excitante pour nos finalistes et pour le gagnant.
Pour la première fois en six ans d’histoire, nous augmentons le montant du prix. Nous remettrons dorénavant au gagnant un chèque de 30,000$, soit une augmentation de 10,000$. Cette augmentation est due en grande partie à nos bons amis et présentateur officiel, la Radio Satellite Sirius Canada. Bon retour parmi nous, Sirius!
For the first time in our six year history, we’re increasing the prize money. We will now be presenting the winner with a cheque for $30,000, an increase of $10,000. This increase is due in no small part to our good friends and presenting sponsor Sirius Satellite Radio Canada. Welcome back Sirius!
Bonjour à tous, chers amis distributeurs de musique, membres de la confrérie des étiquettes de disque.
Aujourd’hui est la date limite de qualification pour les albums, afin d’être éligibles pour le Prix de Musique Polaris 2011. La période de qualification s’étend du 1er juin 2010 au 31 mai 2011.
Nous avons remarqué que certains labels, artistes et gérants pensent que sortir un album à la fin de cette période accroit les chances de nomination, conidérant l’hypothèse qu’une sortie en mai place l’album en haut des pensées des membres du jury.
Hello music releasing friends of the record label persuasion.
Today is the deadline for albums to be considered for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. The qualifying period is June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.
It has come to light that some labels, artists and managers think that releasing your record at the end of this qualifying period helps your chances at a nomination, given the reasonable hypothesis that a May release puts a record to the top of mind of our jurists.
We just want you to know that the facts do not necessarily bear this out.
Le Prix de Musique Polaris est un prix attribué par un jury. Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire, vous demandez-vous ? Ça veut dire que le gagnant, ainsi que les albums figurant sur la Liste des Finalistes et la Liste de Présélection, sont sélectionnés par un groupe indépendant de jurés. Qui sont-ils ? Qui les sélectionne ? Que font-ils ? Poursuivez votre lecture !
The Polaris Music Prize is a juried award. What does that mean, you ask? It means the winner, as well as the short listed and long listed records, are selected by an independent group of jury members. Who are these people? How are they selected? What do they do? Read on!
We are, of course, honoured to have been nominated for this award and we must thank whoever put us forward for consideration. But here's the thing. Or things.
1) We do think our site's pretty awesome. But so many do it so much better with more regularity. We suggest you peep BangBang, ChartAttack, ChippedHip, Chromewaves, CokeMachineGlow, ExploreMusic, FromBlownSpeakers, HeroHill, i(Heart)Music, MidnightPoutine, NXeW, QuickBeforeItMelts, RadioFreeCanuckistan, SaidTheGrammophone, Soundproof, TinyMixTapes, and Zoilus. And those are just the ones that are also on our jury. You could also visit the sites of any of our nominees from the past, also linked in this here site, as are our those of our jury members. Make sure you have an hour or two of discovery time to kill.
Year-end music lists are staple of the muzo journo diet in December. Most of our jury members have posted their versions by now (see the handy links down on the right, but beware that exploring all their recommendations might chew up what's left of your holiday time). And, most excitingly, Polaris Short Listers have also shown up on Best of the Year lists well beyond our borders. With puffed up chests, here are some of our faves:
