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EBA 2011 Independent Success Story of the Year: JRDN

EBA’s Success Story of the Year is JRDN!

Emerging Canadian R&B/hip-hop star Jordan Croucher is making up for a late start in his music career in a big way with the soulful songs from his forthcoming second album.

Croucher grew up in Halifax and Toronto and, even though it was evident that the youngster had an excellent voice, music took a back seat to basketball in high school and at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia — which led to a year playing professionally in France.

Croucher elected to give up on his hoop dreams and re-immersed himself in music by working with Halifax producer Trobiz and recording mix tapes with the groups N.E.P. and Triple Threat. He eventually hooked up with multi-Juno Award-nominated artist/producer Classified (Luke Boyd), who produced Croucher's 2007 debut album, No Dress Code.

The 13-track record spawned the hit singles and videos "Selfish Times," "Feelin' Fine," "So Addicted," "Won't Let Go" and "It's Raining." It also earned Croucher a CBC Galaxie Rising Star prize, an East Coast Music Award nomination and an appearance on the CBC Television special, Barenaked East Coast Music. He toured across Canada with the likes of Maestro and opened for such international stars as Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Nas and Juelz Santana.

With Croucher's undeniable talents as a singer and lyricist, his good looks and solid citizenry, it should be no surprise that he's now poised to take the next step up the music ladder using the name JRDN. He's been working with Toronto's Grammy Award-nominated Kuya Productions songwriting and production team, who've worked with some of the biggest names in the business, including Nelly, Mase, Ginuwine, Jesse McCartney, Nicole Scherzinger and Akon.

Grant Writing

In Canada there are a number of grant programs to support the creation and marketing of newly recorded sound recordings. Most by now are aware of Factor. Some are aware of Starmaker. Very few however are taking advantage of all of the grants available and still fewer are making consistently strong applications, thereby increasing the likelihood that the application will be successful.

Danny Fernandes Release Party

Danny Fernandes Party

November 9, 2010

The Distillery District in Toronto was the place to be Tuesday night to celebrate the release of AutomaticLUV, the sophomore effort from CP Records’ Danny Fernandes.

The rockstars were out to support Danny including Alicia from Degrassi, Fefe Dobson, Ivana Santilli, Belly, Tyler Medeiros, Mia Martina, Shawn Desman, Ryan of RyanDan, Lola, The Stereos and Nathan from Midway State to name a few. And of course your EBA staffers came out in full force to support one of their most successful clients. Even your trustee web host was there who was made fun of for her dancing prowess (ed. note: I was forced to add that but I don’t agree that my dancing was bad)! Check out some of the pics from the party.

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eba on the town

EBA is always on the go and with that comes industry parties, conferences and award shows. Here is a list of upcoming events where you are likely to bump into an EBA staffer.

* March 21-25 - Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Ontario

* March 26 - April 1 - Juno Week, Ottawa, Ontario

* April 11-15 - East Coast Music Week, Moncton, New Brunswick

* June 10-13 - Banff World Media Festival, Banff, Alberta

* June 11-17 - North by Northeast, Toronto, Ontario

About EBA

For the pro sports athlete and successful creator, keeping track of finances can also be a full time job. At EBA, we take care of the paperwork so you can get back to doing what you do best.

In Canada, there are multitudes of Federal and Provincial grants and tax credits to support the creative process. With new technology developments, new royalties and income streams are being created regularly. While these programs have all been instituted to give Canadian creators a leg up and ensure proper compensation for art, be it music, visual or otherwise, keeping track and on top of them is a full time job.

Founded by a Canadian Entertainment lawyer in response to a perceived deficiency in for-hire administrative support in the music business, EBA now provides a wide range of services to all areas of the entertainment industry.

EBA services include grant and tax credit administration, royalty collection, and outsourced services to the music industry, production legal support, tax credit administration and receivable financing for the film &TV industry and business management to the sports industry.

EBA. We make your life easier, we make your life wealthier.

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