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CTV Olympic Celebration with Simple Plan and The Dudes:

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There’s a big party going on in Calgary and the whole region is invited! Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium announced today that popular Canadian artists The Dudes and Lindsay Ell have been added to Calgary’s CTV Olympic Celebration event lineup alongside previously announced headliner Simple Plan. A free one-day festival-style event, Calgary’s CTV Olympic Celebration will take place on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Olympic Plaza beginning at 2:30 p.m. MT.

Created by Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, the CTV Olympic Celebration is a five-city event featuring live performances from some of Canada’s top musical acts, interactive Olympic- and Paralympic-themed sport zones, entertainment activities, cultural pavilions and large video screens showcasing CTV’s and RDS’s live coverage of the 2010 Winter Games. Find out more at CTVOlympics.ca/Celebration or RDSolympiques.ca/Celebrations.

“With a cross-Canada musical lineup featuring several of our nation’s top performers, the CTV Olympic Celebration will provide Canadians with a unique and memorable 2010 Winter Games experience,” said Keith Pelley, President, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.

Supported by multiple levels of Canadian government and partners of the 2010 Winter and Paralympic Winter Games, the CTV Olympic Celebration provides Canadians outside of Vancouver and Whistler with the opportunity to further embrace the Olympic spirit while showcasing their widespread passion and pride for Canada’s 2010 Olympians.

“Calgarians know how the Olympics bring the country together behind our athletes, igniting community spirit and national pride,” said Mayor Dave Bronconnier. “It will be exciting to be a part of the 2010 Winter Games opening weekend, connecting Calgarians with Canadians to cheer for our athletes on home turf.”

I think the stage you are at speaks to everything.  Yes, as artists, we love to have creative control, and be open to express our artistic freedom, but depending what stage we’re in, we should really be reflecting upon what is the right thing to do.  Maybe making stickers this month isn’t the right plan.  Maybe spending $2000 to attend a festival with so many other bands you are not sure you have enough clout to get recognized isn’t the smart thing to do.  Perhaps playing every show you can get your hands on in your local city isn’t where the focus should be, because it’s all about the quality of the show, not the quantity.

I think the stage of a career ultimately determines what your pictures should look like, how your set lists should sound, what you should be saying on stage, and really, what your songs should be written about.  If you want to be obtaining your goals, I think you sometimes need to question whatever the left-brain is trying to tell you.  It is about being the devil’s advocate, and making sure you are stepping in the right direction.  Just because it might have worked for someone else, doesn’t mean it will for you.  Am I giving in to the money gods, and forgetting about an artistic identity?  I don’t think so.. At least I hope you don’t think I am.  I am simply saying that I think more thought needs to go into some of the decisions we make based upon where our target is.