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Not sure if Canadians are aware of this, but Canada does two things really well: 1) Developing its own domestic artists/musicians, to a much greater degree tha

Not sure if Canadians are aware of this, but Canada does two things really well: 1) Developing its own domestic artists/musicians, to a much greater degree than the US (eg https://www.factor.ca/ https://www.factor.ca/) 2) Greatly restricting smaller foreign acts (especially from the US) from performing in Canada for commercial purposes Yes, point #2 also applies to the US, but it's not enforced. But if you cross into Canada with musical instruments, they'll put the fear of God into you. This is largely why the phenomena you describe exists: artists can develop within their domestic cocoon, without being crowded-out by Americans, and then tour their larger, wealthier neighbor to greatly expand their profile virtually risk-free.

wozniacki 1y ago
2) Greatly restricting smaller foreign acts (especially from the US) from performing in Canada for commercial purposes Yes, point #2 also applies to the US, but it's not enforced. But if you cross into Canada with musical instruments, they'll put the fear of God into you. This almost never has the intended effect of producing world class homegrown musical or cinema acts. Like almost a 100% failure rate especially when theres a shared language. Lots of countries have this quota system where they try to artificially force feed homegrown music, tv shows and movies and it never works. People always gravitate to the larger American sphere because it doesnt have such restrictions in place. They dont work anyway. When I first saw Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah (2008) it was so fresh and un-Hollywood like in the presentation of the raw violence and vice, that it stunned me. I still cant stand most PG-fied and Disney-fied American films. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(film) Gomorra (2008) Official HD Trailer [1080p] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYyxBZ7Ee0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYyxBZ7Ee0

wozniacki 1y ago

2) Greatly restricting smaller foreign acts (especially from the US) from performing in Canada for commercial purposes Yes, point #2 also applies to the US, but it's not enforced. But if you cross into Canada with musical instruments, they'll put the fear of God into you. This almost never has the intended effect of producing world class homegrown musical or cinema acts. Like almost a 100% failure rate especially when theres a shared language. Lots of countries have this quota system where they try to artificially force feed homegrown music, tv shows and movies and it never works. People always gravitate to the larger American sphere because it doesnt have such restrictions in place. They dont work anyway. When I first saw Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah (2008) it was so fresh and un-Hollywood like in the presentation of the raw violence and vice, that it stunned me. I still cant stand most PG-fied and Disney-fied American films. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(film) Gomorra (2008) Official HD Trailer [1080p] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYyxBZ7Ee0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYyxBZ7Ee0