CREDIT: SOCAN.COM/EXECUTIVE-TEAM

The organization behind Canadian Music Week (CMW) announced that Fanshawe alum and Canadian Music Industry veteran Michael McCarty is to be inducted into the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.

Recognition of this is set to take place at the ceremony for the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards on May 9, 2019.

McCarty graduated from Fanshawe's Music Industry Arts (MIA) program in 1978 and in the past 40 years since his graduation has had an extremely successful career and lasting impact on most aspects of the music industry.

Immediately upon graduation, McCarty showed major promise, working as a producer and audio engineer with legendary producers Jack Richardson (Guess Who) and Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper).

Through this, McCarty discovered a passion for developing artists, which soon led him to a position as the Creative Manager at ATV Music in Toronto.

His drive and knack for discovering and nurturing new talent certainly made him stand out, as upon the company's purchase by Michael Jackson, McCarty was one of only two employees chosen by Jackson himself to continue developing the ATV catalog.

According to the Canadian Music Week website, “a series of acquisitions resulted in him being named as Creative Director in the Los Angeles office of SBK Records and Publishing”.

From there, SBK was bought by EMI, bringing McCarty back to Toronto to continue work on the catalogue where he soon landed the position of President of EMI Music Publishing Canada.

Over the course of his career Mc- Carty has worked with such notable artists as Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, Dallas Green (City & Colour), Nelly Furtado, Loverboy, Snow, Sum 41, The Pursuit Of Happiness, Three Days Grace and many more. The CMW website reads that this led McCarty to become recognized for “his expertise in developing and mentoring young artists and executives... providing millions of dollars of financial investment and creative support to songwriters and artists”.

His passion to help songwriters didn't stop there however, as Mc- Carty served for several years on the board of directors for SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada), leading to his current position as Chief Membership & Business Development Officer for SOCAN. Here McCarty oversees a department whose roster of clients include Drake, The Weeknd, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Shawn Mendes and many more major artists, songwriters and publishers.

Outside of his work in SOCAN, recent years have also seen Mc- Carty working as an outspoken and passionate figure in Canadian Copyright Reform. Other accomplishments of McCarty's include director of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), president of Canadian rights management company Ole and founding director of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. More info on the award and McCarty's impactful career can be found at bit.ly/CMWMcCarty.