The GW Review was conceived by a circle of friends sharing ideas about networking in the Canadian music industry. The goal of this publication is to establish alliances between like-minded artists in an attempt to bring live music back to the people.

As musicians, one of the most rewarding things we do is perform live. Becoming a musician is fairly straightforward. You pick your instrument and you hone your talent. Once you've done that, the challenge is to combine commerce with your efforts, while establishing and maintaining good relationships with the people and entities that will help you attain your goals.

To that end, The GW Review is an experiment in networking.

GW stands for Glory Whore, a "tongue in cheek" name for a vehicle that will allow up-and -coming Canadian musicians to exchange ideas and expose their work to a variety of valuable contacts.

The GW Review writers and editors gather information and contacts in the hopes that we can facilitate the creation of valuable alliances that will help you succeed in the Canadian music industry.

We will share our knowledge with you and we encourage you to share your knowledge with us.

The GW Review resides on the website of Toronto band Candlelight Opera, the creators of this newsletter. We use this tool to promote ourselves and, in exchange, we share information with our members, many of whom are facing the same challenges as ourselves. We do this because we believe in the strength of partnerships, strategic alliances and information sharing.

To this end, we will provide information about; Canadian artists, venues, networking events, industry seminars, business conferences, recording, gear and whatever else we believe to be relevant.

The GW Review is published once a month at www.candlelightopera.com/gwreview. Our members are notified of monthly updates via e-mail.