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Radio Starmaker Fund Annual Report

2017 / 2018

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Artist Profile: Splash’N Boots

Splash'N Boots

Splash'N Boots are one of Canada's leading live acts for families. The high-energy yellow-and-blue duo's consistent musical offerings have secured five JUNO award nominations and a 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination.

Radio Starmaker funding has impacted the band's success immensely. They established a distribution deal with Cadence Music for their most recent JUNO-nominated album Love, Kisses and Hugs, and with Starmaker support, were able to support the album with an extensive marketing outreach plan which included nation-wide retail placement.

The “Big Love, Kisses and Hugs Tour” is currently in progress, and was made possible by Starmaker's domestic touring support. The tour is impacting Canadian families across the country. Inspired by a little boy called Nicholas from St. Thomas, Ontario who was being severely bullied and who wanted to give back the love Splash'N Boots gave him, the tour is bringing music and conversations about love and family across the country. With Radio Starmaker support, the band's routing includes smaller, underserved Canadian markets, including Fort Macleod, AB; Dauphin, MB; Huntsville and Port Dover, ON; all the way to Woodstock NB and Glace Bay NS. The band also established The Big Heart Award for this tour, which celebrates people doing good in their local communities and reinforces love and connection as true catalysts for positive change. This story has provoked extensive media support for the band and their music with print stories in local markets and television support from CTV, Global and even flagship entertainment show ET Canada.

Jake Gold, Manager
The Management Trust