Alert Music was a recording, publishing, producing, and
artist management
A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of entertainer, artists in the entertainment industry. The responsibility of the talent manager is to oversee t ...
company founded in 1984 by W. Tom Berry, based in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Ontario, Canada. It was home to Alert Records, an
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...
, which went defunct in 2014. The company has no current roster and is dormant.
Past recording artists
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Michael Kaeshammer
Michael Kaeshammer (born 7 January 1977) is a Canadian jazz and boogie-woogie pianist.
Early life and education
Kaeshammer grew up in Offenburg, Germany, where he studied classical piano for seven years. At age thirteen, he became interested i ...
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The Box
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Roxanne Potvin
Roxanne Potvin (born March 31, 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a bilingual French-English Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter based in Gatineau, Quebec. Potvin has earned a Juno nomination, seven Maple Blues awards nominations, making ...
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Gino Vannelli
Gino Vannelli (born June 16, 1952) is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter who had several hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. His best-known singles include "People Gotta Move" (1974), "I Just Wanna Stop" (1978), "Living Inside Myself" (1981) an ...
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Andy Curran
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Johnny Favourite
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Universal Honey
Universal Honey is a Canadian power pop band. The band released seven albums.
History
The group was formed in 1992 by bassist Johnny Sinclair and singer/guitarist Leslie Stanwyck, both formerly of The Pursuit of Happiness. They were joined by gu ...
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Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, he ...
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Michael Breen
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Bündock
Bündock is a Canadian band from Montreal, Quebec, active during the 1980s. They created songs in both English and French."Bundock set to crack huge English market". ''Montreal Gazette'', April 16, 1988.
History
Bündock was formed in 1979 in ...
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Holly Cole
Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963) is a Canadian jazz singer and actress. For many years she performed with her group The Holly Cole Trio.
Background
Cole was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her father, Leon Cole, was a noted radio broadcaster ...
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Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...
See also
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List of record labels
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External links
Official siteLast.fm - Alert MusicAlert Music archivesat the University of Toronto Media Commons
Canadian independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Companies based in Toronto
Record labels established in 1984
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