The SING! Music Business Summit presents free seminars on a variety of topics related to the music industry. This seminar provides a broad overview of radio's place in the music world today, exploring how artists can navigate this platform to share their music with a wider audience.

Sponsored by Canadian Music Spotlight, Long and McQuade Musical Instruments, and Ontario Creates

Clinician bios:

Kerry Lee Crawford
A renowned Television Producer, Music Composer, On-Air radio host and founder of a Community Unity Initiative called “RISE ABOVE IT – dedicated to the upliftment, enlightenment and empowerment of marginalized individuals. While immersed in the world of music Kerry helped to launch the careers of popular recording artists, including Grammy Award Winning Sean Paul, Glenn Lewis, Jully Black Mims ( This is Why I’m Hot) and Kardinal while contracting with Universal Music as a founding member of the multi Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (JUNO) nominated Platinum and Gold selling Baby Blue Sound Crew. After briefly stepping aside from the world of music, Kerry Lee applied his education and firsthand experience to the world of talk radio & news media as a radio host, consultant, contributor and writer with topics spanning from Politics, Finance, Government, Sports & Entertainment. During that time he appeared on and produced broadcast programs for various networks, such as the Discovery Channel, Sports Net and the Score, while lending his voice to CBC Radio One, The Sports Network (TSN), Raptor Channel, Canada’s 1st Black Television Station F.E.V.A. & Canada’s 1st Black owned Radio Station G987fm. Kerry Lee inspires the minds and strengthens the hearts of thousands of people through his Television, Radio programs & his numerous live event appearances. Passionate about his community engagement Kerry volunteers his time to help guide people to being the best they can be through his mentoring programs & speaking engagements delivered across Canada & throughout the world. Living by the principle which simply states that “Love has no color”, Kerry Lee’s values of inclusion, tolerance & Love prescribes that it’s not the storm that determines our success and happiness but how we respond to it. In 2016 Kerry was awarded the Black Business Professionals Distinguished Men of Honor for his community work & was issued a special accommodation in 2015 by the York Regional Police Service for his years of support for their Achievement in Sport recognition. With the release of his first published manuscript, Weapons of Mass Deception and Accidental Intentions, 2023 

Paula Letang
Paula Letang is an award-winning recording artist and Canadian and international radio personality. Born in The Commonwealth of Dominica and raised in Canada, her unique musical style has been shaped by her French-Creole Caribbean culture and influenced by an eclectic range of genres that include soft rock, soul, funk, country, folk and jazz As an on-air radio personality, Paula currently hosts "All About the Funk" as Lady Funkalicious, on CJRU 1280 AM