In early 2014 Monty teamed up with Mark Zubek to
help bring his original music to fruition. The first song
"I Just Want to Dance" was created with the funding
help of the FACTOR demo grant. With this first
single, the duo landed licensing agreements with
MUSIC OF THE SEA INC, ZILAH PUBLISHING and HD
MUSIC NOW. It was also chosen as the theme song
for the hit TV show “Donny!” on the USA Network!
Furthermore, through promotion efforts many jazz
and adult contemporary stations have picked up the
single across Canada, the U.S. and Europe, which
prompted new performance opportunities in Poland.
Due to the success of these singles, Monty was able
to market two of his earlier albums on iTunes,
Amazon and many other media outlets. The albums
continue to sell steadily at home and abroad.
With over 300 exciting live performances under his
belt in just the last few years, Monty has developed a
respectable social media following with over 40,000
followers and loyal fans, and the numbers keep
climbing. In addition to his rising popularity, in 2017
he was nominated for his second TIMA award for
Jazz Artist of the Year and his song “I Just Want to
Dance” was once again picked up for sync placement,
this time on the Anthony Patch Show.
Thanks to the generosity of the Ontario Arts Council, Monty will fulfill his goal in 2018 to make his fifth full-length
album of original jazz material with hit songwriter/producer Mark Zubek (Grammy winner Betty Carter) and with The
Joe Lucchetta Jazz Band backing him up, he’s gearing up for a fantastic year of unforgettable live performances! He
also has a music video in the pipeline for one of his new singles, so it’s pretty clear this loveable crooner has no plans
on slowing down any time soon!

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Jordana Talsky is a singer, songwriter and vocal looper who fuses multi-genre influences into her own sound. She currently uses a Roland Boss RC505 to accompany herself with her voice. Her ethos is to incorporate digital means into live performance in an organic way, and with the loop machine she creates a choir on the spot with no pre-recorded sounds. She weaves unique interpretations of covers with original material. Her vocal loop song RUN was a finalist judge’s pick in the 2018 CBC Searchlight Contest (Canada). Other accolades include finalist placements in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, Julian Award for Emerging Canadian Artists and Toronto Independent Music Awards. She has toured across Canada, Europe, and in 2019 was featured as an emerging artist at Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival in Milwaukee as part of her first U.S. tour. She has enjoyed widespread worldwide airplay of her earlier releases Neither of Either and Standard Deviation.

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