Submit And Vote In Awards
With a Regular or Corporate membership, you can submit and vote in our CMAO awards. Submit yourself for an award or support your peers or favourite artist by casting your vote in our award show.

Discounted Events & More
Regular and Corporate members can attend the majority of our seminars and events at a reduced price. We are also working on introducing additional benefits from outside sources to our members in the near future like Insurance.

Educational Opportunities
Through informative seminars and panels, as well as open mic events and annual 2-Day R2I Spring Tune Up Conference, the CMAO works hard to provide our members with tools that will help you develop yourself and your career in a positive way. You will get access to important information that will assist you with your career in country music with the majority of our event registration prices offered at a lower rate to members.

Performance/Showcase Opportunities
The CMAO prides itself on providing performance and showcasing opportunities to our members that will help develop their skills, fan base and experience. Our goal is to help move our members from the Provincial stage to the National stage and beyond. Opportunities in the past have included CMAO/CCMA Hamilton Showcase Stage, CMAO Awards, Demo Rama series, Lucknow Showcase Stage, CCMA Spotlight Showcase, CCMA Coast to Coast Showcase and More!

Networking Opportunities
Networking in any business is key, and our specially tailored events provide you with the opportunity to network with other members as well key industry individuals in comfortable and moderated settings. Play your songs for key players in the music scene, ask the burning questions you need to know, and develop your relationships with other artists, songwriters and producers in the industry.

Song Critiques
Opportunities for your songs to be critiqued by professionals in the music business at CMAO organized events like our Open mic and Demo-Rama's are a great way to learn more about songwriting and to gain confidence performing original material. Since 2013, DemoRama 'Live' Series is held at various locations in search of new and undiscovered songwriting talent. Our Seminar Series regularly features a paneled DemoRama where industry experts listen to submitted recordings by participants and provide comments and critiques.

The objective of the CMAOntario, through the leadership and experience of our Board of Directors, is to celebrate, foster and support the growth and development of Ontario's country music community and all those associated with the Ontario country music infrastructure - provincially, nationally and internationally. To facilitate and maximize our goals and objectives, our members are strongly encouraged to commit to accepted ethical standards when interacting with, on behalf of, or in association with CMAOntario and its events, communications and social media platforms.

The CMAOntario has put into place a Member Code of Conduct to protect all members of the association.

This Member Code of Conduct document outlines the conduct expected of all members of the CMAOntario, irrespective of their membership type, the role they fulfill, or the jurisdiction in which they live or work.

This Code of Conduct will also be referred to by the Board of Directors if, and when, they must deliberate a conduct issue with respect to exercising Bylaw 4:5:2 regarding member expulsion.

The CMAOntario encourages all members to familiarize themselves with this Member Code of Conduct and adhere accordingly.

Members are advised to and expected to:

• Uphold the reputation, good standing and goodwill of the CMAOntario;
• Act with integrity and respect others;
• Respect and abide by the applicable laws, statutes and regulations and in general, those that apply to personal conduct;
• Become familiar with and respect the Bylaws of the CMAOntario;
• Act in the consideration of the general interest of CMAOntario and not use their membership status or privileges to unfairly benefit themselves or others;
• Not knowingly take any action that would constitute a contravention or conflict of interest with either the Bylaws or the annually posted CMAOntario Awards Rules and Regulations regarding nominations and/or voting, and reject and not make any offer of bribery or unethical inducement;
• Not make any statement on behalf of the CMAOntario purporting to represent the CMAOntario, through any public medium, including digital social media, unless authorized to do so by the CMAOntario;
• Not post any content or make any statements which could be construed as abusive or offensive through any publicly viewable media outlet associated with CMAOntario;
• Conduct any business with CMAOntario and its sponsors, partners, suppliers and affiliates with professionalism and respect.

Should a member fail to meet the conditions in this Code of Conduct, the Board of Directors of the CMAOntario may, after deliberation and at its sole discretion, decide an appropriate action to take, including, but not limited to, expulsion of a member as per Bylaw 4:5:2.

The Board of Directors of the CMAOntario reserves the right to update this Membership Code of Conduct.