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Midnight Agency Launched by Former Paquin Group Veteran

A former Paquin Entertainment Group  veteran agent is launching a new music agency in Canada.

Midnight Agency Launched by Former Paquin Group Veteran

By Nick Krewen

A former Paquin Entertainment Group  veteran agent is launching a new music agency in Canada.


Grant Paley, who has spent 12 of his 22 years in the music business at Paquin Entertainment Group, is partnering with Westwood Recordings owner and Funk Hunters member Nick Middleton to form The Midnight Agency.

Representing 30-plus artists across multiple genres, with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, the venture is focusing on the intersection of live music, tech and streaming.

“After years of just getting the gigs, I really missed being a creative person," co-founder and Presidnt Paley told FYIMusicNews.

"I was a really creative person before becoming an agent and I felt the need to just break off and start looking at my artists in a different capacity.

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"We’re going to reinvent the wheel of what an agency does, which means coming at a perspective of more than just hitting the numbers, finding the gigs and making the money. I just want to approach gigs in a more creative way and the money will come second.”

Paley says he and co-founder and CEO Middleton will be looking forward to working with the DJ and electronics community to "integrate the digital world into the live model."

Midnight, which opened its shingle on April 6, includes such acts as Chali 2na, Delhi 2 Dublin, ex-A Tribe Called Red alumnus DJ Shub, Dwayne Gretzky, Funk Hunters, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Khanvict and Wannabe on its roster.

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Les Cowboys Fringants Debut ‘Merci ben!’ on the Billboard Canada AC Airplay Chart

The track from the Quebec band enters at No. 30 over a year after its release, picking up steam on the radio airwaves. Ariane Moffatt's “Jouer” also reaches a new peak, marking the second consecutive week with two charting French songs.

French-language music makes its mark on the Canadian charts this week.

Les Cowboys Fringants have made their latest Billboard debut with their song “Merci ben!” which arrives at No. 30 on the Canada AC chart for May 10. The country-folk track finds the band thanking its fans while reminiscing on its beginnings and milestones, from playing small bars to sold-out arenas. The track’s title is Quebec jargon for “Thank you very much!”

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