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Outside
Music Distribution (Toronto)
Direct orders of Norm's music CDs and other fine albums and distribution to stores
www.outside-music.com/store/ - now includes secure web orders! or email for mail order inquiries.
www.festival.bc.ca/top30/hacking.html - for a special highlight page on Orange Cats CD prepared by Festival Distribution (our previous distributor).
Note - listen to mp3 excerpts from each of Norm's available music CDs right on Norm's website - links are on lyrics list.
- Iridescent Music, Toronto
Recording studio and distribution for Norm's poetry and prose CD I Am the Night (Dec. 2005), along with many other fine recordings.
www.iridescentmusic.ca
www.iridescentmusic.ca/listings.html#hacking - direct link for on-line purchase or printable mail-order form
- Raincoast Books
publisher of Norm Hacking's book (with CD single), now available in new paperback edition in both Canada and the U.S.; the earlier acclaimed hard cover edition was released October 2004 in Canada and April 2005 in the U.S.:
When Cats Go Wrong
by Norm Hacking, illustrated by Cynthia Nugent
(ISBN 1-55192-917-1 / ISBN13: 978 1-55192-917-0, full size paperback, with CD single)
(ISBN 1-55192-729-2, hardcover, with CD single, essentially out of print)
Raincoast does not sell directly to the public:
www.raincoast.com in Vancouver
Canadian order desk (booksellers): 1-800-663-5714 (toll-free in Canada) or (604) 323-7106.
U.S. booksellers order from Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, 1-800-788-3123.
See Raincoast's web page for additional contact info, including setting up new accounts.
Norm's page about the book includes an mp3 excerpt.
- Kirk Elliott
Norm and Kirk issued the CD Orange Cats Make the Very Best Friends in late 2002. Kirk recorded, mixed and co-produced most of the CD, added a tasty ton of instrumentals (from fiddle to koto) and wrote and performed his wacky song "What the Cat Dragged In."
Kirk is half of the award-winning family entertainment duo Kirk and Magoo:
www.magooman.com/kirkmagoo.htm
Kirk is also well known for his own instrumental playing and recordings, mixing Celtic and other influences - for more, including his instrumental recordings, see Kirk's website at
www.kirkelliott.net
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Three
Flamingos Music
Wayne Marshall
5 Cashel Crescent
Brantford, Ontario, Canada N3T 6K9
519 751-4449
Recording services and label issuing Norm Hacking's CDs
(NOTE - not seeking other artists for the label)
www.3flamingosmusic.com
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Please see Norm's tribute album page for links to performers, all excellent songwriters! Many have also recorded Norm's songs for their own albums and / or perform his songs frequently.
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Descriptions of feature performers from Norm's open stages and links to their webpages are on this site for Norm's Living Room at the Silver Dollar (2001-2002) and the Tranzac (1999-2001) series; links are updated if known.
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Gregory Furan Lutherie
Gregory Furan's handmade guitars (Toronto). Norm frequently plays a beautiful Storyteller guitar (named in Norm's honour) that Greg made on a challenge from materials that include scrapwood from a skid for the back! Greg makes classical and acoustic steel-string guitars from fine materials.
www.furanguitars.com
- Northern Journey website
Gene Wilburn's guide to almost everything about Canadian folk music!
www.northernjourney.com
- Annex Cat Rescue
Contact the non-profit Annex Cat Rescue if you can make a tax-receiptable donation or adopt a cat or kitten in Toronto. They can even use your Air Miles® (quote collector number 8007 288 7808 to cashier) and Canadian Tire Money to buy needed supplies. The website also includes lots of tips on cats. Yes, this is the wonderful organization that gets a donation for every Orange Cats CD sold.
www.annexcatrescue.on.ca
Or leave a message at 416 410-3835 and specify the subject of your inquiry. - ArtsCan Circle
The ArtsCan Circle is an independent, volunteer-run group working to link creative artists with Native youth at risk in Canada. Their hope is to encourage self-esteem amongst Native youth in isolated communities through a cooperative exploration of the arts. You can help by donating used musical instruments, accessories (picks, strings, tuners, cases, etc.), music books or money (to send musicians to work with the youth) or by organizing a benefit event. This registered non-profit organization can issue Canadian tax receipts for monetary donations or instruments accompanied by a written estimate of worth (over $25).
www.artscancircle.ca