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CVM Bio

Bridging the gap between creative people and the cold hearted business world is just one of the many things that keep CVM busy. A blend of technology and art has certainly been a theme in her life, and so it is the entertainment industry where we will find her at her best. CVM began her career in performer management with stints at various actors agencies such as the Characters and Talent Group in Toronto, through to her position as statistician at ACTRA where she was able to make much of her passion for Cancon by reporting on foreign and domestic production work in Toronto's busy film & television scene.

She learned much about journalism and the media as VP and assignment editor for technology news syndicate Cyberwalker Media where she managed successful tech journalist Andy Walker during the tech boom, securing regular columns in newspapers across Canada (including two regular columns in the Toronto Star) and business publications in the US.

She went on to organize and facilitate players in the entertainment industry with clients such as Blue Rodeo, notorious publicist Richard Flohil, Rufus' Island Guitar Shop, and the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She has also created and maintains people-friendly web sites for various artists like John Sheard, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Cynthia Dale, The Rivoli and Queen Mother Cafe. CVM created, hosted and booked the popular all Canadian music series the Maple Loungeat the legendary Rivoli in Toronto for a couple of years where she returns for regular performances with her partner Reid Jamieson.

For over 10 years she was the loyal personal assistant to Canadian jazz great and CBC 2 radio host Molly Johnson, facilitating record label, fan, band and charity activities for this very busy, talented and philanthropic musician. Craving change CVM then headed west to Vancouver BC where she has since gone into management and media relations for various creative types from the Peninsula Singers Community Chorus to the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Over the last 9 years CVM has managed, handled all publicity and also writes songs with her husband singer songwriter Reid Jamieson who is a regular on CBC's Vinyl Cafe. She cowrote some of the songs on Reid's last disc which was produced by Josh Finlayson (Skydiggers, Gord Downie), and features Sarah Harmer and Bob Egan (Blue rodeo, Wilco). The two continue to write and record and have just released a new full length album titled Staring Contest. CVM wrote the first track with Reid for the Vinyl Cafe about not giving up on yourself - it’s called Rail and it won them a top ten slot on Shore104’s Song Search as well as a placement in the TV series Being Human. Another track they wrote together The Combination placed in the top 5 in BC for Suzukis Playlist for the Planet.

Seldom seen without her digital camera, blackberry and notebook she is also an avid photo journalist and writer of opinion articles. CVM is a constant student who has taken various digital media and office productivity courses of late, and just finished 8 weeks of entertainment law at UBC Continuing Studies in an effort to further educate herself on the ever changing music business.