Sound Recording

• Details on travel expenses have moved from the Guidelines to our Travel Policy.
• Please note that the General Guidelines have been updated for 2025-26.
• In addition to the acknowledgement requirements for all grant recipients listed in the General Guidelines, successful recipients of a Sound Recording Grant must include Creative Saskatchewan’s logo on the back cover of any CD, vinyl, album, or cassette produced.

The following were removed from the Assessment Criteria from last year:

• Budget Backup for more than 50% of line items over $500.
• Two bonus points being awarded if a key team member identifies as one of the specified equity-seeking groups.

The following section was added to the Assessment Criteria for this year:

• The resumes, bios or CVs should align with the work they are being hired to do on the project.
• Budget line support documentation should be provided for all line items $500 and over. If support documentation has not been provided for more than 50% of line items $500 or more, the application will be deemed ineligible.
• Examples of budget line support documentation include:
  • Estimates or invoices from vendors and service providers
  • A calculated breakdown of applicant or staff labour (#of hours x $rate = total)
  • An email, text message, price list, or website screenshot from the vendor or service provider confirming their rate. The applicant has included budget backup for more than 50% of line items over $500
• A note was added that demo submissions do not need to professionally produced. Creative Saskatchewan understands that applicants may have different resources at their disposal and may be at different stages of their careers. Assessors will be scoring creative and will not be scoring recording quality of these demos.
• Information required for the demo was shortened to:
  • Title
  • Composer(s) name(s) (if applicable)
  • Additional technical information about the recording
• A note was added that “The Plan and Marketing Strategy” needs to be more specific than a general marketing plan. Include details of how this project will allow you to grow your market and how you plan to reach them. The work plan should realistically inform the timeline and the budget.

Please note that the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility bonus points are now worth four points instead of six.

• 80% of your grant is paid when the application is approved. The remaining 20% of your grant is paid after the project is complete and your final report has been approved.
• Don’t forget to acknowledge the support you’ve received from Creative Saskatchewan by following our guide here.

For information on per diem, mileage, exchange rates, accommodations, and currency conversion requirements, please click here.