Duane Steele, a mainstay on Canada’s country charts.  He is a self-assured, engaging performer, connecting one-on-one with his audience both on a record and on stage.   Duane is a CCMA Award Winning Artist & Songwriter and was on the road traveling with his CCMA award winning band opening for some of the hottest acts in country music including Shania Twain, Terri Clark, Trisha Yearwood, Sammy Kershaw, and Prairie Oyster.  He continues to grace the country music scene with his traditional country style and undeniable singing and songwriting talent. For the fourth year in a row he is excited to come back to the Peace Country to mentor fellow artists, musicians, & songwriters, and catch up on friendships made from the last four Music Industry Conference's.
www.duanesteele.com

As a songwriter, Blair Packham started out wanting to be Paul McCartney. Then he wanted to be Curtis Mayfield. He then wanted to be either John Prine and Steve Goodman. Soon, Blair wanted to be Elvis Costello, any member of the Clash or Andy Partridge of XTC. For a while he wanted to be the lead singer of a band called The Jitters and had some success at this, between 1981 and 1991, when he and the band had some hit songs, including “Last of the Red Hot Fools” and “’Til the Fever Breaks”.
After that, Blair decided he wanted to just be Blair Packham, so he finally released his solo debut, called Everything That’s Good, in May 2001. The Toronto Star called it “superbly-crafted...tuneful, honest, sharp-witted, and performed with style and confidence”. It was written and recorded with friends like Ron Sexsmith, Suzie Vinnick, and Craig Northey. In 2003, Blair wrote and recorded the follow-up disc, Could’ve Been King, in Vancouver with Craig and the rest of the Odds. In 2005, Blair co-produced, with Ron Sexsmith, “What Ever Happened to Christmas” for Andy Kim, and the song hit Number Five on the national AC charts. 
Blair continues to want to be Blair and does so by being the co-host of CFRB 1010’s Rock Talk (heard Sunday nights at 6 p.m. in Toronto) and by running—with Rik Emmett—the annual Songstudio Summer Songwriting Workshop. for more information:www.blairpackham.com www.myspace.com/blairpackham

Josh Rob Gwilliam is an independent Engineer/Producer with his own company called Pilot Audio. He also creates at Audities Recording Studio. Previously he worked at MCC Recording Studio in Calgary Alberta since 2000.  Working as an Engineer with major Canadian Artists has earned him Junos for “Country Recordings Of The Year 2006” with the Road Hammers, and “Country Recordings Of The Year 2007” with George Canyon .   He has also earned “Gold Records” with George Canyon & Road Hammers and just recently another “Gold Record” with a new artist Andrew F.  Josh  has recorded and worked with many genres of artists such as Gil Grand, Jason McCoy, Friends Of Otis and Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. He will provide insights and advice on recording home demos and working with other musicians, engineers & producers. Josh is also a very talented songwriter and bass player.
http://www.myspace.com/joshrobgwilliam