After many years of relying on others, we are now selling our products directly on our website on our new ‘Purchase‘ page.

In buying directly here on my website you are ensuring that as an artist I am paid fairly for my work, instead of me only receiving an extremely small fraction from other digital platforms who host my art and profit from it. So I thank you greatly for your support!

Available for purchase are our albums (either ‘Physical CD’ or ‘Digital Download’), singles, as well as all individual songs.

After more than 10 years with our previous webpage, I decided to completely redesign it to a more current layout with improved functionality. Both our Album pages (Melodic Twilight & Debut Album) now include Sample videos for the tracks, and image gallery to view the album art work. We have also streamlined our Video page to improve the overall visitor experience, please check them out.

Happy to announce that I’ve been recognized for the first time as a Lyricist. Two of my new songs have been selected as finalists for the Hollywood Songwriting Contest (Lyrics Only category). Both songs are based on historical events, but are a little graphic and not the most conventionally formulaic 😉
Click on the links below to read either song.

The first song ‘Ohio, 1930’ is told from the perspective of a fictional character, but is based on an actual event which happened at the Ohio State Penitentiary on April 21, 1930; a prison fire which resulted in the death of 322 inmates. It was the deadliest prison fire in United States history.

Ohio, 1930 – Scott Pettipas

The second song titled ‘Freedom Summer’ is based on actual events which happened in the state of Mississippi in the summer of 1964. It details the backlash of a volunteer campaign in the United States to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible.

Freedom Summer – Scott Pettipas

Happy to announce, the Secretary General for AFG-NOC (Afghanistan National Olympic Committee) has confirmed they will be using my song ‘Off to Rio’ in their countries promotional packages. Congratulations to all the Olympic athletes from Afghanistan who are heading Off to Rio.

To listen to the full track click Off to Rio – Scott Pettipas.

One of Scott’s original compositions ‘WinterSpell‘, from his award winning album Melodic Twilight, has won 8th place (Honorable Mention) at the Indie International Songwriting Contest, Spring 2014 competition. Listen to the song by clicking on the song title above. To view the full list of winners click HERE.

We are thrilled to announce that Scott’s second album, Melodic Twilight, has won ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’, at the 2013 Canadian Gospel Music Awards. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone for their support!

To view the complete list of winners click here.

Click on the following link to read Scott’s interview with ‘The News’, published on Nov 3, 2013 and titled “Local nominated for gospel music awards”.

http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2013-11-03/article-3464801/Local-nominated-for-gospel-music-awards/1

One of Scott’s original compisotions ‘Meandering Through Marseille’, from his debut album, has won 6th place (Honorable Mention) at the Indie International Songwriting Contest, Spring 2012 competition.
Listen to the song by clicking on the song title above. To view the full list of winners click HERE.

We are thrilled to announce that Cora Pettipas (co-owner of Melodic Twilight) has recently had her work published in World Scientific Publishing’s ‘Journal of Enterprising Culture’.

The goal of her case study is to contribute to a pragmatic knowledge of building a Canadian small business for an independent music artist who does not know where to start. It is meant to be an initial guide for musicians planning to consider this form of business development, as opposed to signing with a label, or as a way to increase the likelihood of becoming noticed by a label.

If this sounds like you, please follow the link below to view the .pdf file. Some of the areas addressed are: Product Development, Canadian Music Regulatory Environment, Distribution, and Promotion and Exposure.

CREATING AN INDEPENDENT MUSIC BUSINESS IN CANADA: A CASE STUDY

Journal of Enterprising Culture
Vol. 20, No. 2 (June 2012) 227–243
DOI: 10.1142/S0218495812500100