Veteran Kivalliq performers Sam Tutanuak and Rosalie Pissuk of Rankin Inlet performed on an edition of Alianait's Social... but Distant online concert series this past Friday, May 8.

Tutanuak said Alianait's online concert series is a cool idea.

He said he was first approached by Alianait about his performance a little more than three weeks ago.

SA国际影视传媒淚 was actually happy and quite surprised when they asked me to do it,SA国际影视传媒� said Tutanuak.

SA国际影视传媒淭he way I understood it was to prepare a 20-to-25-minute video of me performing my songs and get it off to them and, technology being what it is today, I decided to give it a shot.

SA国际影视传媒淚 recorded the session on April 22 at my place in Iqaluit just using my phone and, after viewing it, I thought it actually turned out quite well.

SA国际影视传媒淚 was happy with it and, I would assume, the Alianait group must have been too because they didn't ask me to re-record anything, so now we'll find out what the people thought of it.SA国际影视传媒�

Tutanuak, 53, said he's happy to see Alianait doing the online concert series to help keep Nunavut artists viable during the Covid-19 situation.

He said being seen in one performance can often lead to other opportunities in the music industry.

SA国际影视传媒淚'm still not totally clear on how the artists get paid for having people view it, but this is another good thing about the technology available today.

SA国际影视传媒淥ne area people sometimes forget about is that it also helps physically-challenged people who, maybe, can't get out to see a concert when they want to.

SA国际影视传媒淲ith this, they can click onto a website, pay the 20 bucks or whatever and sit and watch their favourite artists. I mean the downside might be you're not with thousands of others at the concert, but at least you're getting to see one of your favourite artists perform.SA国际影视传媒�

Tutanuak reached number one on the Aboriginal Music Countdown in 2010 with the Three Musicians, a song from his original album.

He said he has just recently begun writing material for his second album, which he hopes to record sometime in the near future.

SA国际影视传媒淏eing alone in an Iqaluit apartment had me start working on songs again and I've actually just finished the first one, with another 10 to 15 to go to have enough material for an album.

SA国际影视传媒淲hen I was at the Alianait Music Festival this past summer I got the attention of Culture and Heritage and they're keen on sending me to do another album.

SA国际影视传媒淚 also caught the ear of the Inuit Arts Society and they're willing to do some funding on an album, as well, so now it's a matter of me sitting down, picking up the guitar and doing some music writing.

SA国际影视传媒淗opefully, that will go well and it will all come together fairly quickly.SA国际影视传媒�