By Erica Phillips His career spans decades, generations and genres and, despite numerous accolades and memorable songs like Sometimes When We Touch, over the phone singer-songwriter, and now author, Dan Hill has a pleasantly unexpected grace and easiness. His warm energy is apparent in his mature yet youthful tone.

"Fifty years ago, we wouldn't have been able to stay at the same hotel at the same restaurants, drink at the same fountains," Troy Carter said. Today, Carter and his biggest client, Lady Gaga, do all that without a blink.

It's hard to know where to start with Canadian Music Week, which is held for several days every March. The 30 th edition last week was at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto.