Local Creatives

Haida Gwaii is home to so many creatives that are doing amazing work in every corner of our islands, and the HGMC wants to showcase all of our skillsets to foster a community of collaboration.

If you are interested in being listed in our creative directory, please fill out this form!

Beat making, song writing, Music Guest User Beat making, song writing, Music Guest User

Alida Kinnie Starr

I’ve been making hip hop and folk and rock music for 25 years and have toured all over the world. I created a film called PLAY YOUR GENDER which addressed the lack of female producers worldwide (released in 2016). I scored EDGE OF THE KNIFE film, and am an experienced mentor who has worked at empowering young people and adults who are outliers - not native enough, not queer enough, not straight enough, not white enough, just … people who feel like they are not enough. I love working with outliers and have made music for the ones who don’t fit into the box since 1996. I work with minimal equipment for maximum results, and empower people to #usewhatyougot.

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