Friday February 8th, 2019

Another Canadian artist was chosen to release a new single in The CTV https://www.ctv.ca/Home series  The Launch Season 2 (Episode 2  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Episode-2  )  Wednesday February 6th , 2019 at 8pm.  The Launch follows five emerging musicians competing for a chance to have a debut single released commercially working with mentors Executive Producer Scott Borchetta  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Mentors/Scott-Borchetta   who is also Founder, President and CEO of Big Machine Label Group  https://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/ , Canadian recording artist Marie-Mai  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Mentors/Marie-Mai  and a songwriter/producer & Celebrity Mentor. In this episode,  songwriter/producer and major hitmaker Alex Hope  https://twitter.com/alexhopemusic?lang=en  provided a new song and  Grammy/Juno award winner  Sarah McLachlan https://www.sarahmclachlan.com/ was the Celebrity Guest Mentor. The five competitors were  Alexandra Porat  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Video/S2E2-Audition-Alexandra-Porat-vid1603511 , Avery Florence  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Video/S2E2-Audition-Avery-Florence-vid1603517 , Phé  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Video/S2E2-Audition-Ph-vid1603522  , T. Thomason  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Video/S2E2-Audition-T-Thomason-vid1603535 & Trevor LaRose  https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Video/S2E2-Audition-Trevor-LaRose-vid1604097  .  And when the show ended it was  T. Thomason  who had the honour of launching the new single.   Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com speaks with  T. Thomason  about his  experience competing on the Launch, how a personal decision almost effected the future on his music career and his new The Launch single… Hope  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5gQ2Q6GRuU 

(  T. Thomason will be performing at Toronto’s The Baby G (1608 Dundas St W) thebabyg.com/ February 19th, 2019 to celebrate the release of “Hope”)