TED is a non-profit organization built on the understanding that ideas worth spreading can spark the necessary changes contemporary society needs.

In that spirit TedxToronto “brings together the city’s foremost thought leaders, change makers and everyday people from each discipline and challenges them to deliver powerful, unforgettable and unique TEDxTalks.“

This year’s TedxToronto conference takes place on September 30th @ The Glenn Gould Studios and features an array of speakers including Sol Guy and Boonaa Mohammed.

TedxToronto is all about talk, and we at OTA Live LOVE to talk (so much so that we created OTA Talk, lol) so when TedxToronto’s Neel Joshi approached us with the idea of pushing the boundaries of OTA Talk to speak on music from a more socially critical perspective, it didn’t take much convincing.

To that end, check us out tonight (Tuesday) for a special edition of OTA Talk as we invite Remix Project founder and TedxToronto co-chair Gavin Sheppard, and emcees Ian Kamau and Theo3, to discuss the role artists can play as empowered actors tangibly and constructively contributing to the social issues that fuel their art.

I mean, if music reflects life, most importantly the societal ills that affect our greater communities; and artists depend on life and those ills to be artists; is there a moral obligation on their part, as CITIZENS of their communities, to use their position as a platform for something more than just making music? Those questions and more will be on the table.

That’s OTA Talk tonight (Tuesday) @ midnight on OTA Live! and The New Flow 93.5 FM!