MapleCore Ltd.  MapleCore Ltd. is a music company founded in 1999 and located in Toronto, Canada. MapleCore has multiple divisions including the e-commerce site MapleMusic.com, three record labels MapleMusic Recordings, Open Road Recordings, and Pheromone Recordings, distribution arm Fontana North, and live ticket services TicketBreak and Fan Experience. MapleCore Ltd. was co-founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Grant Dexter and launched MapleMusic.com, a website where music artists could sell their merchandise online. Through co-founder Andy Maize from the band Skydiggers connections were made to many established artists such as Cowboy Junkies and Sarah Harmer who helped garner attention for the e-commerce site. The Cowboy Junkies were the first artist to sell their CDs and merchandise through the service that now provides online stores for more than 1,000 artists, including Martha Wainwright, Kathleen Edwards, Jann Arden and Chantal Kreviazuk. The e-commerce portal cooperates with a number of Canadian artists not otherwise associated with the company's MapleMusic Recordings or Open Road Recordings labels to sell their CDs and merchandise through the site. The company expanded into the ticket service industry by establishing Fan Experience in 2004. Fan Experience is a VIP ticket service powered by MapleMusic.com providing packages such as exclusive seating, artist engagement, and merchandise to fans. The service has worked with bands like Marianas Trench, The Tragically Hip, and Our Lady Peace who previously connected to the company through MapleMusic.com. Working directly with artists, promoters, and management the service creates experiences tailored specifically to the fans. The company began to diversify in 2002, establishing MapleMusic Recordings, a full-service record label offering in-house marketing, promotion, publicity, A&R and licensing. The record company operates like a boutique label, handpicking a roster including many Canadian artists such as Joel Plaskett, DJ Champion, and Kathleen Edwards as well international acts including Silversun Pickups and Radiohead while using major label-style strength to market and distribute their artists nationwide. MapleMusic Recordings has an exclusive license with ATO Records, Dangerbird Records, and Downtown Records representing their signed artists with Canada. List of MapleMusic Recordings artists  In 2003 the country music label Open Road Recordings was launched as a partnership between MapleCore and Ron Kitchener. The sister label to MapleMusic Recordings offers marketing, promotion, publicity, A&R and licensing services to its roster.