Dave Shears is a lover of the arts. He discovered this passion after receiving a bass guitar for Christmas at fourteen years old. From various high school bands to founding the award-winning pop rock group RocketRocketShip, Shears has performed in venues all across Canada, opening for some of the country's biggest artists. 

In subsequent years, Shears put down his bass and started working behind the scenes in the music industry. With a diploma in Executive Office Management from the College of the North Atlantic, he spent three and a half years as the Programs Manager at MusicNL before branching out to start the music services company Hurricane Music with business partner Matt Dines. Named the 2023 MusicNL Industry Professional of the Year, his main focus is artist management. He currently has an eclectic roster which includes With Violet, Baraka, Rosemary Lawton, Kitchinparti, & Jing Xia. However, he is also involved with many other facets through Hurricane Music such as event production, grant writing, music production, consultations, and marketing. 

Matt Dines (BBA) is a musician from Newfoundland, Canada who is best known as the lead guitarist for the pop/rock band RocketRocketShip from 2012-2017. With well over 200 live performances under his belt, Matt is a veteran live performer. He has shared the stage with acts like Arkells, Marianas Trench, Tyler Shaw, Tokyo Police Club and has performed his original music with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. With Matt as a member, RRS earned a number of accolades including being named 'Best Band in St. John’s’ by readers of the Scope Arts Magazine in 2013, winning MuiscNL Pop/Rock Group Of The Year for 2013, and a nomination for ECMA Rising Star for 2015. 

Since then Matt has emerged as a pillar of the St. John’s music scene as a music producer, audio engineer, grant writer and music consultant. He works with a diverse group of clients to help support their creative process from writing to release. In 2023, he was named MusicNL's Audio Engineer/ Producer of the Year.

 Matt Dines currently works from Hurricane Music studios in Mount Pearl, NL with an assortment of equipment and instruments, with the support of his wife Emma and his studio husky Rudy.

Abigail is a St. John’s-based music industry professional who has spent the last eight years working in support of Atlantic Canadian artists. She’s had the privilege to serve artists of various disciplines as they carve out spaces for themselves on our stages and airwaves. She (almost) holds both a certificate in Music Business from NSCC and a business degree from MUN. 

In joining the Hurricane Music team as the newly-minted manager of experimental hardcore outfit The Order of the Precious Blood, Abigail looks forward to working with a fast-growing company building up some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s finest emerging artists.