Month: October 2022


Offenbach’s John McGale passes away

Songwriter/guitarist dies in car accident

Family first for Murda Beatz

And for his mom

Nonso Amadi blooms

Emerging singer-songwriter learns as he goes

Video: The Pros – The perfect live show, according to Felix of Choses Sauvages

Advice on giving your best performance

Canadian Heritage grants $132,000 to SOCAN Foundation

Allowing it to offer Creative Entrepreneurship Summit in 202...

SOCAN participates in webinar, The Metaverse: A New Music Marketplace

Examining how the evolution of new online tech might best se...

Industry News – First Up with RBCxMusic

Helping artists with funding, marketing, education

Innu artists shine brightly at 2022 Teweikan Indigenous Music Gala

Laura Niquay, Scott-Pien Picard win three awards each

Video: Aqyila talks about “Vibe for Me”

All about a key line,and sparking two million TikTok videos

Video: Vulgaires Machins present Disruption

Guillaume, Marie-Ève explain creative process of eighth alb...

Video: Tom Cochrane — Songwriting is Therapy

"Life is a Highway" was a pep talk to himself

Meet the new faces of SOCAN’s Reproduction Rights team

Barbara McIvor, Ryan O'Grady, Virginie Bujold-Paré, Jazz Al...

2022 SOCAN Awards: Canada’s Music Creators and Publishers’ Road to Gold

Winners include Tom Cochrane, Lighthouse, Drake, OZ, Boi-1da...

Apply now for 2023 Francouvertes

Deadline for submissions: Nov. 10, 2022

Daniel Bélanger: A Metaphor for Life

“A song’s lyrics are like [part of] a couple… they nee...

Video: Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake discuss social media feedback

The pros and cons of instant reaction

At BreakOut West 2022, SOCAN Song House inspires songwriters

SOCAN also participates in conference sessions to support, d...

Thaïs: “OK, it’s sad, but let’s dance”

She presents her début album, Tout est parfait

“Hats Off” to Lighthouse co-writers, inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Ralph Cole, Paul Hoffert, Bob McBride, Skip Prokop

SOCAN member FKA Rayne wins a First Prize in 2022 Unsigned Only song contest

And SOCAN members earn 16 Honourable Mentions

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