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Words + Music is the online magazine of SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Just as SOCAN was formed in 1990 by the merger of its predecessor Canadian performing rights organizations PROCAN and CAPAC, their separate magazines merged in 1994 to form Words + Music. Our mission is to provide interesting, high-quality content about the increasingly exciting and
Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset
Currently lobbying government on several key issues
Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts
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Legal considerations for creators
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The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page
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Boi-1da has given music fans a lot: his artistic fingerprints are on tracks so embedded into the cultural fabric of the last two decades. It seems fitting then that Boi-1da would help create the sonic atmosphere for one of the world’s biggest sporting events: the World Cup. While the Grammy Award winning producer is still working on music with the world’s biggest artists (ahem, Iceman?), he gathered together an extraordinary ...
Caity Gyorgy with Strings, Arranged and Conducted by Mark Limacher almost didn’t see the light of day. But a wedding cancellation, lack of funding, and an estrangement between Gyorgy and pianist and arranger Mark Limacher were obstacles to get the project across the finish line. But Gyorgy (pronounced “George”), a three-time Juno Award winner, is nothing if not resilient. “We were both going through ...
From Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, with several stops across Québec, here are six events worth taking the time to discover.
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The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) invited societies from around the world to join together in Paris for CISAC’s annual general assembly and celebration of its 100th anniversary. CISAC has 227 global society members, including SOCAN. The event featured panel discussions on creativity and technology, presentations on issues impacting music creators, and the announcement of The Paris Commitment, a global declaration of principles dedicated to protecting human-made culture in the age of AI. The assembly opened with remarks from current CISAC president and ABBA member, Björn Ulvaeus. He reflected on current legal and policy conversations happening in the United ...
Few Québec singers can claim to have made their mark in English Canada, but Alicia Moffet is one of them.
SOCAN spent the last week in May in Ottawa with parliamentarians, senators, and music creators for rigorous discussion and connections about artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the state of creativity. Our marquee event in the capital, SOCAN on the Hill, focuses on how our organization supports and advocates for our members, bringing stories and conversations to ...
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