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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

      Read more »

      SOCAN Song of the Week

      Ellis - SOCAN Song of the Week

      Read more »

      Video: Red Carpet Interviews from 2023 SOCAN Gala – Part 1

      Video: Red Carpet Interviews from 2023 SOCAN Gala – Part 1

      Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset

      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

      Currently lobbying government on several key issues

      President’s Message: The accelerating pace of change

      Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts

      All From the Top »

      Catalogue Acquisition Deals

      Catalogue Acquisition Deals

      Legal considerations for creators

      Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

      What are the differences?

      Building a career in France: challenges, sacrifices, dreams, reality

      The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page

      All Sound Advice »

      Notes from Andrés Galindo Arteaga’s busy year

      Notes from Andrés Galindo Arteaga’s busy year

      When emigrating to Toronto from Ibagué, Colombia in 2015, composing film and TV scores were the last thing Andrés Galindo Arteaga had in mind.  “I didn’t arrive with like a concise plan or idea of having a career as a film composer,” Galindo Arteaga says from his Scarborough studio. “I was still thinking primarily as a classical guitarist and musician.”  Fast-forward to today, and the prolific Canadian Screen Music Award ...

      Jashim Takes Reggaeton Into the Future

      His music is political, even revolutionary—and his personal story has everything to do with it.

      Songs of the Summer 2026

      Back-to-school season may be just around the corner, but summer still has (technically) X days left. Here are the songs getting heavy rotation in the headphones of the Words & Music editorial team.

      All Features »

      Bleu Jeans Bleu Receives a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for “Scotch & Poches”

      Bleu Jeans Bleu Receives a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for “Scotch & Poches”

      Bleu Jeans Bleu spent nine weeks at the top of the Mediabase Francophone Top 100 with “Scotch & Poches”. That called for a proper celebration.

      Here’s what happened at the VAFF x HOMECOMING x SOCAN Sync Camp

      The VAFF x HOMECOMING x SOCAN Music Sync Camp brought together a group of Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Canadian artists, songwriters, and producers from across British Columbia with the goal of fostering new creative connections and collaborations on film, television, and video game sync briefs.   The song camp—held at Headspace Studios in Vancouver—helped celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival ...

      Seven Reasons You Shouldn’t Have Missed Osheaga

      Homegrown artists took the stage, earning rousing applause along the way.

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