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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 »

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

      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

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      President’s Message: The accelerating pace of change

      Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts

      All From the Top »

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      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 »

      Four Reasons to Regret Missing MUTEK

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      Eleven Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear This Fall

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      How Jay McCarrol created the sound of Anthony Bourdain’s inner turmoil

      Biopics present a challenge: is it possible to show the life—even in part—of a popular person in a film short of a two-hour runtime? Perhaps the answer is not to be so literal but lean into the poetics of a person’s life, according to Jay McCarrol, the composer for Tony, the recent film about the youthful days of chef and writer, Anthony ...

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      Yves Lapierre, 1946–2026

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