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SOCAN hosts first-ever mixer with APRA AMCOS in Los Angeles

L.A.-based music creators from Canada, Australia, and New Ze...

Adam El Mouna wins 2025 Festival international de la chanson de Granby

Earning several awards and prizes, worth more than $40,000

SOCAN summer 2025 events connect members with industry, celebrate milestones

Photo galleries from New York, Calgary, Saskatoon

Video: KENEKT X FRANCOS, presented by Desjardins: a memorable musical experience

Francophone artists from here, abroad, cross boundaries of m...

SOCAN Foundation announces 2025 Award recipients for Emerging Screen Composers

Ten SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore divide a total $25,000

Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

What are the differences?

Photo Gallery: LASSO 2025

Québécois and Canadian country musicians shine bright alon...

SOCAN Academy: Transitioning from artist to screen composer

Katie Stelmanis (aka Austra) shares her evolving journey

SOCAN celebrates Third Side Music’s 20 years of global success

Winner of the Publisher of the Year Award at the 2025 Gala S...

Understanding International Royalties

SOCAN Around the World

Photo Gallery: Osheaga 2025

Canada’s and Québec’s SOCAN members give it their all!

First-ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Short List is announced

Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Saya Gray, Yves Jarvis, Mustafa, Ribbon...

SOCAN Academy: Ramon Chicharron on the importance of a musical community

“Sharing quality time with your community, not only on soc...

Micheal J. Peterson earns 2025 TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

Ojibway musician’s band CHAIN has just released new EP, 15...

Important Codes & Numbers

Managing your Metadata and Royalties

SOCAN Academy: How to Remix with Respect

Fred Everything on Ethics and Originality

SOCAN Foundation Residency for Francophone Artists-Entrepreneurs from Outside Québec, 2025 Edition

Three intensely rewarding days for eight participants from c...

SOCAN members dominate 2025 Polaris Music Prize Short List

Congratulations to nominees vying for $30,000 award!

SOCAN Academy: Nikhil Seetharam on Composing for Comedy & Building Your Career

Scoring for Laughs

Video – Top Secrets: Jay Scøtt’s “Woodstock”

An unexpected No. 1 that was created in his basement!

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