Career Development

Resources and guides from subject matter experts on various career-focused and industry topics.

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SOCAN Academy: Max Espinosa on PROs, Breaking Into New Markets & Music Industry Connections

How PROs help artists get seen, supported, and paid.

International Indigenous Music Summit 2025: Panels, June 4

Educational “SOCAN 101” session, music supervisors gathe...

SOCAN Academy: Kareem James on Songwriting, Collaboration & Building a Creative Community

Shares real-world insights on navigating co-writing sessions...

SOCAN Academy: Stint shares tips for producers

Why you should always say yes

How Ottawa jazzman Doug Martin scored multiple song placements in Oscar-winning Anora

Anatomy of a Sync

SOCAN at Phoque Off 2025: tools, education, interview with Félix Petit

Video: Petit’s advice for fruitful collaboration

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

The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patric...

MétaMusique 1.0: an innovative tool to facilitate referencing and discoverability

The goal: optimizing the management of music metadata

Attention SOCAN members! New online resources

For education, connection, networking, development

Kizaba: Carte Blanche for Black History Month

‘It is still hard to admit that Black people experience in...

The Breakdown: Song Rights versus Master Rights

What are the differences?

The Breakdown: Playing and recording other peoples’ music

How it works, from a copyright perspective

Video – Keep creating, no matter what

Pierre Lapointe, Souldia, Lisa LeBlanc, Jean-Michel Blais et...

Vidéo : Les Pros – La Bonne attitude pour un show épatant, d’après Lou-Adriane Cassidy

Elle nous partage ses conseils pour donner le meilleur spect...

Video: The Pros – CRi shares his advice

A few tips and tricks to give the best possible live show

Video: The Pros – Screen Composer Rob Carli

Explains why scoring is a great career choice if you love wr...

Video: The Pros – grandson on venue size adjustments

The difference between performing in arenas and clubs

Video: The Pros – grandson explains how to best use social media

The different advantages of TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter

Video: JUNOs 2022 – Want a big tip on how to succeed via TikTok?

Let 347aidan tell you what worked for him

Video: The Breakdown – What is SPACQ?

The organization’s Executive Director tells us all about i...

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