Career Development

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

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SOCAN Academy: What is the Unison Fund?

A registered Canadian charity supporting the music community...

SOCAN Academy: Chantal Kreviazuk on songwriting, creativity, navigating the music industry

How to stay grounded while constantly evolving

SOCAN Academy: MétaMusique improves your music’s discoverability

Pierre B. Gourde explains how this tool helps it shine

SOCAN Academy: Donovan Woods on co-writing in Nashville

Build connections, bring ideas

SOCAN Academy: Digital Royalties 101

Understanding the online music economy

SOCAN Academy: Nathan Ferraro on Finding Fulfillment Behind the Scenes

Artist to Songwriter

Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

What are the differences?

SOCAN Academy: Transitioning from artist to screen composer

Katie Stelmanis (aka Austra) shares her evolving journey

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

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

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

Scoring for Laughs

SOCAN Academy: Lora Bidner’s Film Composing Tips & Career Insights

Ever wondered how to break into film scoring?

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

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