SOCAN Academy: Transitioning from artist to screen composer

Craft Development

Resources and guides from subject matter experts on the craft of songwriting, composing, and more.
Introduction to SOCAN | Working with SOCAN | Career Development | Craft Development | Member Advice

SOCAN Academy: Transitioning from artist to screen composer

August 14, 2025

Katie Stelmanis (aka Austra) shares her evolving journey

SOCAN Academy: How to Remix with Respect

July 17, 2025

Fred Everything on Ethics and Originality

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

July 10, 2025

Scoring for Laughs

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

June 5, 2025

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

SOCAN Academy: Stint shares tips for producers

May 29, 2025

Why you should always say yes

SOCAN Academy: Jason Gleed shares tips for music creators

May 22, 2025

At all stages of their careers

SOCAN Academy: Murda Beatz Shares Top Producer Tips

May 15, 2025

Level Up Your Beatz

SOCAN Academy: Preparing for a co-writing session

May 13, 2025

With JUNO Award winner Hill Kourkoutis

Nathan Micay talks about scoring HBO’s Industry

March 4, 2025

Composing “music to make grown men cry”

Video – Top Secrets: “Fake Friends” by Billie du Page, BAYLA, lucatheproducer

December 11, 2024

Her first-ever single goes straight to No. 1!

Video: Top Secrets – “Printemps” by Koriass

August 6, 2024

Star rapper tells us about writing his first No. 1 at radio

Video: Nicole Ariana shares how co-writing works

November 30, 2023

And why three is the magic number

A beginners’ guide to mixing your recordings, Part Two

October 26, 2023

Effects

A beginners’ guide to mixing your recordings, Part One

October 19, 2023

Mixing itself

Video: The Pros – The perfect live show, according to Felix of Choses Sauvages

October 25, 2022

Advice on giving your best performance

The Breakdown: Scoring for videogames

September 29, 2022

How does it work?

Video: The Pros – Proper onstage attitude, according to Hubert Lenoir

September 27, 2022

He shares his advice on giving the best possible show

Video: JUNOs 2022 – Desirée Dawson on her songwriting process

June 14, 2022

How she’s honed it – as you can, too

Video: The Pros – Screen Composer Suad Bushnaq

May 10, 2022

On working to a “temp” score

Video: The Pros – Screen Composer Amin Bhatia

April 26, 2022

What’s the difference between scoring for live-action vers...

Subscribe to get the top articles delivered to your inbox every two weeks.

We won't share your data, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

© 2025 SOCAN All Rights Reserved
openpopup
✗

Subscribe to get the top articles delivered to your inbox every two weeks.

We won’t share your data, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

No Thanks