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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

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      Video: Red Carpet Interviews from 2023 SOCAN Gala – Part 1

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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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      Decision-Makers: Eve Paré

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      ADISQ’s General Manager has things well under control

      How Justin Fancy became a songwriter, as well as a singer

      And learned stagecraft from years playing cover songs in bars

      Ebril’s In Copula: From Solo Creation to Viral Sensation

      “I built the world I needed”

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