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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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      Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset

      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

      Currently lobbying government on several key issues

      President’s Message: The accelerating pace of change

      Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts

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      Kizaba: Carte Blanche for Black History Month

      Kizaba: Carte Blanche for Black History Month

      ‘It is still hard to admit that Black people experience inequalities in their artistic practices”

      Audiovisual post-synchronization royalties – don’t miss out!

      A guide from Martin Lavallée, SOCAN’s Head of Reproduction Rights

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      Bruce Guthro Songwriters Circle is unbroken after his passing

      Bruce Guthro Songwriters Circle is unbroken after his passing

      Thanks to his singer-songwriter children, Dylan and Jodi

      Music Publishers Canada addresses gender imbalance in Canadian music

      With its Women in the Studio National Accelerator

      Noeline Hofmann storms out of the starting gate

      Alberta singer-songwriter fuelled by “Purple Gas”

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      SOCAN Foundation, UBISOFT to co-host their first-ever videogame music lab

      SOCAN Foundation, UBISOFT to co-host their first-ever videogame music lab

      Screen composers can apply now; event is In Montréal, Nov. 20–22, 2024

      Apply now for 2025 edition of Francouvertes

      Submission deadline is Nov. 6, 2024

      Song and Score Week 2024 honours Canadian songwriters, screen composers, music publishers

      And presents programming to both celebrate and educate young creators

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Published January 21, 2015 at 431 × 281 in Ivy : For the Love of Words
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