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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

      Read more »

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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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      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 inequalities in their artistic practices”

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      Amanda Martinez: Making the music for Recuerdo and Rosie’s Rules

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      “It took me a long time to call myself a songwriter”

      Blynk and Katrine Sansregret: Opposites Attract

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      Two Women: A feminist score for a new generation

      “We got great advice from Tram7 and Fair Enough,” says director Chloé Robichaud

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      Diane Pinet awarded Christopher J. Reed Prize 2025

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      Encouraging support of both composers and syncs in Online Streaming Act implementation

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