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      Music Licensees:

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      • licence@socan.ca

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      • Howard Druckman
      • druckmanh@socan.ca

      Read more »

      About Us

      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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      Grace of Arc - SOCAN Song of the Week

      Read more »

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

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

      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

      All From the Top »

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      Catalogue Acquisition Deals

      Legal considerations for creators

      Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

      What are the differences?

      Building a career in France: challenges, sacrifices, dreams, reality

      The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page

      All Sound Advice »

      Laura Roy blossoms on full-length debut ‘Late Bloomer Season’

      Laura Roy blossoms on full-length debut ‘Late Bloomer Season’

      A few days before I spoke to Laura Roy, the singer and songwriter performed on CBC East Coast Music Hour, with Ali Enriques (violin and piano) and Sam Wilson (guitar), two musicians with vital roles on her debut album, Late Bloomer Season. It had been a while since the trio played together, and as Roy finished the first verse of “Warpaint,” she noticed tears streaming down Enriques’ face.   The moment was both startling and comforting for Roy; serving as a reminder the vulnerability that’s ...

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      Here is the fourth and final instalment of our red-carpet interviews from the 2026 Gala SOCAN, held May 3 at TOHU in Montréal.

      All News »

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