Membership grows with worldwide success of inspirational creators
SOCAN panel is the talk of the town at RIDEAU
Nominated for World Music Album of the Year
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Former young women’s counsellor writes about serious issues
“Often, getting to the bottom of things means remembering who we are”
Search becomes a song, a film theme, a CBC documentary
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How to prevent your instruments from being stolen
What you need to do, and how to do it
How to get paid when your music’s played onscreen
All Sound Advice »
Currently lobbying government on several key issues
Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts
De nombreux changements et innovations
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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