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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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      Claudia Bouvette - SOCAN Song of the Week

      Read more »

      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 »

      Catalogue Acquisition Deals

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      Legal considerations for creators

      Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

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      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 »

      Five Hidden Anglo Gems From Québec

      Five Hidden Anglo Gems From Québec

      Beyond Patrick Watson, the Barr Brothers, and Men I Trust, Québec’s English-language music scene is a gold mine brimming with talent waiting to be discovered. Here are just five of its many hidden gems. 

      Six Acts to Discover During MUTEK 2026

      The 27th edition of MUTEK, Montréal’s festival devoted to electronic music, brings together more than 120 artists, including several SOCAN members. Here is an eclectic selection of a few of them.

      Notes from Andrés Galindo Arteaga’s busy year

      When emigrating to Toronto from Ibagué, Colombia in 2015, composing film and TV scores were the last thing Andrés Galindo Arteaga had in mind.  “I didn’t arrive with like a concise plan or idea of having a career as a film composer,” Galindo Arteaga says from his Scarborough studio. “I was still thinking primarily as a classical guitarist and musician.”  Fast-forward to today, and the prolific Canadian Screen Music Award ...

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      Steady reached No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Chart on May 18.

      Roublond Wins the 58th Grand Concours Loto-Québec at the Festival international de la chanson de Granby

      So far, little has emerged about the musical world of this year’s winner, Roublond. For now, at least, he remains something of an enigma.

      Screen Music Lab: four days at l’École de musique de l’Université de Sherbrooke

      That’s where 16 composers from across the country got the full experience of creating music for the screen.

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