SOCAN members receive 10% to 25% off Sessionwire platform subscription plans

Story by SOCAN | Tuesday November 21st, 2023

Sessionwire is revolutionizing the way online writing and production are done. It provides a seamless platform for songwriters, composers, musicians, and audio professionals to collaborate remotely, making it easier than ever to create music together, no matter where you’re located. Almost anything you can do in the studio, you can do remotely in Sessionwire.

The platform is now offering exclusive SOCAN member discounts: access www.sessionwire.com/socan-offer to receive a 10% off of a basic-level subscription, or 25% off of a studio-level subscription.

Sessionwire is an amazing creative tool for:

  • songwriting, arranging and pre-production;
  • overdubs and part replacements; and
  • mix supervision and approvals.
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Select the image to play a YouTube video intoducing Sessionwire

Music industry professionals offer testimony to Sessionwire’s value.

“Sessionwire will connect the musicians of the world like nothing else before,” says Randy Bachman.

“With Sessionwire you not only pipe in the music, you also pipe in the LIVE Vibe of the room in real time. THAT’s where real magic happens!” says Khaliq Glover (aka Khaliq-O-Vision), whose credits include Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Prince, and Herbie Hancock.

“Sessionwire Studio allows me to work with clients in real time. After years of having to cobble together software to work remotely, I found Sessionwire! Now I work with people all over the world all the time,” says Rich Keller, a six-times Grammy-nominated mixer and producer, who’s worked on 34 Platinum-selling albums, that have collectively sold more than 75 million units, including work with Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, and Mariah Carey.

“Music is about capturing magic. Sessionwire perfectly allows me to maintain the vibe and energy with my artists wherever I go. This is going to change the music industry forever,” says Arson Daylee, whose credits include Young Thug, Travi$ Scott, Lil Wayne, Charlie XCX, and Machine Gun Kelly.

Get Sessionwire working for you today!

Register now for winter session of APEM training program

Story by Eric Parazelli | Thursday November 23rd, 2023

Since 2005, the Association des professionnels de l’édition musicale (APEM) has offered a training program for aspiring music publishers, aiming to promote best practices in music publishing, and covering the main types of expertise required in the field. APEM offers training in the legal foundations and business procedures of music publishing, in order to develop a skilled workforce. This comprehensive, 43-hour course runs for 11 weeks, from Jan. 16 to Mar. 19, 2024, and covers legal basics, contracts and licenses, the organization and artistic direction of a publishing house, and many other essential subjects. These subjects will be covered in-depth by publishing experts such as Daniel Lafrance, Claude Brunet, David Murphy, Valérie Gauthier, Marie-Laurence Asselin, and Carmel Scurti-Belley.

Note that the winter session of the APEM training program will be available online only, via Zoom. Registration is now open, but spaces are limited. For details, and to register, access apem.ca/en/music-publishing-training-program-2.

The APEM training program is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Québec government, Musicaction, the SOCAN Foundation, and SODEC.

Photo by Marie-Michèle Bouchard. Left to right/De gauche à droite : Pierre Kwenders, Clay&Friends, Michel Rivard, Jonathan Roy, Shauit

Video: 2023 ADISQ Gala Interviews, Part Two

Story by Eric Parazelli | Thursday November 16th, 2023

Welcome to the second part of the numerous interviews we conducted backstage at the 2023 ADISQ Gala and Premier Gala.

 

Pierre Kwenders’ album José Louis and the Paradox of Love won the prestigious Polaris Music Prize in 2022. This obviously paved the way for his victory at the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ in the Album of the Year – World Music category. But for Kwenders, this double achievement acts more as a creative stimulus than a reason to believe that he can now rest. Here’s our on-the-spot interview at the Premier Gala.

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Select the image to play the SOCAN YouTube interview video with Pierre Kwenders

 

For Clay & Friends, the stage is their lifeblood, the place where their music comes alive, and touches their growing fan base right in the heart. It’s no wonder that they’ve won the Félix Award in the Show of the Year – Multilingual/Other Languages category at the Premier Gala. Following is our interview with the emotional and gratitude-filled band right after the gala.

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For his show Le tour du bloc, Michel Rivard invited 11 musicians onstage with him to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of his career in style. The happy winner of the Show of the Year Félix Award spoke with us about his universally acclaimed show.

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A very grateful Jonathan Roy met with us following his victory in the Anglophone Show of the Year category at the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ on Nov. 1 at MTelus.

ADISQ, Gala, 2023, SOCAN, Interview, Jonathan Roy

Select the image to play the SOCAN YouTube interview video with Jonathan Roy

 

Originally from Maliotenam, in Northeastern Québec, singer-songwriter Shauit fuses music and languages, but sings mostly in Innu. Winner of the Album of the Year – Indigenous Languages Félix for Natukun, he strives towards reconciliation by blending Québec and Indigenous cultures. We had a chat with him backstage at the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ.

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Select the image to play the SOCAN YouTube interview video with Shauit