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      Music Creator & Publisher Members:

      • 1.866.307.6226
      • members@socan.ca

      General Enquiries:

      • 416.445.8700
      • 1.800.55.SOCAN (76226)

      Music Licensees:

      • Current licensees: 1.866.944.6223
      • New licensees: 1.866.944.6210
      • licence@socan.ca

      Editor in Chief:

      • 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 »

      SOCAN Song of the Week

      Vincent Khouni - 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 »

      Catalogue Acquisition Deals

      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 »

      How the Song Happened: Breagh Isabel’s “In Another World”

      How the Song Happened: Breagh Isabel’s “In Another World”

      More than 10 million streams for the EJAE hit single

      Angine de Poitrine: From Cult Oddity to Global Sensation

      Sliding into listeners’ minds like an irresistible earworm

      Aquakultre: Bridging Generation Gaps

      With a deep look at Black Nova Scotian history

      All Features »

      SOCAN Academy: Pender Island Song Camp

      SOCAN Academy: Pender Island Song Camp

      Tips from Members on Collaboration, Creativity

      Women in Music Canada hosts global summit in Toronto for the first time

      Including annual honours, sync camp

      Jacques Michel passes away at 84

      SOCAN mourns the loss of iconic Québécois singer-songwriter

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