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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
Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset
Currently lobbying government on several key issues
Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts
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Legal considerations for creators
What are the differences?
The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page
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This is the story of Alexandre Leclerc and Maxime Le Flaguais, two SOCAN members with a passion for history, who saved a heritage site from demolition by restoring it to its former glory.
Of all the creative approaches taken by songwriters, Hiroki Tanaka’s has got to be unique: turning the Christian hymns in his Japanese-Canadian grandparents’ hymnbook into an ambitious exploration of faith, culture and history while integrating a breathtaking number of different musical and vocal styles. Isan (“inheritance”) is the second solo album from Tanaka, the former guitarist for Yamantaka Sonic Titan, and it incorporates some of that group’s exuberance and knack for genre-jumping. The album’s 11 tracks feature delicate pop melodies, screaming ...
For more than 35 years, Alexis Martin has supported other artists. With this album, he finally turns the focus onto himself.
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We’re back with the third round of our red-carpet interviews from the 2026 Gala SOCAN, held May 3 at Montréal’s TOHU. JF Pauzé Like Marjo before him, JF Pauzé has managed to step out from the shadow of the group that first made him famous and carve out a strong solo path of his ...
Jessa Sky’s “TOUCHIN” has earned a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award for reaching #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown chart the week of dated March 2nd, 2026. Sky was presented the award by SOCAN’s Sienna St. Laurent in the National Music Centre in Calgary during our Connexion Event. SOCAN congratulates Jessa on this great achievement!
Panels at the conference featured performances and conversations about genre songwriting including country, R&B, hip-hop, and pop
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Story by Karina Moldovan | April 20, 2020
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