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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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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.
For the third year in a row, here are five R&B and soul artists from Québec to keep an eye on in the coming months.
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Panels at the conference featured performances and conversations about genre songwriting including country, R&B, hip-hop, and pop
We’re back with the second round of our red-carpet interviews from the 2026 Gala SOCAN, held on May 3 at Montréal’s TOHU.
Hailing from Gaspésie, Luan Larobina took home top honours at the final, held at Montréal’s Club Soda, presented in partnership with SOCAN.
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Story by Karina Moldovan | March 20, 2014
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