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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
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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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Biopics present a challenge: is it possible to show the life—even in part—of a popular person in a film short of a two-hour runtime? Perhaps the answer is to not to be so literate but lean into the poetics of a person’s life, according to Jay McCarrol, the composer for Tony, the recent film about the youthful days of chef and writer, Anthony ...
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.
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.
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Steady reached No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Chart on May 18.
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.
That’s where 16 composers from across the country got the full experience of creating music for the screen.
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