Music Industry/Entrepreneurs


Hip-hop producer FrancisGotHeat grows his audience, and his confidence

By sharing his techniques in open, online beat-making sessio...

2020 SOCAN Gala Video: Michael “DRTWRK” Suski, International Award

A conversation with one of Kanye West’s co-writers

The true stories of Virginia to Vegas’ Derik Baker

Writing with a team, for more than 260 million streams

Video: The Breakdown – “When do I need to work with a manager?”

Allan Rayman manager Miranda Bonavia talks about the timing

2020 SOCAN Gala Video: Cowboys Fringants’ Jean-François Pauzé, Songwriter Of The Year

A conversation with the main writer of “L’Amérique pleu...

Once A Tree reach for the sky

With early help from Gord Downie, The Remix Project

2020 SOCAN Gala Video: Éditorial Avenue, Publisher of the Year

A conversation with Daniel Lafrance, who’s just launched a...

2020 SOCAN Gala Video: Ruffsound, Non-Performing Songwriter of the Year

The man behind Loud, Éli Rose, Koriass, Cœur de pirate, La...

Pauzé, Ruffsound, Goncalves, Editorial Avenue, DRTWK among big winners at SOCAN Francophone Awards

Online celebration of music creators and publishers' massive...

SOCAN mourns the loss of composer, SOCAN member André Gagnon

Won Lifetime Achievement Award at 2019 Montréal SOCAN Award...

Tom Jackson promoted to Companion of Order of Canada

Alain Chartrand appointed as Member

Video: The Breakdown – What organizations can help budding screen composers?

Orgs to explore

SOCAN Foundation holds second annual edition of Equity x Production program

Designed to empower female-identifying and gender minority p...

2020 Gala SOCAN in Montréal: A Popular Music Award for Eli Rose

Winners to be announced online Dec. 7!

Michael McCarty’s seven-year transformation of SOCAN’s Membership Strategy

Building an A&R team, re-patriating members, fostering bette...

Fondation SPACQ distributes $160,000 in grants

Sixteen songwriters, artists rewarded

Michael Asante joins SOCAN as first A&R Representative, Rap and R&B

New position to address rapidly growing part of membership b...

Fredy V and The Foundation are out to make you move

“Knowing these musicians are going to collect royalties, t...

Video: The Breakdown – How to best approach connections for screen composing?

Reaching out to cinematographers, directors, making a demo r...

Pivoting to perform in pandemic

Playing Drive-Ins, Micro-Concerts, Unique Tour Spaces

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