Songwriting/Composing


Beverly Glenn-Copeland releases first album in almost 20 years

80-year-old has enjoyed unexpected career renaissance in the...

Music for Good: The Lullaby Project

Songwriters team with new or expectant mothers to create lul...

The Best of 2023

Our Contributors’ Top 10 Songs by SOCAN members this year

#ComposersWhoScore : Medhat Hanbali, The Specialist

A conversation about the trade and how it’s learned

For Fefe Dobson, melody comes first

Returning on a wave of resurgent pop-punk

Jeremy Dutcher “turns everything up a dial” for sophomore album

First time releasing original songs, singing in English

Kevin Drew scores The Movie Man documentary

Working quickly, guided by his love of cinema

Andrea England serves her community with Four Chords and The Truth

Series for songwriters, built by a songwriter

Sound Advice: Legal considerations when co-writing a song

What you need to know

Composers’ and Writers’ Share Royalties

What you should know

Sound Advice from multi-Platinum songwriter / producer Rob Wells

On co-writing, paced growth, and avoiding over-production

SOCAN Foundation and SOCAN hold first-ever Scoring Retreat at Banff Centre

Stimulating creativity in actual work conditions

Back to School: Tips on songwriting, touring, and your career

From Serena Ryder, Laurence Nerbonne, Kardinal Offishall, an...

Music on Ice

Choosing music for Toronto Maple Leafs games

SOCAN Awards 2019 Red Carpet Video: Lowell

On co-writing with bülow, SOCAN Kenekt song camp

SOCAN Awards 2019 Red Carpet Video: Tebey

On his Country Music Award-winning song, co-writing, new lab...

SOCAN Awards 2019 Red Carpet Video: Meghan Patrick

How does the Country Music Award winner write her songs?

MUNYA: Working solo, but not travelling alone

Francophone songs are hits outside Québec

Genie-winning SOCAN screen composer Lou Natale passes away at 69

Scored Oscar-winning short film Boys and Girls

SOCAN Awards 2019 Video Interview: “Call Me Maybe” Co-Writers

How did Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay, and Tavish Crowe writ...

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