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      Music Licensees:

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      • licence@socan.ca

      Editor in Chief:

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      • druckmanh@socan.ca

      Read more »

      About Us

      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

      Read more »

      SOCAN Song of the Week

      Statzz - SOCAN Song of the Week

      Read more »

      Video: Red Carpet Interviews from 2023 SOCAN Gala – Part 1

      Video: Red Carpet Interviews from 2023 SOCAN Gala – Part 1

      Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset

      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

      Currently lobbying government on several key issues

      President’s Message: The accelerating pace of change

      Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts

      All From the Top »

      Attention SOCAN members! New online resources

      Attention SOCAN members! New online resources

      For education, connection, networking, development

      Kizaba: Carte Blanche for Black History Month

      ‘It is still hard to admit that Black people experience inequalities in their artistic practices”

      Audiovisual post-synchronization royalties – don’t miss out!

      A guide from Martin Lavallée, SOCAN’s Head of Reproduction Rights

      All Sound Advice »

      Music for Good: DillanPonders

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      All-In rapper runs 100 marathons in 100 days for men’s mental health

      Jane’s Party: In it for the Long Run

      Making syncs and covers work for them

      Five Québec beatmakers to watch in 2025

      KingAlexBeats, Badmninto, Willy Wonder, NGL Flounce, Christian Sean

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      SOCAN mourns the loss of David Farrell

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      Influential music trade publisher, journalist and co-founder of the original Canadian Music Week

      Happy Holidays from SOCAN!

      Office closed from Dec. 20, 2024 to Jan, 2, 2025

      The Best of 2024

      Our Contributors’ Top 10 Song Lists

      All News »

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