[A follow-up by contributor Elisa F.G. – AC] Winner winner, chicken dinner! Music fans across the country have voted, the 2023 SOCAN Songwriting Prize winner recipient is none other than Luna Li (a.k.a
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[A report by Elisa FG. – AC] The next generation of great Canadian songwriters are among us and the SOCAN 2023 Songwriting Prize has narrowed it down to 8 finalists who will soon
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Imagine trying to park The World’s Biggest SUV. It’s much easer to just read music news for October 21, 2022. Did Spotify crash for you earlier today? Blame Taylor Swift fans. Which streaming
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It’s Emily Steinwall. For 17 years, SOCAN, Canada’s performance rights organization, has honoured songwriters with cash and prizes. Emily, a former backup singer for Alessia Cara, won this year for her song “Welcome
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Every year, SOCAN, Canada’s performing rights collective, holds a competition for emerging Canadian songwriters. Here are the English-language finalists for 2022. “24hrs” – written by Johann Deterville, Adam Pondang, Savannah Ré Simpson; performed
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SOCAN, the organization responsible for collecting and distributing royalties for artists from live performances, radio airplay, TV use, and digital streaming, released a new report as the federal government debates Bill C-11, which
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The Online Streaming Bill, otherwise known as Bill C-11 (the successor to Bill C-10, which died because of last year’s federal election), is now before Parliament. Canada hasn’t updated the Broadcasting Act since
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This could be music to many people’s ears: The SOCAN Foundation is once again accepting applications for its Travel Assistance Grant, a popular program that will provide funding to help musicians tour. “The
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SOCAN, the Canadian performance rights collective, is once again seeking to recognize great songwriting in this country. The 16th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize has announced the finalists for this year, 10 from English
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The virtual (sigh) SOCAN Awards are on deck for this week, just as the summer gets going, and among those to be honoured are 24 people who will be formally recognized as SOCAN
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SOCAN is the organization that collects fees on behalf of its member artists for performances, both live and recorded. Ted Evans, who operates Shook Planet, has this story of how he made $10K
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