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SOCAN Song Prize | Gab Bouchard and Mathieu Quenneville rewarded
(Montreal) Singer-songwriter Gab Bouchard and his co-writer Mathieu Quenneville won the French-speaking portion of the SOCAN Song Prize for Your shift is not over. Posted at 12:32 p.m. The song…
Gab Bouchard and Mathieu Quenneville win the SOCAN Song Prize
Singer-songwriter Gab Bouchard and his co-writer Mathieu Quenneville won the French section of the SOCAN Song Prize for Your shift is not over. The song in question appears on the…
33rd SOCAN Awards | Piché, Plume, Ferland and Ginette honored
Strong evening for the 33e SOCAN Gala: after a year’s absence, approximately 100 trophies were awarded on Sunday, during an evening held at TOHU. Ginette Reno, Plume Latraverse, Jean-Pierre Ferland…
A hundred awards at the SOCAN Gala
Strong evening for the 33e SOCAN Gala: after a year’s absence, more than 100 trophies were awarded on Sunday, during an evening held at TOHU. Ginette Reno, Plume Latraverse and…
Hosted by Barbada: the SOCAN Gala will honor Jean-Pierre Ferland, Plume Latraverse and Ginette Reno
Jean-Pierre Ferland, Plume Latraverse and Ginette Reno will receive Distinction Awards at the Montreal SOCAN Gala, which will be hosted by drag queen Barbada. The 33rd edition of this presentation…
SOCAN refocuses a little more on music
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (SOCAN) is divesting itself of its activities in the visual arts sector. It transfers its catalog of works to Copyright in Visual…
SOCAN refocuses a little more on music
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (SOCAN) is divesting itself of its activities in the visual arts sector. It transfers its catalog of works to Copyright in Visual…
SOCAN loses 53 million in one of its subsidiaries
The country’s largest copyright collective, SOCAN estimates it lost $53 million after developing a platform it thought would sell elsewhere in the world, but which ultimately turned out to be…
SOCAN Awards | La Zarra named Francophone Discovery of the Year
The 33e edition of the SOCAN Awards will honor the achievements of Canada’s top songwriters, composers and music publishers on October 17 in Toronto. Montreal singer La Zarra will receive…
Class action lawsuit against SOCAN over ‘unfair’ radio royalties
As expected, a class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). The federal body is accused by many Quebec artists…
Artists say they were penalized by SOCAN
A dozen Quebec artists, including Ariane Moffatt, Louis-Jean Cormier and Coeur de pirate, claim to have been disadvantaged by the way the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of…
Unpaid royalties | French-speaking songwriters claim 2 million from SOCAN
“It’s like your employer saying to you, ‘Sorry, I made a mistake and I gave more to the gang in the warehouse than to the gang in the office…’ OK,…
Unpaid royalties | Quebec songwriters claim 2 million from SOCAN
Quebec songwriters are claiming $2 million in unpaid royalties from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) over an 18-month period between 2019 and 2021. Posted…
Hubert Lenoir wins the SOCAN Songwriting Prize
Hubert Lenoir was awarded the SOCAN Songwriting Prize on Tuesday for his play Secret after a public vote. The singer caps the finish line of other rising stars of Quebec…
The song Secret wins the SOCAN Songwriting Prize
It’s the haunting song Secretperformed by Hubert Lenoir, who won the 2022 SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Posted at 6:00 p.m. Luc Boulanger The Press The singer and his co-authors, Félix Petit…