Update from Ottawa
A new video clip on federal support for live performance Live music and theatre is so important to our communities, both for work and entertainment. MP Julie Dabrusin raised in…
Canada
The Rules for Online Streaming Are Changing
On February 2, 2022, a press conference took place with The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, where he discussed the introduction of the proposed Online Streaming…
MCNA submits ‘letter in response’ to US Copyright Royalty Board
January 27th 2022 – Yesterday MCNA (Music Creator’s North America), joined it’s member organizations (AWFC) The Alliance for Women Film Composers,(CMC) Council of Music Creators, (SCGC) Screen Composers Guild of…
Tribute to Terry McManus
Happy New Year, S.A.C. members. We hope everyone is keeping as well as can be hoped during a frozen January in a pandemic. We start 2022 on a sombre note,…
Obi Tribute – Hutchinson of classic rock band The Beau-Marks gone at 81
On October 31st (The Beau-Marks) guitarist Roy Hutchinson (81) transitioned after a period of extended illness. Ray is survived by his daughter Melodie Hutchinson and his sister Dorothy Hutchinson. A…
Farewell, Jo Jo Bennett.
Farewell, Jo Jo Bennett Jo Jo Bennett, one of the first people to record soul records in Toronto, who went on to make reggae an integral part of the city’s…
TikTok Strikes Agreement Over Royalty Payments for Music Used in Canada
The Canadian Musical Rights Agency has signed a multi-year partnership with TikTok that makes it possible for self-published songwriters and music publishers to collect royalties when their music is featured…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 3
Round Dances, Blues Dancing and Club Music – A few Six Nations selections. Pappy John’s Band – The Bar Road Band was where Don Powless and Murry Porter Mohawks from…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 2
Most early recordings of Indigenous people were done at the behest and with sponsorship from The Smithsonian Institute, followed by folkloric and archival endeavours. The Smithsonian Institute recorded George Buck…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 1
As June flies by, S.A.C. considers Indigenous Peoples Day, from a musical angle. Following the horrific discovery of 215 children’s graves at the Kamloops Residential School, it seems fitting to…