Songwriter

Fair Trade Music International announces winners of inaugural FTMI Awards for outstanding contribution to music creator rights

17 Nov 2023

Cape Verdean songwriter Solange Cesarovna and German composer Jörg Evers are award recipients in 2023 10 November 2023 – Rio de Janeiro: Fair Trade Music International (FTMI) has announced Cape Verdean…

In Memory of Canadian Songwriting Legend Gordon Lightfoot

02 May 2023

Industry News

The Canadian Music Community is mourning the loss of a Canadian songwriting icon and trailblazer, Gordon Lightfoot. Born in Orillia, Ontario in 1938, Lightfoot expressed an interest in music from…

S.A.C. Black History Songwriters’ Series: George Hector

25 Feb 2022

Celebrating Diversity

George Hector’s life gives one a glimpse of the music which permeated the challenging lives of African Canadian Maritimers. Former Poet Laureate of Canada, George Elliott Clarke, coined the term…

Sound Advice: Legal Considerations When Co-writing a Song

26 Jan 2022

Business and Craft, Celebrating Diversity, Industry News, S.A.C. News

What rights do songwriters have? Can a co-writer record the song, or sign a synchronization license, without the consent of the other co-writers? How do co-writers “split” songs? What are…

Former EMI UK Boss, Tony Wadsworth Declares that Copyright Reforms Will Greatly Impact Investment in Talent

30 Nov 2021

Industry News, S.A.C. News

Although copyright reforms are happening at the parliamentary level in the United Kingdom-the concerns for the future of the global music industry and artists are many. Without oversimplifying, how would…

Digital Music – Are NFTs Genuine?

28 Nov 2021

Industry News

The topic in focus over at The Digital Music News, Non-fungible tokens have definitely taken the art and music industries by storm. From untitled art work to full length special…

Finalists Named for 2021 Slaight Music Emerging Songwriter Award

06 Aug 2021

Industry News, S.A.C. News

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame announced six anglophone and five francophone artists from across the country as finalists for the 2021 Slaight Music Emerging Songwriter Award. One anglophone and…

Willie Dunn

09 Jul 2021

Business and Craft

By the time he passed in 2013 at 71 years, Willie Dunn was finally getting a belated taste of a renewed interest in his music. It had been a long…

Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 3

25 Jun 2021

Celebrating Diversity

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

23 Jun 2021

Celebrating Diversity

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…