A New Vision for SOCAN

Jennifer Brown, the first woman to lead SOCAN, knows what it’s like to make a living on royalties, having grown up in a family of acclaimed songwriters. She talks to Canadian Musician about the unique personal perspective she brings to her role, her journey in the music industry, and how her vision for the company differs from her predecessor’s.

Massey Hall in the 1970s

Music journalist David McPherson shares an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Massey Hall, which focuses on the concert hall in the 1970s and the era-defining shows that took place by the likes of Stompin’ Tom Connors, Anne Murray, The Band, and the infamous “Restless Underwear” show.

Getting More Women into the Studio

Women populate an unreasonably small part of the music industry’s technical side and with each study done on the matter, the only thing that’s grown is the massive number of articles with nearly identical headlines proclaiming, “Less than 5% of music producers and engineers are women.” Simply put, even though we continue to address this percentage time and time again, things have yet to significantly change for female-identifying producers, engineers, and mixers. But why is that? To better understand what changes are needed, we must ask ourselves a few questions; the first being, who do these stats really reflect?

Canada offers an awful lot of places to get a post secondary education in the music field. With the music industry rapidly changing, it’s important for those thinking about pursuing music academically or as a career to consider what it is they might five different types of institutions in Canada to help you figure out which educational route makes sense, from university degrees to a specialized music management and production institutes.