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New Free Resource for Canadian Music Creators
The SCGC is proud to announce the launch of musiccreator.ca and créationdemusique.ca The Screen Composers Guild of Canada and partners have announced the launch of musiccreator.ca and créationdemusique.ca – a comprehensive and free online resource for Canadian composers, songwriters, and other originators of music. The multimedia website provides a wealth of useful information and tools […]
SCGC Sponsoring Student Passes to Victoria Film Festival Springboard Industry Event
The SCGC is excited to provide an opportunity for students enrolled in a film/music program that wish to attend the Victoria Film Festival Springboard Industry Event by sponsoring 10 student passes! Email industry@victoriafilmfestival.com for your Pass! First come, first served. Visit https://www.victoriafilmfestival.com/festival/springboard/ to find out more.
Musical culture and economics rest on both speech freedoms and copyright protections
New York, November 19, 2022: With the suppression of artistic freedoms on the rise throughout the world, it remains clear that many governments continue to view the longstanding practice of lashing out against music creators to be an especially effective strategy in discouraging political dissent. That tactic has the dual intentions of silencing those voices […]
Fair Trade Music releases songwriters’ guide to the MLC unmatched royalties issue
Fair Trade Music International has released an educational video to help music creators understand and address the MLC unmatched royalty issue. In this two-minute animation, we explain how these unclaimed royalties came about and describe what each creator can do to check whether part of this $400m+ belongs to them. The important message in this […]
SCGC president invited to Canadian senate to testify on behalf of screen composers in Bill C-11 hearings
SCGC president John Welsman appeared at the Senate of Canada in Ottawa yesterday to represent guild members before the committee reviewing Bill C-11; the online broadcasting act. Participating in the two hour session, he explained SCGC’s priorities to the committee and answered a number of senators’ questions regarding the technical and in-practice definitions of “Canadian […]
We welcome Lora Bidner to the Screen Composer’s Studio podcast
Ottawa born Lora Bidner combines her background as a singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist as well as affinity for folklore in her music for the screen, which includes the BBC/Family Channel series Malory Towers, mini series Hogtown, feature thriller Don’t Click, and Family Channel series Ruby and the Well, which she co-composes with Rob Carli. The four-time SOCAN […]
Lodewijk Vos on the Screen Composer’s Studio podcast
Originally from the Netherlands, Lodewijk Vos’ approach to music making is very much his own. One half of the scoring duo Menalon (with Joseph Murray), the Canadian Film Center grad has worked on TV shows such as Diggstown on CBC, documentaries including HBO’s The Slow Hustle and Mr. Tachyon for VICE TV, and films like […]
Screen Composer’s Studio podcast featuring composer, Neil Parfitt
Neil Parfitt’s wonderfully diverse career sees him working at the highest levels as a composer for animated series, as well as designing custom synth sounds for some of the biggest blockbusters on the planet. He started out as a kid who was equally fascinated by how music was produced as he was with the technology […]
SCGC announces list of winners in the inaugural Canadian Screen Music Awards
Toronto, September 22nd, 2022: The Screen Composers Guild of Canada celebrated its first Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) last night in a live ceremony held at Toronto’s historic El Mocambo venue. The proceedings were also live streamed for those unable to attend in person. In total, nine awards were presented for screen composing. A tenth special […]
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