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Toronto, ON – Today, the Board of Directors of CONNECT Music Licensing (CONNECT) announced that Sundeep Chauhan has been named President of CONNECT, effective this week. Based in Toronto, Chauhan will serve as the chief advocate for CONNECT’s members and work to maximize revenue generated from royalties and tariffs. Chauhan joins CONNECT from the Motion...

Election campaigns are noisy and confusing. They are also super important. Join CIMA and several political experts this Friday, September 17 for Sound ✓ Check: Rock the Vote with Confidence – a free virtual town hall and pre-election primer designed to help the indie arts and culture community get clear on where the parties stand on arts...

CONNECT Music Licensing and Music Canada have released a new video series, titled Understanding Royalties In the Digital Age, which clearly and succinctly explains key concepts and fundamentals about music royalties in Canada. The series expands on information from CONNECT’s often-cited Music Royalties Explained infographic, and aims to help Canadian artist entrepreneurs collect all the...

CONNECT Music Licensing and Music Canada are pleased to announce the Industry Insider Webinar Series, a new, free series that aims to develop artists’ business and entrepreneurship skills with insights from subject-matter experts. In three webinars, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with experts in real-time while learning about the business of music and...

CONNECT Music Licensing (CONNECT) has unveiled their new website connectmusic.ca, which includes new features and resources, and is designed to be easier to navigate and provide clear information for members and licensees. The updated design delineates between music users (those who use music commercially or as part of their business) and music makers (such as...

The Ontario government is supporting businesses that are required to shut down or significantly restrict services due to provincial public health measures. Businesses can apply for the new Ontario Small Business Support Grant and the property tax and energy cost rebates to help offset their costs. Applications for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant opened...

Music Canada has partnered with Abacus Data to get a renewed understanding of how artists’ perspectives continue to be impacted, ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey will hear directly from artists on the financial implications they are experiencing, how the pandemic is impacting their ability to create music, and how they are building...

Music Canada has partnered with Abacus Data to get artists’ perspectives on returning to work during the COVID-19 recovery phase. We believe that it is important for governments and the industry as a whole to understand how you feel about returning to venues and festivals while COVID-19 remains a health concern. Data from this study...

On Tuesday, June 2nd, CONNECT Music Licensing will join our industry colleagues in recognizing “Blackout Tuesday.” In solidarity with the Black community, we will use this day for contemplation, reflection, and opportunities for social activism. We agree that more needs to be done to address racial inequality both in the justice system and day-to-day life.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented impact on the music community. As a passionate advocate for music and those who create it, Music Canada has been in contact with all levels of government regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the music community and created a resource page to support artists and other industry members...

CMI has opened 2020 online registration for their core professional development programs: Artist Entrepreneur (Mar & Aug) and Artist Manager (Oct) in Toronto. Both programs help emerging artists and artist managers across all genres build their businesses and careers through customized mentorship and professional development. Artists and managers work hands-on with CMI and their expert...

CONNECT Music Licensing is pleased to see the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has recognized the need to address the growing Value Gap in Canada’s cultural industries in its Shifting Paradigms report. On behalf of CONNECT’s more than 2,700 rights holders of sound recordings in Canada, Catherine Jones, Executive Director of CONNECT testified before the...

We’re proud to join our allies in the music community in signing the Canadian Creative Industries Code of Conduct. On Saturday, March 16 at the Allies in Action event hosted by CARAS, it was announced that 42 music community groups had signed on to the Code, acknowledging their responsibility to build safe, respectful workplaces, and...

This message is to inform members of CONNECT Music Licensing that Re:Sound has published a distribution schedule that includes very important deadlines determining whether your recordings can receive public performance royalties for particular tariff years. If you do not register your repertoire by the submission deadlines listed below, that repertoire will not be eligible to...

At CONNECT, we’re always working to make licensing and royalties simpler for our Members. Last spring, we completed a data efficiency project with our partners at Re:Sound that resulted in a 28% decrease in administration costs, making $1.2 million in additional royalties available for CONNECT members. Now, to make things even easier, we’re encouraging our...