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SOCAN Foundation Launches Charitable Fund

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SOCAN Foundation Launches Charitable Fund

The SOCAN Foundation announced that it has established the SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund.

The launch of the Charitable Fund comes as the SOCAN Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary. So far, the SOCAN Foundation has awarded over $25,000,000 to Canadian music initiatives. This represents more than 6,000 grants to individuals and organizations that have empowered and supported thousands of Canadian composers and songwriters across the country.

“The SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund will allow the Foundation to continue to support even more music initiatives,” said Charlie Wall-Andrews, Executive Director of the SOCAN Foundation. “It also presents a unique opportunity for music fans, members of SOCAN, and the general public to get involved and easily support Canadian music, ensuring that the music-creator community continues to thrive and build on its extraordinary talent.”

Founded in 1992, SOCAN Foundation is dedicated to fostering musical creativity and promoting a better understanding of the role of music creators in today’s society. SOCAN Foundation is an independent organization guided by its own board of directors. The board, which consists of composers, songwriters and music publishers, reflects concert music and popular music genres as well as the geographic and linguistic regions of Canada. It is closely aligned to the interests of SOCAN—the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.

While the SOCAN Foundation regularly awards and funds individual music creators, and music organizations, proceeds from the Charitable Fund will be awarded only to eligible charitable initiatives that foster Canadian music, such as: music festivals, songwriting camps, awards and scholarship programs.

All proceeds from the SOCAN Foundation Charitable Fund will be administered by the Chimp Foundation while being governed by the SOCAN Foundation Board of Directors. All proceeds will be donated directly to the Foundation’s grants and awards programming.

The Doors At Isle of Wight Festival, 1970 Gets A Proper Release

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August, 1970: With Jim Morrison’s ongoing Miami obscenity trial casting an ominous shadow over the band, The Doors flew to England to play the Isle of Wight Festival. Waiting for them at “The Last Great Festival” were over 600,000 fans who had already torn down the barriers, crashed the gates, and enjoyed performances by the world’s top acts such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell. The Doors took the stage at 2 am, playing with the weight of the trial on their backs, and showed fans they still had the magic that had propelled them to the top during the Summer of Love. “We played with a controlled fury and Jim was in fine vocal form,” said Doors organist Ray Manzarek. “He sang for all he was worth, but moved nary a muscle. Dionysus had been shackled.” Less than a year later, The Doors were no more. Here, for the very first time, is the last Doors concert ever filmed. The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.

An Incredible Ten-Minute Freestyle From Black Thought Of The Roots

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Today, you can freak out over an incredible ten-minute freestyle that Black Thought of The Roots dropped during a visit to Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show. “That verse was just what I had to say at the moment,” the rapper later tweeted about the pointed freestyle, which name-drops Nat Turner, Kanye West, characters from Hamlet, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” As Played On Accordions Is Better Than You Think It Would Be

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The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” As Played On Accordions Is Better Than You Think It Would Be

The Who’s classic Baba O’Riley is one of the great rock and roll songs of all time. Here, Those Darn Accordions! turn in a fun cover version of the song, even substituting the synths for their main instruments.

The Most Popular Tracks, Artists, And Genres on Soundcloud in 2017

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The Most Popular Tracks, Artists, And Genres on Soundcloud in 2017

The 2017 Soundcloud year end list celebrates the diverse creativity on the platform – everything from the buzziest tags in 2017 like ChillHop and Vaporwave, to the year’s most creative cities including new entries Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seoul.

*The above information was compiled based on indicators and actions taken from across the SoundCloud community including streams, likes, reposts, shares and location.

How John Prine Saved Bill Murray

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How John Prine Saved Bill Murray

Bill Murray tells the story of how he got his sense of humor back, thanks to “the humor of John Prine.”

How John Prine Saved Bill Murray

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How John Prine Saved Bill Murray

Bill Murray tells the story of how he got his sense of humor back, thanks to “the humor of John Prine.”

A simple note pattern can be heard all over music, yet can’t be described

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A simple note pattern can be heard all over music, yet can’t be described

A simple note pattern can be heard all over music, yet can’t be described without notating it or playing it. Here how it fits in to four examples of relatively modern music.

The Roots’ Questlove On Why Sister Rosetta Tharpe Is In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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The original soul sister and “the Godmother of rock and roll”, Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewi Without her, there’s no them as we know it. Her guitar playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s. A European tour with Muddy Waters in 1963 with a stop in Manchester is an important mark in the beginnings of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Richards. This week, Tharpe was chosen for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influencema dlet Questlove take it from here, teaching us all of her unwavering influence.

Dude! The Good news just keeps coming AND coming!!!! I’ve been on the nominating committee of the RRHOF for a min and when I tell you I sat there looking at our options this year (we suggest the names—which I will say if it’s just us? It’s progressive….it’s when the voting body has a say that suddenly I get angered responses)—-man I cannot believe a DOUBLE MIRACLE occurred. I said with my own mouth this year “guys I wish I had faith in the voting committee but you know and I know they ain’t letting #NinaSimone & #SisterRosettaTharpe (look her up, the cousin #MarvinBerry in #BackToTheFuture was actually 20 years late in telling his cousin Chuck about that “new distorted guitar sound” in which she not only SHE pioneered but her shredding levels was WAY WAY WAY WAY advanced for the time period) Dude to see ONE of my chosen Hail Marys get in was awesome. But 2!!?? (And before y’all start I also been advocating and arguing for #JanetJackson #RufusAndChakaKhan #LLCoolJ #DeLaSoul #TheMeters #TheSpinners #TheMarvelettes #ATribeCalledQuest #LinkRay #Chic & a gazillion others as well) congrats to all the inductees including long time coming #BonJovi #MoodyBlues #TheCars #DireStraits—-all these names have been debated and argued #12AngryMen style for SO LONG I’m super excited now that fresh names will have to come down the pike. Maybe #TheZombies? Maybe #TheCommodores? Perhaps #ToddRundgren? #SonicYouth? #EricBAndRakim? #CaroleKing? #Sting? #WhitneyHouston? #WuTangClan? #OrnetteColeman!? #BadBrains?—-wow never expected this miracle @ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Jimmy Fallon Is A Dark Charlie Brown in ‘Riverdale’ Parody of ‘Peanuts’

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Jimmy Fallon Is A Dark Charlie Brown in ‘Riverdale’ Parody of ‘Peanuts’

Jimmy Fallon’s “Riverdale” parody “Peanuts,” featuring cameos from KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Madelaine Petsch and Cole Sprouse.

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