http://www.socan.ca/news/25th-annive...music-creation
June 17, 2014
Winners List
The Canadian music industry gathered at the Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto on June 16, 2014, to honour Canada’s most successful songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers at the 25th anniversary edition of the SOCAN Awards. The gala was hosted by CMT Canada’s Paul McGuire and SiriusXM Canada’s Andréanne Sasseville, and sponsored by Gowlings, SiriusXM Canada, Stingray Digital Group , KPMG, RBC and NOW weekly.
Major achievement recipients were:
Drake – Global Inspiration Award, directly responsible for a music ecosystem propelling the careers of dozens of songwriters, beat-makers and producers.
Gordon Lightfoot – Lifetime Achievement Award, author of nearly 300 published songs, including many of the greatest in the Canadian repertory of classics.
Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay – International Achievement Award, for the worldwide phenomenon of the instant pop classic “Call Me Maybe.”
Bill Henderson – Special Achievement Award, for his work as the creative genius behind Chilliwack and his prodigious contributions to Canada’s music industry.
Ian Thomas – National Achievement Award, the writer of such enduring Canadian radio hits as “Painted Ladies,” and “Right Before Your Eyes,” who’s had songs covered by Santana, Chicago, Bette Midler and America.
SOCAN members such as Dragonette, Kathleen Edwards and Jill Barber were also on hand to receive their awards.
The packed house was numerous live performances, including those by 2013 SOCAN Songwriting prize winner Mo Kenney, who played her winning song “Sucker”; Stephan Moccio, who played a stripped-down version of his huge hit co-write “Wrecking Ball,” which won an International Song Award and SOCAN’s first-ever Online Streaming Award ; Rose Cousins and Whitehorse, who each paid tribute to Gordon Lightfoot with versions of “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown,” respectively, and who were thanked for their strong perfomences by Lightfoot himself; Mia Martina, who played her dance-pop hit “Burning”; and Johnny Reid, Alan Frew, Marty Dodson and Glass Tiger, with vocal group Countermeasure, who rocked the house with Reid’s powerful worldwide smash, “Fire it Up,” which won a Country Music Award.
"SOCAN has been my partner for 20 years," said five-time 2014 winner Stephan Moccio. "I think I speak for everyone in this room when I say we could not do what we do without this organization." National Achievement Award winner Ian Thomas said, "Performing rights have fed my family and put my kids through university," and added that in the current digital era, SOCAN members need to "stand on guard" to protect those rights. Special Award winner Bill Henderson said that the thing that's truly special is "when I write and sing a song and it really connects with people." Drake producer Noah "40" Shebib, who (with Boi-1-Da) accepted the rapper's Global Inspiration Award, made the point that almost all of Drake's music is "written by Canadians, produced by Canadians, and recorded by Canadians... We make a conscious effort to keep this here [in Canada and Toronto]."
Rose Cousins and Whitehorse, who each paid tribute to Gordon Lightfoot with versions of “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown,” respectively, and who were thanked for their strong perfomences by Lightfoot himself; Mia Martina
SOCAN members receiving songwriting honours included: Serena Ryder for "Stompa" and “What I Wouldn’t Do,” and members of Walk Off the Earth for “Red Hands,” all in the Pop/Rock category; Mark Pellizer of MAGIC! for co-writing "Inner Ninja," in the Urban category; and Deric Ruttan for co-writing the Blake Shelton U.S. No. 1 hit "Mine Would be You," in the Country category. Lawrence Gowan received three SOCAN Classic Awards for “A Criminal Mind,” “Dancing On My Own Ground” and “(You’re A) Strange Animal,” each of which have earned more than 100,000 radio airplays. Similarly, Harlequin won three Classics and Fludd won two.
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