This month’s In House article features CMRRA’s Counterclaims Administrator, Dennis Amos! Dennis shared with us details about the counterclaims process, what inspired him to pursue a career in the music industry, and his proudest accomplishments. What does your day-to-day look like as a Counterclaims Administrator at CMRRA? What’s the process of resolving a counterclaim? As […]
In House: Lydia Couture-Comtois
This month we spoke with CMRRA’s Executive Assistant & Lead Office Administrator, Lydia Couture-Comtois. Lydia shared with us the parts of her job that bring her the most excitement, more on her training in paralegal studies and advice to women working in the music industry! You’ve been working at CMRRA for nearly eight years as […]
SPOTLIGHT: Sony Music Publishing Canada’s Mishelle Pack
by Tabassum Siddiqui As the world’s largest music publisher, Sony Music Publishing represents some of the world’s best songwriters and catalogues, from The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones to contemporary hitmakers like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Jay-Z and Ed Sheeran. Despite their powerful presence in the music publishing space, even […]
Music Publisher with Impact: Margaret McGuffin
by Jon Dekel By her own admission, Music Publishers Canada CEO Margaret McGuffin is a music lover not a music publisher. However, through her work as a consultant and work at CMRRA, she has built a long history of being “deeply involved in advocacy and copyright” on behalf of Canada’s music publishers. “I had the […]
CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. (CSI)
CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. (CSI) is a joint venture of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA) and the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC). Prior to 2019 CSI licensed the reproduction rights in the joint repertoire of CMRRA and SODRAC to various music users, including radio stations, background music services […]
CMRRA welcomes Janet A. MacLean to leadership team
TORONTO, April 15, 2020 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA), a SoundExchange company, is pleased to announce that Janet A. MacLean has joined the leadership team in their Toronto headquarters as Director of Human Resources, effective immediately. “We’re tremendously excited to bring Janet to our team. Her depth of experience in the […]
In House – Lauren Ali
This month, we asked Lauren Ali, our Operations Manager, to give us a picture of where she came from and what she brings to the CMRRA team. I’ve been working in the music industry for a very long time. Over 20 years were spent in performing rights at SOCAN – in very different roles, most […]
PROFILE Jodie Ferneyhough, CCS Rights Management: Protecting the songwriters is the real job of music publishers
By Jonathan Dekel It may seem like another lifetime now, but CCS head honcho and long-serving president of Music Publishers Canada Jodie Ferneyhough wasn’t always sure there was a future in music publishing. The year was 2010 and Ferneyhough, a veteran executive of both peermusic and Universal Music Publishing as well as a co-founder of the non-profit Unison […]
PROFILE Rell Lafargue: on music publishing, his road to Reservoir and building a complete music company
By Isabelle Speerin President and Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir, Rell Lafargue, has come a long way from his days in the orchestra pit. Lafargue hails from Louisiana, where music enjoys a rich history and is deeply woven into the fabric of society, from sidewalks to front porches to performance halls. “I come from a […]
Re:Sound’s Annual Re:Cital
CMRRA wishes to congratulate Re:Sound MLC on holding its third annual Re:Cital on September 24. It is a pleasure to have been part of this great event that raised $10,000 for the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. Our very own house band, made up of CMRRA staff and appropriately named Royality Cheque, along with bands […]
