In a video interview with SOCAN, Exco Levi – who’s already won five Reggae Recording of the Year JUNO Awards, and is now nominated for the seventh time in eight years, for his Narrative album – briefly talks about his reaction to latest nomination, how he recorded the album, and what’s next for 2019.
SOCAN holds open house in new Los Angeles office
L-R: Erica Grayson, Darren Fung
About 80 SOCAN members, member teams, key music industry personnel, and other colleagues in the music community came out to enjoy drinks and poutine at the new SOCAN Los Angeles Office on Feb. 4, 2019, for an open house mixer, organized around playing a connective game of “We’re Not Really Strangers.”
The crowd at the open house included a diverse array of member songwriters, composers, and producers, including screen composer Darren Fung; hip-hop/R&B producer FrancisGotHeat, and his manager Jai Huang, of EI Mgmt.; pop singer-songwriter FAANGS; multiple JUNO-winning producer/songwriter Brian West; R&B singer-songwriter/producer Sylo Nozra; producer/songwriter Brandon Delyzer; producer/songwriter Erik Alcock; publisher Kim Temple of Six Shooter Records; and longtime professional songwriter and recording artist Ian Janes.
Sylo Nozra and Erik Alcock hadn’t seen each other since the 2018 SOCAN Kenekt Song Camp in Nicaragua, and because of meeting again at the open house, planned to co-write together within a few days – which is exactly the sort of connection SOCAN aims to accomplish at its gatherings.
L-R: Racquel Villagante, FrancisGotHeat, Camille Mathews
Attending the open house on behalf of SOCAN were Los Angeles-based Senior A&R Executive Erica Grayson; Los Angeles-based A&R Representative Camille Mathews; and Vancouver-based A&R Representative Racquel Villagante.