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SOCAN Music Awards

June 30, 2015 IM

The AFM wishes to congratulate all of its members who were honored at the SOCAN Music Awards. Among those receiving SOCAN Awards were:

Randy Bachman of Local 145 (Vancouver, BC), Lifetime Achievement Award
Dallas Green of Local 298 (Niagara Region, ON), National Achievement Award
Brett Kissel of Local 390 (Edmonton, AB), Country Music Award for “3-2-1”
Tim Hicks of Local 298, Country Music Award for “Got a Feeling” (Roots 3 Music Inc.)
Robert Carli of Local 149 (Toronto, ON), Domestic TV Music Award – Fiction, for Murdoch Mysteries
Ian LeFeuvre, Ari Posner, and Chris Tiat, all members of Local 149, Domestic TV Music Award – Animated, for Johnny Test
Jeff Danna of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), Achievement in Feature Film Music Award for The Expatriate
Andrew Lockington of Local 149, Achievement in Feature Film Music Award for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Keith Power of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), International TV Series Music Award for Hawaii Five-O
The Strumbellas of Local 149, Folk/Roots Music Award
Shawn Mendes of Local 149, 2015 SOCAN Breakout Award
Kirk MacDonald, of Local 149, Hagood Hardy Award