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Prism Prize Eligible Video: Sameer Cash

The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one featuring a highly-regarded Toronto singer/songwriter.

Prism Prize Eligible Video: Sameer Cash

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The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one featuring a highly-regarded Toronto singer/songwriter.


Sameer Cash - Driveway Moment

Sameer Cash, a Toronto-based singer/songwriter, was raised on Rock & Roll records and Hindu fairy tales garnering inspiration from his parent’s upbringing that reflected onto himself. 

His latest video is for his song Driveway Moment, a tune about “the small glimpses between the big adventures,” says Cash. “They are the moments that I have lived in most of my life. Those are the times where you really grow and learn. When you’re not thinking so much, but merely existing, and feeling the weight of everything in front of you, and all the things you’ve left behind."

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The video opens with a screen credit roll, followed with a widening shot of Cash running along a wintery forest trail, wearing what appears to be a prisoner's orange jumpsuit. Switching from fast to slow motion, the video is filled with this one scene of Cash running through the road, feeling as though he is running for so long, but getting nowhere, allowing for the lyrics to speak to the video. At one point, he falls down, only to get back up immediately and continue on his journey.  Until eventually the credits come back and the video fades out. 
 

Written by Sameer Cash

Produced by Matthew Bailey

Mixed by D James Goodwin

Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

Directed and Edited by Colin Medley

Art Direction by Raven Shields

Additional Support by Aurora Shields & Jonas Bonnetta

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Jennifer Brown, CEO of SOCAN (left) and ​Tobias Holzmüller, CEO of GEMA
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Jennifer Brown, CEO of SOCAN (left) and Tobias Holzmüller, CEO of GEMA

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SOCAN Joins GEMA's Live Music Royalty Network, One Arena

The Canadian music rights company is the first organization outside of Europe to join the network, whose goal is to provide more transparency regarding live music royalties.

SOCAN has joined GEMA's live royalty network, One Arena.

The Canadian music rights society has become the first non-European rights collection company to join the initiative, which is meant to provide transparency surrounding live music and concert royalties. One Arena's mission is to track concerts worldwide and provide information about licensing and royalty payments, giving a clearer picture of how performance royalties are calculated and distributed to musicians.

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