TORONTO — Patrick Watson can't be easily bought. While many have offered heaps of money to license the Montreal musician's acclaimed work over the years, he says there are certain ethical lines he refused to cross.
While many have offered heaps of money to license the Montreal musician's acclaimed work over the years, he says there are certain ethical lines he refused to cross.
Watson will receive the inaugural Impact Award at the Canadian Sync Awards on Monday, in recognition of having his songs placed in more than 200 movies, TV shows and other media. Watson: I didn't even love the song that much when I did it. It was a moment. I captured a moment and that moment hit the world at exactly the right time. I don't think you can plan that. I find"Lighthouse" way better than"To Build a Home," or songs written after that exceedingly better. But they didn't hit at the time.
Watson: Syncs were just becoming a thing at that moment. That was the counterbalance to downloading. Bands before had so much in album sales that they didn't . So they always said no. But at this point, if you didn't say yes, you couldn't pay your rent. There's been periods of my life where sync kept us afloat.
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