Sponsors + Exhibitors
Cakewalk is the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording. These products include award-winning digital audio workstations and sequencers, fully-integrated music software and hardware solutions, and innovative virtual instruments.
Millions of musicians worldwide–including Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers, and engineers–use Cakewalk products daily to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries. www.cakewalk.com
ole is a globally competitive, Canadian owned, full-service music publisher founded by Robert Ott (former VP/GM BMGMP Canada) and Tim Laing (former radio and TV producer and finance executive). ole boasts a team of 25 experienced industry professionals focused on acquisitions, creative development and administration worldwide. With offices in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles ole has grown into Canada's largest independent music publisher in three short years. ole was named the 2007 CCMA Music Publishing Company of the Year, the first time in 15 years the honour has gone to an independent publisher.
The ole catalog includes over thirty-five thousand songs and thirty thousand hours of TV music across all genres. ole is an expert in administrating television music copyrights and in licensing songs for TV/film.
ole is committed to being the best and most innovative global destination for world-class songwriters, composers, and management talent, and the first choice music source for creators in all media. www.majorlyindie.com
SoundExchange is the performance rights organization designated by the US Copyright Office to collect and distribute royalties on behalf of featured recording artists and sound recording copyright owners (SRCO) (typically record labels or recording artists themselves) for the use/play of their recordings by satellite radio services such as XM and Sirius Radio, webcasters and radio stations that simulcast on the web (internet radio)and Digital cable/satellite television music services such as Music Choice and Muzak. You can be a member of both SoundExchange and ASCAP as they represent two different copyrights (sound recording vs. songwriting). Register with SoundExchange today!! For more info go to: www.soundexchange.com or 202.640.5858
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.
Cherry Lane, New York-based privately held music publisher founded in 1960 by renowned producer/arranger Milt Okun, oversees an extensive catalogue of legendary songs from Elvis Presley, John Denver, Quincy Jones and Ashford & Simpson, to more recent Billboard chart toppers including the Black Eyed Peas, John Legend and Wolfmother. Known for its innovative copyright exploitation and administration, Cherry Lane has forged relationships with DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation SKG, The Weinstein Company, Marvel Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment, Walden Media, E! Entertainment Television, Sanrio (Hello Kitty), NASCAR, Icon Productions, NFL Films, World Wrestling Entertainment, Professional Bull Riders, Pokémon USA, Inc. and 4Kids TV, to name a few. Learn more at cherrylane.com.
Built on a foundation of great beer brands and more than 288 years of brewing heritage, MillerCoors continues the commitment of its founders to brew the highest quality beers. MillerCoors is the second largest beer company in America, capturing nearly 30 percent of U.S.beer sales. Led by two of the best-selling beers in the industry, MillerCoors has a broad portfolio of highly complementary brands across every major industry segment. Miller Lite is the great tasting beer that established the American light beer category in 1975, and Coors Light is the brand that introduced consumers to refreshment as cold as the Rockies. MillerCoors brews full-calorie beers Coors Banquet and Miller Genuine Draft; and economy brands Miller High Life and Keystone Light. The company also imports Peroni, Grolsch, Pilsner Urquell and Molson Canadian and offers innovative products such as Miller Chill and Sparks. MillerCoors features craft brews from the Jacob Leinenkugel Company, Blue Moon Brewing Company and the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company. MillerCoors operates eight major breweries in the U.S., as well as the Leinenkugel's craft brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wis., and two microbreweries, the Leinenkugel's 10th Street Brewery in Milwaukee and the Blue Moon Brewing Company at Coors Field in Denver. MillerCoors vision is to become the best beer company in America by driving profitable industry growth. MillerCoors insists on building its brands the right way through brewing quality, responsible marketing and environmental and community impact. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated is widely acknowledged as the world's leading manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. Over the years, the Company has designed and produced many high-quality professional and consumer audio products that have become legendary for performance, reliability, and value. Shure's diverse product line includes world-class wired microphones and wireless microphone systems for performers, award-winning earphones and headsets for MP3 players and smartphones, and top-rated phonograph cartridges for professional DJs. Today, Shure products are the first choice wherever audio performance is a top priority: on concert stages, in recording studios, at radio and television networks, and in public address systems in houses of worship, meeting facilities, and other venues.
Shure Incorporated corporate headquarters are located in Niles, IL in the United States. Regional sales and marketing offices are located in: Germany, The United Kingdom, Japan, China and Hong Kong. www.shure.com
ArtistForce.com, is the web-based relationship management platform and professional marketplace for live entertainment. Industry professionals use ArtistForce.com today to interact, negotiate and manage business deals on a common business platform. Bleeding edge offerings under development include first-to-market applications that will revolutionize live entertainment commerce. www.artistforce.com
Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, and banjos. Gibson's HD.6X-PRO Digital Guitar and the Gibson Robot Guitar represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Maestro, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Echoplex, Electar, Flatiron, Gibson Baldwin Music Education, Slingerland, Valley Arts, Maestro, Oberheim, Sunshine Piano, Take Anywhere Technology, Baldwin, J&C Fischer, Chickering, Hamilton, and Wurlitzer. For more information, visit www.gibson.com.
Auralex Acoustics, Inc. manufactures world class acoustical treatment solutions including absorption, diffusion, bass trapping and sound isolation products. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana and founded in 1977, Auralex focuses on providing a better solution at a better price. Auralex offers their Free Personalized Room Analysis Service to customers worldwide - determining the acoustical issues that their customers are facing and suggesting the appropriate acoustical treatment to address the problems. For more information, visit www.auralex.com.
NOTION Music is dedicated to the advancement of music of all genres through innovative software solutions. NOTION's award-winning music creation and performance software products bring performance-quality sounds and the artistry of world class musicians to your fingertips. www.notionmusic.com
Broadjam Inc. provides software and Internet technology services for music industry clients as well as web-based tools for musicians and music fans. Broadjam.com, the company's online community of over 85,000 musicians, offers services such as website hosting, download sales with one of the highest payout rate on the web and song deliveries to radio stations, contests and other placement opportunities. The site hosts over 300,000 songs for its artists, offering fans a massive library of original content. Broadjam's Pro Services division designs and develops custom technology for music industry clients including Warner/Chappell, Academy of County Music, Peavey, Yamaha and others. www.broadjam.com
Your whole world revolves around music. That's why there's MusicPro.
Protecting your passion for music has never been easier or more affordable.
Thousands of music professionals, including many high-profile performers and
studios, rely on MusicPro. We offer the advantage of one-stop shopping with
low rates, flexible options, and excellent service. With coverage for your
instruments and equipment, your studio, your health and your tour, MusicPro
has you covered so you can concentrate on your music.
Endorsed and supported by virtually every professional music organization,
MusicPro is the convenient and affordable choice for music creators.
Our new website lets you effortlessly:
- Get a quote.
- Enter equipment lists.
- Upload or download your equipment list.
- Manage all of your MusicPro policy and account information in one convenient place.
- Pay on-line for most insurance types.
Get an affordable quote in seconds at: www.musicproinsurance.com or call 1.800.MUSICPRO.
USAlliance Federal Credit Union
US Alliance Federal Credit Union is a FREE benefit offered to you by ASCAP. We offer an outstanding selection of financial products and services including:
- no-minimum balance checking and savings accounts
- low interest loans - personal, car, home mortgage
- low interest credit cards
- a full range of savings accounts and certificates
- brokerage services, IRAs
US Alliance operates as a not-for-profit. Our members are our owners and we keep that in mind in all of our dealings. There is no fee to join and no membership fee. Visit our table and learn what we can do for you. www.usalliance.org
Nobody makes CD or DVD manufacturing easier and no one delivers faster than Disc Makers. When you need CD or DVD replication, short-run duplication, complete printing and packaging options, CD DVD duplicators and printers, or affordable blank CDs and blank DVDs look no further. We've got it. www.discmakers.com
Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers' Association, HFA represents almost 35,000 music publishers for their licensing needs in the United States, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing the associated royalties. In addition to being the premier mechanical licensing agent in the U.S., which includes CDs, ringtones, digital downloads, interactive streams, limited downloads and more, HFA is dedicated to finding new ways for its affiliates publishers to recognize value for their catalogs, including lyrics and tablature. Further, HFA provides collection and monitoring services to its publisher clients for music distributed and sold in over 95 territories around the world. www.harryfox.com
THE MUSIC BUSINESS REGISTRY, INC.
Our customers are a veritable who's who within the Industry. Top Label Executives, Record Producers, Publishers, Attorney's and top Recording Artists and Songwriters throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Australia have all come to rely on the accuracy and thoroughness of our publications. Whether you need something as simple as a name and direct dial telephone or fax number, an assistant's name, an individual's e-mail address, or a project as large as a mass-mailing campaign throughout the industry, we are the source for the information you need. No other directories keep you on top of all of the continuous executive changes at the labels, publishing companies, law firms, Film Studio & Television Network Music Depts, as well as document all of the new labels and imprints that are continually emerging. Available in print and online at www.recordxpress.net
Nimbit provides the leading direct-to-fan sales solutions for artists, labels, managers and venues.
The nimbitOMT™ was 2007's most acclaimed and relevant sales and marketing widget earning rave reviews from Billboard Magazine and HomeTracked. Combining digital music, CD, Merch and eTicket sales in one portable, shareable storefront widget, the nimbitOMT™ simply does it all.
To start of 2008, Nimbit introduced nimbitSkin™, a 'skinnable' music storefront that blends with any hosted site, nimbit has delivered direct-to-fan sales to the next level of music professionals.
Nimbit offers ASCAP members special savings on plans and services. For more information, please go to
www.nimbit.com/ascap.
Music Resource Group creates resources, programs & interactive tools for all members of the independent music community. Focusing on today's marketplace & what's on the horizon, MRG connects the entire music industry & delivers the critical contacts & opportunities necessary for success in the 21st century music marketplace. MRG develops products that help independent artists & other music biz entrepreneurs to make, market & sell music more successfully, including: The Musician's Atlas, the best-selling print contact directory; AtlasOnline, an interactive contact & music biz management tool; Independent Music Awards (IMAs), a program delivering real opportunities to independent artists, labels & releases; Atlas Artist Spotlight, a print & interactive promotional program for Indie artists; Atlas Plugged, a monthly newsletter covering marketing, promotion, distribution issues & technologies. Discounts for the 2007 Atlas are available to ASCAP members at: www.musiciansatlas.com/ascap.asp
Machtesh Music is dedicated to the development of the highest caliber writers, performers, and the music they create. It funds and oversees production of both pre-recorded music and live shows, and pursues performance and licensing opportunities with the over-arching goal of enriching the lives of creators and appreciators alike. Founded by Jesse Rubenfeld, Machtesh Music is based in New York City.
BEHRINGER is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of professional audio equipment, musical instruments and their related products. The Company provides a comprehensive product range covering multiple product categories to a wide spectrum of end-users including professionals, corporations and amateurs, as well as for public and commercial applications. They include Audio Technology, Computer-based Recording and DJ products, Loudspeakers/Amplifiers, Microphones/Headphones/Wireless Systems, Mixers/Powered Mixers, Musical Instrument Amplification, and Professional Lighting Systems. www.behringer.com
Blue Microphones designs and produces an extensive line of award winning microphones and recording tools for audio professionals, musicians and consumers. Founded in 1995, and headquartered in Southern California, Blue continues a lengthy tradition of innovative, cutting-edge design and astounding performance, with a range of inspiring recording tools for almost any application. From Blue's flagship recording tool, the Bottle, to our stylish Eyeball HD audio/video USB webcam, to our new Mikey iPod Recorder, Blue has just the tool to capture your creativity. Check out the complete range of Blue products at www.bluemic.com
iZotope is a research-driven audio technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Its products and audio technology are used by millions of people in over 50 countries, from independent musicians to major broadcast and recording studios and GRAMMY Award winners. iZotope focuses on developing innovative audio technology for professional and consumer applications. www.izotope.com
From groundbreaking audio consoles to innovative video production systems, Solid State Logic has evolved to become the world's leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for film, audio, video and broadcast professionals.
With more than 3000 SSL-equipped studios and facilities operational today, the excellence of SSL consoles is universally recognised for unrivalled sonic quality, superb ergonomics, outstanding automation and an international support infrastructure second to none.
The latest from the company that started it all
Korg put the Music Workstation on the map with the M1, first introduced to the world back in 1988. The all-new, third generation M3 XPanded Music Workstation / Sampler once again redefines the Music Workstation for today's modern player. Enhanced Definition Synthesis (EDS) provides unparalleled fidelity. The M3 XPanded offers a staggering cache of sound data. Included are a number of sought-after staples – a new dynamic piano, authentic and gig ready e-pianos and clavs, even vintage tape-o-tron flutes and strings. All in all, you'll find over 640MB of data including the internal sounds and four free expansion libraries.
Productivity Package
The M3 XPanded provides a complete tool chest for the performer, composer and sound designer. In addition to the breathtaking EDS sound engine, we've included a full complement of effects (five inserts; two masters, and one total). Each in-use sound enjoys its own 3-band EQ. Each Program also provides a Drum Track to start your juices – over 650 patterns are built-in. The latest KARMA system (V2.2) augments and inspires your creativity. The sequencer has been brought up to date with a much-requested Piano Roll edit screen. A Track View page shows an overview of each track's events and provides intuitive touch-drag operation. The color TouchView display keeps all this power close at hand and provides intuitive ease of use. In addition, the front panel provides nine multi-function sliders, a ribbon controller, two assignable switches, a joystick, and eight assignable chord trigger/pads.
USA Songwriting Competition promotes the art and excellence of songwriting since 1995. Win $50,000 Grand Prize worth of cash, cool music gear from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, D'Addario Strings, Audio-Techica, IK Multimedia and more. Not to mention radio ariplay for winning songs. Judges include A&R from Universal, SONY/BMG, Capitol Records and Warner. Deadline to enter is May 30, 2008. www.songwriting.net