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The ASCAP Member Card was introduced in April 1998, providing ASCAP members with an array of exclusive benefit options including insurance and financial services, as well as discounts on musical instruments and accessories, promotional merchandise, air travel, car and van rentals, hotels, dining at quality restaurants, and even parking. Availability of the card is restricted to current ASCAP writer and publisher members and estates of writer members.
Brief descriptions of the new benefit options for ASCAP members follow:
To obtain more information on the new discount programs ASCAP members should call the following numbers: Europadisk (800) 455-8555; Valle Music Reproduction (818) 762-0615 and TSR Wireless (800) 982-2604.
THE ASCAP FOUNDATION/LESTER SILL WEST COAST SONGWRITERS' WORKSHOPSubmissions are now being accepted for the 1999 ASCAP Foundation/Lester Sill West Coast Songwriters' Workshop which will begin the second week of January, 1999. The workshop sessions will be held two nights a week for a total of four weeks at ASCAP's Los Angeles office.The workshop, which will feature prominent guests from all facets of the music business is designed to enrich participants' knowledge of the industry and to help them establish contacts, confidence and possible collaborative partnerships. Writers interested in applying for participation must submit a tape containing two original songs along with typed or neatly-written lyric sheets. Applicants are also required to include a brief resume or bio in addition to a written explanation as to why they would like to participate in the ASCAP Workshop. Material should be sent to: ASCAP/Lester Sill West Coast Songwriters' Workshop, 7929 Sunset Blvd. 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS NOVEMBER 30, 1998. Tapes will not be returned. Applicants are asked to include address and daytime as well as home telephone numbers. Only a limited number of applicants can be selected as participants. |
Participants in the workshop will have the opportunity to present selections from their original musicals for professional critique. The sessions, scheduled for January and February at the Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles (exact dates to be announced), will feature prominent guests from all aspects of musical theatre including producers, composers, lyricists and directors.
Interested parties should submit a brief outline of their musical, a cassette tape containing four songs, a copy of the lyrics and a resume to: Michael A. Kerker, Attn: Disney Workshop, ASCAP, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY 10023. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS DECEMBER 19, 1998. Due to space restrictions, only a limited number of applications will be selected. The workshop is free of charge and application is open to everyone.
Marshall Barer -- Lyricist and book writer (with Jay Thompson and Dean Fuller) for Broadway's Once Upon a Mattress, which also features the music of ASCAP Board member Mary Rodgers. Barer also wrote the words for the "Mighty Mouse" theme song and collaborated with such artists as J. Fred Coots, Hoagy Carmichael, Burton Lane, David Raksin, Michel Legrand, Vernon Duke and Michael Feinstein.
Gene Page -- Arranger/Producer/ Songwriter who had a remarkable run of gold and platinum hit records to his credit. Although he arranged hit records in their entirety, he is most famous for his string arrangements. His work can be heard on such songs as "The Greatest Love of All," performed by Whitney Houston, "Truly" by Lionel Richie and "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, "Through the Years" performed by Kenny Rogers, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" performed by Roberta Flack, "Used To Be Her Town Too" performed by James Taylor and many others.
Roy Rogers -- Hollywood's most beloved singing cowboy who starred, most often with his beloved wife, Dale Evans and his trusted palomino horse, Trigger, in 91 feature motion pictures, including such classics as The Arizona Kid, Springtime in the Sierras and My Pal Trigger, and 102 half-hour television films. After reigning cowboy star Gene Autry went off to war as a flier in 1943, Rogers became "King of the Cowboys." In the 1944 film, Hollywood Canteen, he introduced Cole Porter's song, "Don't Fence Me In." Later, when he was given his own TV series on NBC, "The Roy Rogers Show," he would close every episode by joining his wife Dale in singing "Happy Trails."
Frankie Ruiz -- Salsa star who in the late '80s had a string of hits, including "Desnudate Mujer," "Mi Libertad" and "Voy Pa' Encima." Most recently he scored again with "Bailando" and "Ironia," the latter of which earned him a trophy at the1997 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
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