THE OTHER SIDE: Throughout recent history, composers have been labeled either as "pop" or "serious" as a result of their first successful effort. However, many of these composers have outstanding abilities in both areas. In recognition of this, The Other Side of Broadway is a project devoted to the performance and preservation of classical music of established and emerging theatre composers. Founder Barbara Irvine wil be performing an inaugural solo piano concert featuring classical music by composers such as Leonard Bernstein, Harvey Schmidt, David Shire, Charles Strouse and Jay Alan Zimmerman on November 8th at Saint Peter's Church in New York City. Pictured (back row, l-r) are composers Zimmerman, Strouse, Schmidt and David Shire, and, at the piano, Irvine. (Photograph by Keith Genesek)

CATCH THE LIGHT: Bob Leone (center), Projects Director of NAPM/Songwriters Hall of Fame, recently congratulated songwriters Pat Maiorino (left) and Andrew Sarnoff (right) on their song, "Catch the Light," recorded by Martha Wash (Logic Records/BMG), which went to #1 on Billboard's Dance Charts. The song also topped the dance and pop charts in Europe and is the #1 dance club single of the year in the U.K.

ALWAYS LET THEM SEE YOU, SWEAT: At a birthday party in honor of ASCAP member Keith Sweat, ASCAP's Ian Burke presented him with a Pop Music Award for his songs, "Nobody" and "Twisted." Pictured (l-r) are Burke, Sweat and Jamea Richardson.

GOODFELLAS: Upstart label Pacific Time Entertainment's owners Curtis Urbina and Sergio Cossa were in attendance at New York's Crystal Apple Awards at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan. The partners ran into film director Martin Scorsese, who complimented the two on their first release, the original soundtrack by composer Claudio Siomentti for the film, The Versace Murder. Pictured (l-r) are Urbina, Cossa and Scorsese.

GREAT SCOTT: At New York's Shine club, the Scott Thomas Band unveiled a selection of their dark pop songs at a recent showcase. Pictured (l-r) are drummer Sandy Chila, manager Rick Smith, ASCAP's Loretta Muñoz, bassist Curt Schneider, guitarist Andrew Williams, Elektra Records wunderkind Tom DeSavia and Scott Thomas. (Photograph by Gary Gershoff)

GET IT FROM THE WEBB: Jimmy Webb has given the American songbook an incredible number of hits. His songs have been covered by the likes of Glen Campbell, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Cash, Carly Simon, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, and even R.E.M. Frank Sinatra called Webb's "By the Time I Get To Phoenix" the "greatest torch song ever written." So how do you add to such impressive musical contributions? Well, now Webb uses the grace and eloquence that have characterized his lyrics to write Tunesmith (Hyperion), a book for aspiring songwriters, in which Webb shares anecdotes, meditations, humor and advice as well as breaking down the entire process of creating a song from beginning to end.

A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT: At the National Music Publishers Association's annual meeting in Los Angeles on July 20th, composer and ASCAP Board member Cy Coleman received the NMPA President's Lifetime Achievement Award. Pictured (l-r) at the presentation are ASCAP Board members Jay Morgenstern, Irwin Z. Robinson, Coleman and President and CEO of the NMPA/Harry Fox Agency Ed Murphy. (Photograph by Lester Cohen)

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