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Fall 2003
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Life with Bono
U2's Bono (center) is pictured with ASCAP Board member Dean Kay and Dean's wife Michelle.
Bono's recording of Kay's song, "That's Life," is
featured in the film The
Good Thief directed by Neil Jordan and starring Nick Nolte.
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• Uplifting Minds II Conference in Los Angeles
Telluride Jazz Celebration
Telluride's August Sunset Concert Series featured Vinyl on the Mountain Village stage for a brilliant kick-off to its 27th Jazz Celebration. Pictured (l-r) are Vinyl's Alexis Razon, Billy Frates, Geoff Vaughn, Doug Thomas, Jonathan Korty and Danny Cao. Check out their latest CD release at vinylgroove.com.
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The Write Stuff
The ASCAP Foundation East Coast Extended Songwriters Workshop recently concluded at the Society's New York offices. Participants, who are chosen from ASCAP's showcase and workshop series, gathered for a class photo. They are (standing, l-r) Chris Neunen, Casey Galbraith, Brian Seymour, Amelia Yount, Russell Taylor, Somi, Carrie Bolger, Dave Wannamaker and (seated) Naseem Liebovitz and Allen Alexander.
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World Class DJ
Heineken and ASCAP teamed up to celebrate the accomplishments of Erick
Morillo, world-renowned DJ and head of Subliminal Records. Morillo was presented
with the Heineken Ampt/ASCAP Recognition Award for his many contributions to
the dance music scene. The presentation took place at Discotheque in New York
as part of the Heineken Adventure to Stardom Tour. Morillo is pictured here
with ASCAP's Senior Director of Membership Jackey Simms. For more on Erick,
see ASCAP's Member Spotlights.
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ASCAP and APRA - A World in Common
In May, ASCAP's Todd Brabec, Nancy Knutsen and Tom DeSavia visited Australia, where several events celebrating the continued collaboration of ASCAP and APRA took place in Melbourne and Sydney, including the annual APRA Awards. |
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| Meeting in Melbourne A seminar on film and television music issues and music publishing was held in APRA's Melbourne office in conjunction with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. Two-time Oscar nominee David Hirschfelder (Shine, Elizabeth) moderated, and the panel included Melbourne attorney Dave Vodicker, Mushroom Music's Ian James, and ASCAP Executive Vice President Todd Brabec and Senior Vice President Nancy Knutsen. Pictured (l-r) are APRA composer Hirschfelder, Brabec and APRA composer/Guild member Guy Gross; and Attorney Dave Vodiker, Mushroom Music Managing Director and APRA Vice Chairman Ian James, Hirschfelder and Knutsen. |
Mushroom Music
In Melbourne, ASCAP hosted a luncheon for Mushroom Music staff and writers. Picture (top row, l-r) are Brabec, DeSavia, Knutsen, Mushroom's Grant Gillies, composers Yuri Worontschak and Guy Gross and scorewriter Jen Anderson; Pictured (bottom row, l-r) are Mushroom's Ian James, Elizabeth Wright and Abby Page, composer Ricky Edwards and Mushroom's Linda Bosidis. |
Australian Screen Composers
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers presented a series of informal discussions with composers entitled "On the Couch." Past participants have included ASCAP Board members Hal David and Jimmy Webb along with other visiting songwriters and composers from the U.S. and Europe. In May, a group of composers gathered at the home of APRA composer Guy Gross in Sydney to listen to fellow composer David Hirschfelder discuss his film scores, his experiences as a member of The Little River Band and other groups and his thoughts on working in the U.S. Pictured (l-r) are Hirschfelder, Professor Michael Atherton, who moderated the evening, and Gross. |
APRA Music Awards
Pictured, right, at the APRA Music Awards held in Syndey, Australia on May 19th are (l-r) ASCAP's Todd Brabec, ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen and APRA Chief Executive Brett Cottle.
Below, songwriter Daniel Jones, Brabec, publisher John Woodruff of Rough Cut Music and Knutsen. The Savage Garden hit "I Knew I Loved You" was recognized for the second consecutive year as the Most Performed Australian Work Overseas; DeSavia with Managing Director of Sony Music/Australia, Damian Trotter, and below right, APRA songwriter Kasey Chambers, the evening's big winner, with Brabec and Tom DeSavia.
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Backstage at B.B. Kings
Singer/songwriters Glenn Tilbrook, formerly of Squeeze, and Jill Sobule, recently performed on the same bill at B.B. Kings in New York City's Times Square. ASCAP's Loretta Muñoz greeted them backstage and congratulated them on their great sets. Both Tilbrook and Sobule are working on new albums. Pictured (l-r) are Tilbrook, Sobule and Muñoz.
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Today's Superstar
Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Dan Gardner just barely made the deadline
for submitting material to the NBC "Today's Show" contest: "Today's Superstar"
music icon talent search. He was chosen out of 4,100 tapes and performed several times on the show. The exposure sent Gardner's career into a whole new realm and he has since recorded his first single with renowned music producer David Foster for Warner Bros. Records. On the road promoting his new album, More Than Life, featuring his original songs, Gardner (center) stopped by ASCAP's Los Angeles office to meet with ASCAP's Ian Burke (left) and Michael Todd.
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The Sidewalk of New York
ASCAP's showcase series, "Writers at Night," at the Sidewalk in New York City's East Village continues to feature some of the city's great up and coming writers performing their material. Pictured on July 9th at the Sidewalk, top left photo (l-r), are performer Madison, ASCAP's Loretta Muñoz and Jason Silberman, performers Tom Glynn, Jennifer Barrett and Noam Weinstein, and ASCAP's Sue Devine. Also pictured is Lourds performing. Pictured on August 13, bottom left photo (l-r), in the back row are performers Thomas Anderon and Nathan Brouillet, and ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig. In front are ASCAP's Toni Cheeseman, Tara Angell and her manager and ASCAP's Jason Silberman. Also pictured performing are JJ Appleton and Kirsten Thien.
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