Hot Night at the Hard Rock

The 2003 South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference got off to a roaring start at the Hard Rock Café in Austin, Texas on March 12th as ASCAP presented an incredible showcase of rock bands from across the country and around the world. A capacity crowd came early and stayed late at one of Sixth Street's best venues as Twin A, Spindle, ps, Youth Group, The Turns-ons, stellastar* and The Realistics each took to the stage and unleashed unforgettable performances. Hot, sweaty, loud and fun -- it was a night of pure rock and roll heaven.

Texas BBQ and Acoustic Music at Quiet on the Set

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 15th, ASCAP also presented its annual South by Southwest installment of Quiet on the Set as well as a Texas barbecue feast at Stubb's. This year's impressive acoustic line-up included Alexi Murdoch, Annie Stela, John Power, Gran Bel Fisher and Wisechild. Guests at ASCAP's Quiet on the Set Showcase were also allowed to stay and see one of the South by Southwest's top concerts of the week on Stubb's outdoor stage. That show included such top draws as Ed Harcourt, Eisley, The Coral, Polyphonic Spree and Supergrass.

Panels and a Paddleboat

ASCAP kicked off the conference panels at the Austin Convention Center on Wednesday, March 12. The first panel, "Publishing: What You Need to Know," featured ASCAP Executive VP/Membership Todd Brabec and VP Business Affairs at Chrysalis Music Group Jeff Brabec, authors of the award-winning book Music, Money and Success: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry. The next day, another panel, "ASCAP Pays on Live Music: Learn the Facts" took place at Steamboat. The panel was moderated by Todd Brabec, and featured Asleep at the Wheel leader and ASCAP member Ray Benson, Jeff Brabec, Rich Door Music's Richard Perna and ASCAP regional rep Jan Mirkin. Also on Thursday was ASCAP's Annual Hospitality Boat, this year co-sponsored by AFTRA.

Patrick and Clint from ps.

ASCAP's Shawn Murphy, Spindle's Kevin Leaton, Chris Rebholz and Shane Miller, Spindle's manager Andy Georgian, ASCAP's Wade Metzler, Spindle's Grant Arnow and Brett Scharf.

(Back row) The Turn-ons' Erik Blood, Will Hallauer and Corey Gutch and (front row) Travis DeVries, ASCAP's Courtney Hard and The Turn-ons' Sharon Oshima.

ASCAP's Jason Silberman, stellastar*'s Arthur Kremer, Shawn Christensen, Amanda Tanner and Mark Jurin.

Youth Group's
Johnno and Toby.

Twin A's Jorg Pertuz, ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig and Twin A's John Lardieri and Paul Ogunsalu.

At the SXSW Film Festival, ASCAP hosted its annual "Film Music BBQ/Mixer Party" at Stubbs, co-sponsored by MusicPro Insurance and Cypress Films, who were promoting their film Evenhand. The evening included special performances by Los Mescaleros and Mike Doughty who contributed songs to the film. Pictured are ASCAP's Kevin Coogan, Director/Producer Joseph Pierson, songwriter Mike Doughty, actor Bill Dawes and publicist Lisa Russell.

Filter Magazine's Alan Miller, ASCAP's Tom Desavia, Annie Stela, ASCAP's Jenn Knoepfle, Filter's Alan Sartirana and Nettwerk's Darin Harmon.

Wisechild.

The Realistics' Mike and Dennis, ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig and The Realistics' Will and Dave.

John Powers and ASCAP’s Sean Devine.

Tom DeSavia, Eisley's Chauntelle DuPree, Stacey DuPree, Weston DuPree, Sherri DuPree and Jonathan Wilson and Courtney Hard.

ASCAP's Tom DeSavia, IMRO's Donal McGuirk, ASCAP's Todd Brabec, Rosy, IMRO's Adrian Gaffrey, Mundy, ASCAP's Ralph Murphy and IMRO's Keith Johnson on the ASCAP Hospitality Boat.

Alexi Murdoch and ASCAP's Wade Metzler.

ASCAP's Courtney Hard and Ed Harcourt.

Gran Bel Fisher with Hard and Dave Bassett.

Supergrass's Gaz Coombes with ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig.