Winter Wonderland

Miami Beach's Winter Music Conference Comes of Age

For a week in March more than 7,200 music industry professionals and enthusiasts from around the world converged in Miami Beach, Florida for the 18th annual Winter Music Conference at the Radisson Deauville. The WMC is America's largest electronic dance music festival. This year, ASCAP sponsored the weeklong event, Funkshion, where the group Aerial performed. ASCAP also co-hosted an industry party with Thump Radio in the Red Room at the Sky Bar in downtown Miami. In addition, ASCAP's Mike Todd, from the Film and Television Music Department, participated on a panel entitled "Legal 201: Wheeling and Dealing with the Media" and ASCAP presented the Heineken Ampt/ASCAP Recognition Award to world-renowned DJ David Morales.

Aerial's Michael Angelo Wolfe performing

Aerial vocalist Cailene McCall performing.

ASCAP's Courtney Hard with DJ Koo.

Chysalis Music Publishing's Scott Cresto and Artist/DJ/Producer Carmen Rizzo with ASCAP's Mike Todd.

Aerial performing on stage.

Aerial's Heath Cummings, Shawn Smith, Cailene McCall, ASCAP's Courtney Hard, Jeff Blackwell, ASCAP's Margaret Spoddig and Aerial's Michael Angelo Wolfe.

The Mixology event at Club Level.

Sonic Fusion's Nelson Bae, Neophonic's PJ Bloom, Universal Music Publishing's Joanna Puglisi and Marisa Porter and ASCAP's Mike Todd.

"Legal 201" panelists Neophonic's PJ Bloom (music supervisor and moderator), Ultra Records' Sanne Hagelsten, Chrysalis Music Publishing's Scott Cresto, ASCAP's Mike Todd, and 20th Century Fox Films' Danielle Diego. Other panelists not pictured were: Mo:pho's Michael Frick, music supervisor Michael Perlmutter, Sonic Fusion's Nelson Bae and Universal Music Publishing's Marisa Porter.

Party People

Urb held an afternoon barbeque party on the roof of one of Miami Beach's hotels for the WMC participants during the hottest March ever on record for Miami. Pictured are (back row, l-r) Barry Cole (Music Supervisor) and Scott Cresto (VP Chrysalis Music Publishing) and (front row) Sanne Hagelsten (Ultra Records), Bridget O'Hara (Dreamworks), Marisa Porter (Universal Music Publishing), PJ Bloom (Neophonic Inc.), Joanna Puglisi (Universal Music Publishing), Danielle Diego (20th Century Fox Films) and ASCAP's Mike Todd.

DJ David Morales

World-renowned DJ David Morales was presented with the Heineken Ampt/ASCAP Recognition Award for his many contributions to the dance music community. The presentation took place at Crobar to kick off the Heineken Adventure to Stardom Tour. Morales is pictured with Courtney Hard.