Jonathan Palmer and Gina Gershon share a joke onstage.

ASCAP Presents…Film Music Roundtable Explores the Music Behind Sundance’s

Prey For Rock & Roll
On Tuesday, January 21, ASCAP presented a Film Music Roundtable/Case Study on the Sundance film Prey for Rock and Roll. The film, based on the real-life rock and roll experiences of L.A.-based screenwriter/songwriter Cheri Lovedog, is about a woman nearing the age of 40 as she struggles to keep the faith to play the music she loves.

The all-star panel, all of whom had a hand in bringing the movie and its music to the screen, included director and music supervisor Alex Steyermark, actress Gina Gershon, producer Donovan Mannato, music producer Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), music supervisor Linda Cohen and moderator, Bug Music’s Jonathan Palmer. ASCAP Music Café Moves Into Fifth Incredible Day of Music at Sundance
After a weekend that included such mesmerizing performances as Buddy Miller, Daniel Lanois and Emmylou Harris (often joining each other on stage to perform together), the ASCAP Music Café continued its popular day series of member performances at Plan B-the Nightclub at the Sundance Film Festival.

Monday performances included indie-rock icon and Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch; Tuesday’s lineup was a true United Nations of Songwriting, which included performances by Scottish/Greek singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch, the Grammy-nominated Alejandro Lerner from Argentina, America’s very own and very successful songwriter/performer Beth Nielsen Chapman (from Nashville) and New Zealand pop sensation Bic Runga.

Bic Runga performs with her band at the ASCAP music Cafe.

ASCAP's Snowbound Soiree A warm fire, lively conversation, networking and live music set the scene for ASCAP’s invite-only condo party on Tuesday night at Sundance. Filmmakers, music industry reps, café performers and their guests snuggled up for a night that included intimate acoustic performances by (below l-r) X’s John Doe, Paul Brady, Alexi Murdoch, Bic Runga and Doug Martsch (front). Also pictured (below right) is Brady singing one of his classic songs while the audience looks on.

ASCAP Members Rock Into the Night A special late-night concert at Cisero’s on Main Street in Park City, Utah featured a reunited (but Axl Rose-less) Guns n’ Roses with lead vocals performed by ASCAP member Shooter (Waylon Jennings son) and actress Gina Gershon, who was a featured speaker on the ASCAP Film Music Panel earlier in the day. ASCAP’s very own Mike Todd also joined the band to play saxophone on a searing version of the Rolling Stones’ classic “Sympathy for the Devil.”
Pictured below are 1) Slash and Gina Gershon; 2) Shooter and Slash; 3) Slash up close and 4) Mike Todd (right) playing sax with the band.