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Fall
2004
NEMO Music Festival
Charging into its eighth year, the 2004 NEMO Music Festival & Conference, took place from October 1st through October 2nd, 2004 in Boston and offered two full days of music panels, industry workshops, clinics, a bustling tradeshow, and two nights of music featuring nearly 250 artists from around the world performing in the area's nightclubs. ASCAP presented a showcase at All Asia in Cambridge on the last night of the festival featuring songwriters/artists from home and abroad.
Aberdeen City (Boston, MA) |
Modena Vox (Denmark) |
Luna Halo (Nashville, TN) |
Blue Van (Columbus, OH) |
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Dave Van Ronk Street
ASCAP was on hand to help celebrate the naming of a Greenwich Village street for the late folk music great and ASCAP member, Dave Van Ronk.
Hosting the ceremony was Van Ronk's friend and folk music colleague, ASCAP member Tom Paxton.
Pictured at the ceremony are: (front, l-r) Midge (Mrs. Tom) Paxton and Andrea Vuocolo (Mrs. Dave Van Ronk) and (rear l-r) Tom Paxton, ASCAP's Seth Saltzman and Jim Steinblatt. |
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BME and ASCAP
Nashville-based BME Music principal Alan Brewer recently combined a west coast company meeting of BME clients and associates with a breakfast Meet and Greet at ASCAP's LA offices. Clients attending included singer/songwriter Matt King, rockers Cowboy Mouth, and Rick Wakeman -- a member of legendary rock group Yes -- who also performed for the ASCAP staff. BME is a fully integrated music and entertainment company, housing music publishing (including ASCAP company KaDaLaNa Music) and production divisions, music consulting and representation services, worldwide administrative services, and music supervision for film and television.
Pictured (l-r) are ASCAP's Charlyn Bernal, Brewer, Rick Wakeman, Matt King, BME VP West Coast Mason Cooper, and ASCAP's Pamela Allen and Mike Todd. |
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Folk Hero
Noted singer/songwriter Eric Andersen recently visited ASCAP's New York offices while in town for a performance in support of his new album, The Street Was Always There (Appleseed Recordings). The album is a tribute to the songs and songwriters of Greenwich Village in the 1960's.
Pictured (l-r) are ASCAP's Sue Devine and Andersen. |
A Strong Link
Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tony Furtado recently released a new album, These Chains, on his own label. He was in New York City to perform and visited ASCAP's offices where he met with Sue Devine. |
Vaneese Thomas at ASCAP
Songwriter and vocalist Vaneese Thomas, the daughter of the late soul great Rufus Thomas, recently visited ASCAP's New York offices.
Pictured (l-r) are Segue Records' Steven Goff, ASCAP's Karen Sherry, Thomas and attorney Elliott Resnick. |
Tough Love
ASCAP's Sue Devine caught up with Ed Hamell (aka Hamell on Trial) at a recent show in New York City. Hamell has been touring in support of his most recent release, Tough Love, on Righteous Babe Records, while also recoding his next RBR release. He will tour with Ani Difranco this spring. He has also been writing a regular column for Uncut Magazine. |
SOCAN Awards
ASCAP's Todd Brabec recently attended the 15th Annual SOCAN Awards in Toronto.
Pictured with Brabec (center) are (from the left) SOCAN Classic Award-winning songwriters David Tyson ("Black Velvet," "Lover of Mine" and "Birmingham,") and Jim Vallance ("Run to You," "Somebody," "My Song" and "What About Love"). |
La Mafia
TI's Birthday Bash
ASCAP member TI's second full length album, Trap Muzik, has been certified Gold.
Here TI (right) is pictured with ASCAP's Ian Burke at TI's birthday party at The Mark in Atlanta in September. |
ASCAP Presents... in North Carolina
Top Local Bands Singled Out For Major
Music Industry Showcase
On September 24, ASCAP presented a pop rock showcase at the Local 506 club in Chapel Hill, North Carolina featuring top locals bands from across the state. Performers included Fashion Design (Chapel Hill), Parklife (Durham), Roman Candle (Wilkesboro) and The Bleeding Hearts (Raleigh). |
Parklife |
Roman Candle |
Bleeding Hearts |
Fashion Design |
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