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Reigning ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year Craig Wiseman joined by Arlis Albritton, Marc Beeson, Jay Clementi, Natalie Howard, Brett James, Brett Jones, Rivers Rutherford, Chris Stapleton, Chad Warrick of The Redneck Rockstars, Cliff Cody, Brian Davis, and Wayd Battle were among the ASCAP song...
ASCAP'S NASHVILLE office recently honored members who reached #1 on the country charts in recent weeks.
Fueling the momentum from his platinum debut album and four consecutive #1 singles, Brett Young has now been named the 2018 ASCAP Country Songwriter-Artist of the Year. Young will be celebrated at the 56th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards, to be held Monday, November 12 in Nashville.
Hit songwriter and new country music star on working hard and letting go for the sake of the song
Upcoming Atalnta based girl-group Havok Jones stopped by ASCAP's New York office to give a select few a taste of their vocal range.
In his new role, Jones will be responsible for discovering and signing songwriters and producers, developing talent, establishing and maintaining relationships with current members and programming events, showcases and educational panels.
Lavinia Jones Wright, Deputy Editor of Playback Magazine/Marketing Associate
ASCAP COMMISSIONS HONORING HANK JONES TO BE PREMIERED IN CHICAGO ON FEBRUARY 20
The ASCAP Foundation Leon Brettler Award will be presented annually to a talented songwriter/ performer who participates in an ASCAP Foundation Nashville Songwriter Workshop.
ASCAP's Loretta Muñoz (left) congratulated Rickie Lee Jones after her recent performance in New York City.
At The Bluebird Cafe, DeStefano, Harding, James and Pope will share music and stories from their participation in past ASCAP Experience (formerly ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO) conferences in conversation with host Mike Sistad, ASCAP Vice President of Membership.
The 20th annual Sundance ASCAP Music Café – running during the daytime from January 19-26 – presents a vibrant roster of renowned and up-and-coming artists and songwriters, specially curated by ASCAP for the Sundance Film Festival.
The eighth annual event at the historic Coolidge Auditorium in The Library of Congress celebrates the gift by The ASCAP Foundation of the original manuscripts, lead sheets, lyrics sheets, photos and letters of America’s greatest music creators.
Grammy award-winning ASCAP songwriters Hillary Lindsey and Brett James took the stage at Nashville's Riverfront Park for the unique symphonic pop event Music City Hit-Makers, as part of the Music City 4th of July celebration Let Freedom Sing.
Jonathan “JJ” Jones currently resides in New York City and has been with ASCAP since 2010. After college, he worked for the Aphilliates Music Group and for a nationally distributed music publication in Atlanta, GA. Upon moving to New York, he landed a job with Sony Music-Epic Records.
These songwriting legends will become the newest members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization's 43rd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner. The star-studded event is slated for Thursday, June 14th in New York City.
ASCAP composer Ron Jones (Family Guy, American Dad) hosts a regular study session of classical masterworks. ASCAP songwriter Jeff Silbar stopped by the most recent one, an exploration of Stravinsksy's The Rite of Spring.
ASCAP icons Quincy Jones and James Taylor received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States Government. Jones was lauded as "a master inventor of musical hybrids." Taylor was hailed for his "profound influence on songwrite...
ASCAP's Ryan Beuschel details the story behind Brett James and Kenny Chesney's hit
What was your first introduction into the music industry?
"There is no blueprint for success in this game, but you can learn from watching what made others successful and try to implement that into your own situation." - Dow Jones
As if scoring the hit Fox series Family Guy and American Dad weren't enough, ASCAP composer Ron Jones also helms a 19- piece jazz ensemble known as the Influence Jazz Orchestra.
Veteran television and film composer Ron Jones has written music for numerous network and syndicated television series. His projects include Family Guy, Duck Tales, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and American Dad.
The Lost Art of Letter Writing was commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonie and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann. Brett Dean conducted the world premiere in 2007 at the Philharmonie in Cologne.
Candido Camero and Quincy Jones Named NEA Jazz Masters
To celebrate and honor a man whose career in music has included brilliant success as a composer, conductor, arranger, producer, musician, bandleader and executive, The ASCAP Foundation is proud to announce The ASCAP Foundation Cherry Lane Foundation/Music Alive! Scholarship in Honor of Quincy Jones.
Rickie Lee Jones' first album in six years is very personal and very political. A generation after emerging as a pop star, she's singing about her life and urging people to get involved politically. "The Evening of My Best Day" is a testimony to her refusal to be a conquered spirit - and to her e...
Leland is the mind-bending pop brainchild of ASCAP songwriter Brett McLaughlin. To celebrate the November 4th release of Leland's very first video, for debut single "Aware," we asked him to tell us five things that every songwriter should be "aware" of.
The ASCAP member will world premiere his new opera, Doubt, featuring a libretto by fellow ASCAP member John Patrick Shanley that is based on his Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a battle of wills ignited at a Bronx Catholic School in 1964.
ASCAP staff, Board members and friends attended a performance of the new musical Memphis at the Shubert Theatre in New York in support of ASCAP's Legislative Fund for the Arts. Guests enjoyed a special reception following the show which featured the show's lyricist and librettist, Joe D...
For three nights in June, ASCAP's Musical Theatre Workshop, held at ASCAP's headquarters on Broadway and moderated by Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and ASCAP Board member Stephen Schwartz, played host to some of musical theatre's best writers, composers, librettists, producers and ind...
ASCAP members David Javerbaum and Ken Stone have been named recipients of the 15th Annual Kleban Awards. Javerbaum received the award for most promising musical theater lyricist, and Stone received the award for most promising librettist.
OUR STORY ABOUT MUSICAL COLLABORATION is itself a collaboration, a compilation of three separate conversations with top songwriters. Think of it as a “roundtable” conversation that never was, between Melanie Fontana, Dev Hynes and Brett James – three artists working in different musical spheres, ...
Over the past 23 years, ASCAP has hosted many of our favorite songwriters and artists at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café.
The Black music community has had an outsize impact on nearly every genre imaginable. We dedicate our first week of Black History Month coverage to ASCAP members who helped develop their genres, and opened doors for others to follow in their footsteps.
“Innovative Ways to Fund Your Music Career,” “Horror Scorers,” “Stay Social with Songwriting” and More Provide Essential Tools for Success
"Vera of Las Vegas" is an entertaining and provocative opera by Composer Daron Hagen and Librettist Paul Muldoon. The clever story mixes sleazy culture and big questions, while the contemporary music has many references to 20th century pop and stage music.
Hatch, Alexander, Coons, Corker, Durbin, Jones, Isakson, Whitehouse sponsor consensus legislation supported by songwriters, music publishers, and digital music services.
ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews speaks on the new bill.
From September 20 - 28, the incredible Château Marouatte was a creative oasis for some of ASCAP's top songwriters. Owned by famed music industry executive Miles Copeland, founder of IRS Records, the Château has now been host to six ASCAP Song Camps.
The legendary band, who have written four decades of hits, will be presented with the award on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at the ASCAP Awards, London
The premier conference for songwriters, composers, artists and producers in all music genres, ASCAP EXPO brings together aspiring and professional music creators to learn from some of the most successful and creative people in the music industry.
Three Grammy-winning talents join the burgeoning 11th annual ASCAP EXPO lineup, which takes place April 28th - 30th, 2016 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
Marco Beltrami did more than just compose a score for the new western The Homesman. He and Buck Sanders captured the film's expansive visual and emotional landscapes, writing music as beautiful and eerie as the western frontier. Find out how they did it with this exclusive look at Beltrami...
Producer, Composer, talks to “On the Come Up” about the creative process behind SmartPhones.
The songwriters and publishers of the most performed ASCAP country songs were honored at a star-studded gala in Nashville on November 4th. Special tribute was paid to George Strait, who was presented with the ASCAP Founders Award in a segment that included musical homage to the “King” of count...
Singer-songwriters Bess Rogers, Storyman, Aaron Lee Tasjan and The Bones of J.R. Jones were featured performers at ASCAP and Secret Road’s acoustic showcase on October 10th as part of the CBGB Music & Film Festival.
ASCAP presented its inaugural Brooklyn Bonfire songwriter series at Union Hall on Wednesday, September 4th. Featured performers included Kendra Morris, The Bones of JR Jones, Chris Mills and Jenna Andrews.
The Academy of Scoring Arts recently held a special INFOrum with Emmy-winning composer and ASCAP Board member Bruce Broughton. Broughton shared his experience as the composer of American film music classics like Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Silverado, Tombstone and The Rescuers Down Un...
Pianist-composer Emily Bear held an album release party on Wednesday, May 15th to celebrate her debut effort, Diversity. Living proof that big things come in small packages, Emily stunned attendees with an intimate performance of material both old and new.
On April 18th, ASCAP luminaries Heart, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman and Donna Summer were inducted into one of rock’s most prestigious fellowships: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
With this announcement, Drake joins a long list of music titans at ASCAP, including Pharrell Williams, Quincy Jones, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, as well as his longtime OVO partners and producers Boi-1da and Noah "40" Shebib.
ASCAP Members Earn All 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductions Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Mick Jones & Lou Gramm of Foreigner, JD Souther, Holly Knight and Tony Hatch (PRS) will become the latest inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization’s 44th annual Induction...
ASCAP's monthly showcase series, designed to highlight Nashville's best of the best, kicked off 2013 with featured songwriter-artists John Martin, Jonathan Capeci and Joey Beretta (of Dinner and a Suit), Lisa Carver, Austin Jenckes, Matthew Perryman Jones and Jeffrey James.
ASCAP legends Heart, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman & Donna Summer will be among the 2013 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. These four influential inductees hail from diverse stylistic backgrounds, a reminder of the breadth and enduring legacy of ASCAP’s family of music creators.
Songwriting veterans Dan Wilson and Peter Himmelman joined moderator Paul Teipe and more at the Academy of Scoring Arts INFOrum. The all-star panel discussed what they've learned over the years about making a living from their art. THUMB: Crop Dan Wilson, Charlyn and Peter from the picture.
The ASCAP Music City Trifecta brought together 15 diverse songwriters to pen songs for Beyonce and Blake Shelton. As ASCAP's Ryan Beuschel explains, the success of the program goes far beyond the potential hits that were written for those artists' albums.
ASCAP Nashville hosted a three day songwriting retreat in August at Brett James' Cornman Music on Music Row, sponsored in part by City National Bank. The inaugural event combined some of the hottest ASCAP songwriters and producers from across the country, including Billboard, JT Harding, Shane Mc...
ASCAP composer Earl Rose debutes his film score for the American Masters documentary Johnny Carson: King of Late Night to a national audience on May 14th at 9 p.m. (EST)
ASCAP joined the creative teams behind Dierks Bentley's latest #1, "Home," to celebrate the song at Arnold's in Nashville on April 30, 2012. The anthemic title track is Bentley's 9th career #1 hit as a artist and songwriter, and the second #1 off his new album.
ASCAP hosted a star-studded Grammy Brunch, honoring the ASCAP members nominated for 2012 Grammys. Multiple Grammy winner Paul Epworth and nominees Ari Levine, Kelly Price, DJ White Shadow and Deana Carter mixed and mingled with celebs and industry elite at the third annual soiree.
ASCAP joined Chorus America in honoring four choral ensembles for their adventurous programming during the 2010-2011 Concert Season at a special Awards Presentation held on June 10th at Chorus America's 34th Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA.
The creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show is set to releaseMusic Is Better than Words, an album of vintage 40's and 50's vocal pop backed by a full big band.
Of all the things we might possibly have in common with others, music turns out to be the most accurate way of getting to know someone new.
Members "Break Bread" with ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Team in New York
ASCAP-sponsored Nashville In Napa supports music education in schools through a one-of-a kind music and wine event where hit songwriters, top Napa Valley winemakers and the chefs of Google came together to celebrate the products of their passion – music, wine and food – paired with the stories be...
It's impossible not to fall for Maxwell. He's a sweetheart with style, an open book that turns out to be a fascinating read.
A ruler of the French club music scene, DAVID GUETTA , conquers the American charts
Philly's DR. DOG digs up fresh sounds and widens its appeal with a remarkable new album
With down home ideals and simple hard work, songwriter COREY SMITH takes DIY to a whole new tax bracket.
Over her 19 years with the New York Songwriter's Circle, Director and President Tina Shafer has seen a lot of talent develop. Such songwriters as Norah Jones, Jesse Harris, Gavin DeGraw, Richard Julian, Vanessa Carlton, and Company of Thieves have emergred from the Circle's regular per...
As much grace as Adam Levy's guitar work added to Norah Jones and the Handsome Band's low key, jazz-inflected sound, we here at ASCAP are happy that Levy's been writing and performing his own music over the last few years.
ASCAP's Film/TV repertory continued to demonstrate its prestige, with ASCAP members and foreign affiliates writing or co-writing 19 of the 28 nominated songs and scores in the 63rd Primetime Emmys.
The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) announced the finalist nominees for the 2011 JJA Jazz Awards. The ASCAP Members nominated in various categories included Maria Schneider, Henry Threadgill, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter, Gerald Clayton, Ornette Coleman, Wynton Marsalis, Vince Mendoza, M...
As part of its popular monthly songwriter showcase at the famous Bluebird Cafe, ASCAP Nashville recently presented BMG songwriters Brett James, Neil Thrasher, busbee and other guests at a sold-out show.
Flocks of down-coated, ski hat-capped music lovers packed the room on the first day of the Sundance ASCAP Music Café in Park City, Utah for performers such as K'NAAN, Madi Diaz, Josh Ritter, Manchester Orchestra, Julia Fordham & Paul Reiser, The Chapin Sisters, Danko Jones and Fall...
ASCAP's Lavinia Jones Wright defends the relevance of the CMJ Music Marathon and hand-drawn illustrations.
Philadelphia's Buried Beds' lighthearted-bordering-on-suprememly silly approach to making music sets them apart from other harmonizing folksters of their ilk. The chemistry between singers, primary songwriters and old friends Eliza Jones and Brandon Beaver is sweet, funny and musically...
Philadelphia's Buried Beds' lighthearted-bordering-on-suprememly silly approach to making music sets them apart from other harmonizing folksters of their ilk. The chemistry between singers, primary songwriters and old friends Eliza Jones and Brandon Beaver is sweet, funny and musically...
On April 22nd, ASCAP President & Chairman Marilyn Bergman hosted a special musical tribute for music great Quincy Jones in honor of his 75th year and presented himwith the prestigious ASCAP Pied Piper Award.
Washington, DC's Willard Intercontinental Hotel was the scene for The Recording Academy's 7th annual "Grammys on the Hill" dinner gala on September 5. The event, of which ASCAP is a co-sponsor, recognizes the achievements of legislators and artists whose support makes a difference for the music c...
Nashville songwriter Andy Davis, winner of the ASCAP Foundation Leon Brettler Award.
JAMES ADLER'S A Winter Triptych for chorus, horn and harp by The Fairfield County Chorale at their "Wint'ry Mix" concert on December 10, 2006, in Norwalk, CT. , ANTONIO BRETT'S Danzon for concert guitar on February 28, 2007, at the Rehearsal Hall in Orlando, FL., BARBARA BRUSSELL at the closing...
A writer leaves behind her indelible mark of excellence on numerous Broadway and film musicals
Jimmy Webb, John Rich, Brett James, Rivers Rutherford and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Among Top Honorees at ASCAP's 44th Annual Country Music Awards
Raised singing gospel and R&B in church since she was 5, Sara Haze has a voice some in the industry have dubbed "The Beautiful Pain." A unique rock artist, Sara writes songs that address the pressure of growing up in the modern teenage world.
On April 4, ASCAP hosted a special 80th birthday tribute on Capitol Hill to member and legendary vocalist Tony Bennett. The event was a tremendous success, and close to 300 guests, including legislators, their staffers and many of ASCAP's friends, were treated to an outstanding evening of musical...
All eyes were on ASCAP as music industry socialites gathered to celebrate the six-week #1 single, "Jesus Take The Wheel."
DAN MIRVISH (pictured), co-Founder of the Slamdance Film Festival, has written, directed and has now released his own independent musical feature, Open House, on DVD (Bugeater Films). The film, which stars Anthony Rapp (who also stars in Sony's big screen version of Rent), Oscar-nominee Sally Kel...
Pictured at a celebration for the #1 hit, "Come a Little Closer," are (l-r) Sony/ATV Music's Troy Tomlinson, Brett Beaver, Dierks Bentley, Connie Bradley and Capitol Nashville's Mike Dungan.
Under the leadership of music director and host Nic Harcourt, KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" and "Sounds Eclectic" has gained an international following and helpted to launch the careers of artists like Norah Jones, Damien Rice, David Gray, Sigur Ros and Coldplay.
ASCAP songwriters Dennis Matkosky, Emerson Hart and Brett James were featured at Puckett's After Hours.
Sean "Puffy" Combs, multi-platinum songwriter, artist and producer, was presented with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award at a special reception at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan on Friday, August 7.