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Opportunities and business strategies, from musical style to deal points. featuring Doug Wood, Composer/President - Omni Music; Gary Gross, Worldwide President - Universal Publishing Production Music; Ron Mendelsohn, CEO/Co-Founder - Megatrax Production Music; Dan Rimas, Manager, Music Services - NBC Universal TV Music; Adam Taylor, President - APM Music.
Power Panels highlights co-produced with Zoom In Online
Tips on copyrights and publishing from James Kendrick - Schott Music President, Stephen Paulus - Composer, and Frances Richard - ASCAP VP & Director of Concert Music.
Power Panels highlights co-produced with Zoom In Online
Award-winning video game music composer Garry Schyman (Destroy All Humans TV, The A-Team, Magnum P.I.) discusses the role of music in a video game, his experience scoring the blockbuster game Bioshock, and how he combines various musical styles, ranging from late Romantic classical to the avant-garde musique concrete.
Power Panels highlights co-produced with Zoom In Online
Creative ways for concert music and jazz composers to get publishing and performance opportunities. Composers John Mackey, Alex Shapiro, and Frank J. Oteri share their tips regarding the business side of their job.
This panel of songwriters collectively represents four decades in the art and craft of songwriting, all having created songs that are considered classics.
Music journalist Dan Kimpel asks them about how they wrote songs beloved by so many around the world and what they believe makes a song endure year after year.
Jackie DeShannon on her songwriting process and co-writing.
Timeless songs Writing songs to be remembered. Billy Steinberg and Jackie DeShannon talk about writing a good song, then worrying about producing tracks.
Billy Steinberg and David Paich give some examples.
Jackie DeShannon talks about women in the music business, past vs. present. David Paich on the importance of the singer.
DJ’s, once part of an underground movement, now rule radio, the club scene and the mixtape circuit. URB Magazine's Joshua Glazer and a group of top DJ/producers discuss artist development, DJ pools, digital and independent distribution, piracy and the controversy over mixtapes.
Don Cannon on selecting music for a specific audience; clubs and parties.
Sir Jinx talks about servicing your target audience.
Don Cannon talks about mixtapes in today’s rap world.
Planting Seeds: Growing Your Own Songwriting Career
A songwriting career needs to be cultivated and cared for over the long term. Songwriters today need to know how to work the room, make the right contacts and develop lasting relationships—with industry personnel, other songwriters, and fans. This panel of experts discusses networking, co-writing and the latest ways to market your music.
An A&R executive on musical identity; not being ‘all things to all people.’
Busbee on the importance of focus, in songwriting and in business.
Busbee on pitching songs to music supervisors for TV and film start with your friends.
Interview: Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora -"It's My Life"
Marking the 25th anniversary of its founding, Bon Jovi is one of the most successful rock bands in the world. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora have created hits including "Runaway", "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", "It's My Life" and many more. Last year, their tenth studio album, Lost Highway, debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and reached #1 in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. Interviewed by Erik Philbrook, Editor-in-Chief of ASCAP's Playback Magazine, Bon Jovi and Sambora discuss their writing process and how they created some of America's most famous rock anthems by sticking to their songwriting roots.
With classic songs like "Running on Empty", "Doctor My Eyes", "The Pretender", "These Days" and "Take it Easy", Jackson Browne is one of the the most successful songwriters in modern times. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007, and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty and emotion. He was interviewed at EXPO 2008 by Phil Gallo, Associate Editor of Variety and Daily Variety.
ASCAP Golden Note Award recipient Steve Miller — the Space Cowboy, Album Oriented Rock Radio god and creator of such indelible hits as "The Joker," "Take the Money and Run," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Rockin' Me," and "Abracadabra" — discusses growing up in a musical family, his first guitar, learning from Les Paul and the many celebrated musicians who visited his childhood home.
MODERATOR: Jeanie Weems - ASCAP
Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald Songwriter, Producer - "Girlfriend," "Since U Been Gone," "Behind These Hazel Eyes," "Keep Holding On"
Keri Hilson Songwriter, Performer - "The Way I Are," "Take Me As I Am," "Gimmie More," "Break the Ice"
Josh Kear Songwriter - "Before He Cheats," "Bama Breeze," "Set This Circus Down," "I'll Be The Wind"
Jodi Marr Songwriter, Producer - "Grace Kelly," "My Interpretation," Soy Chris Tompkins Songwriter - "Before He Cheats," "Bama Breeze," "That's How They Do It In Dixie," "Me and Emily"
This was another great panel of hit writers sharing knowledge and insight.
"The Meeting:" An Interactive, Brutally Honest But Totally Informative Hypothetical Sit Down
Carianne Brown Creative Licensing Executive - Songs Publishing
Imagine your new CD is just finished and you could use some advice. Do you need a publisher? Would a manager take you on? Are your songs right for film/TV placement? The more you understand who you are, what you want and what you're willing and able to do, the better prepared you will be. This panel provided informative commentary and advice on how songwriters can improve their chances with preparation.
MODERATOR: Tremayne Anchrum - ASCAP
Carvin Haggins & Ivan Barias of Karma Productions Songwriters, Producers - "Teach Me," "B.U.D.D.Y.," "Customer," Who Is Jill Scott? Bun B Songwriter, Performer - "Get Throwed," "Sister," "Gimme That," "Big Pimpin" Chamillionaire Songwriter, Performer - The Ultimate Victory, "Ridin'," "Turn It Up"
Greg Watkins Co-CEO and Co-Founder - AllHipHop.com
Hip hop remains big business around the world. What keeps this music fresh, exciting and profitable are veteran and new artists who keep pushing the boundaries of the genre. This panel of talented hip hop songwriters and producers discussed what it takes to become and remain chart toppers and gave advice on making it in the business.
Murphy's Laws of Songwriting - Career Building Workshop
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ASCAP's own Ralph Murphy is internationally renowned as a great songwriter and a great advocate for songwriters, composers and music publishers. Here, Ralph examines current trends and charts, deconstructs hit songs and shows what makes them tick.
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Word Wise: The Art & Craft of Lyric Writing
Complete Panel (audio)
MODERATOR: Randy Grimmett - ASCAP
Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman Academy & Grammy Award winning lyricists - "The Windmills of Your Mind," "The Way We Were," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," Film: Yentl Mary Chapin Carpenter Songwriter, Performer - "Shut Up And Kiss Me," "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," "I Feel Lucky," Stones In The Road Walt Aldridge Songwriter, Producer - "No Getting Over Me," "Holding Her and Loving You," "I Loved Her First"
Jimmy Webb Songwriter - "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Galveston," "Wichita Lineman"; Author - Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting
The right lyric can be the difference between a good song and a great song. On this panel, some of the greatest lyric writers of our time share what they've learned about work that stands the test of time, and what songwriters can do to strengthen their lyric writing skills.
