ASCAP’s 8th annual “I Create Music Expo” was held this past weekend at that Loews Hollywood Hotel (formerly the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel and before that, a Holiday Inn) in the heart of Hollywood. Once again, it brought in a vast range of musical talent, including hit songmakers of all stripes – producers, engineers, publishers, [...]

The 2013 ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo (held April 13-18 in Los Angeles) offered songwriters and industry insiders a unique forum to exchange ideas and find new sources of inspiration. Katy Perry, Ne-Yo, Lionel Richie and actor Joseph Gordon-Levett were among those in attendance. Photos by PictureGroup.

Pictured (l-r): Songwriter Josh Kear, Tenn. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, co-chair of the Congressional Songwriters Caucus, songwriter Dan Wilson and ASCAP President and Chairman of the Board Paul Williams Taken from the press release: Nashville, Tenn., February 27, 2013: ASCAP presented a performance and Q&A session with hit songwriters Josh Kear and Dan Wilson on Tuesday, February 26th [...]

As always is the case at the 43-year-old Nashville Film Festival, held April 19-26 at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas, this year boasted a feast of anticipated music documentaries. We caught two of them and were thoroughly impressed by both. Hank Cochran: Livin’ For A Song, directed by Wes Pryor and written by Greg Welsch, [...]

(Photo: Ben Hayslip, via The Tennessean) The 49th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards took place last night at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The evening honored some of Music City’s most prolific songwriter’s as thirty-six awards were given out with several performances including last year’s Songwriter/Artist of the Year, Dierks Bentley Brad Paisley [...]

On November 1, Howard Books will publish Brad Paisley’s Diary of A Player, which charts his evolution from country music hopeful to Music City megastar. In this exclusive excerpt, Paisley writes about his college days at Nashville’s Belmont University, and the great lengths he went to trying to get his foot in the door of [...]

Kurt Allison lost more than $70,000 worth of gear in the Nashville flood of 2010. The lead guitarist for Jason Aldean’s band had more than 10 guitars – not to mention a wealth of amps and some pedal boards – stored at Soundcheck Nashville, a music gear storage facility close to the Cumberland River that [...]

The 6th annual ASCAP Expo got musicians and songwriters out of the dark clubs and into the light for 3 days of check out panels, do some schmoozing and even hear a little music. The Renaissance Hollywood Hotel served as host from April 28-30 to attendees from around the globe. Over 2,500 badges were handed [...]

From the press release: ASCAP celebrated the songwriters and publishers of Christian music’s most performed songs at our 33rd annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards on Monday, March 28, 2011 at Richland Country Club in Nashville. A total of 22 most performed song honors were given out, interspersed with several very special performances, including “Your Love” [...]

Song publishing was once a simple, straightforward process: Listen to the songs your songwriters have written. Demo the best of them. Pitch them to the appropriate producers and artists. Rejoice when one of the songs gets recorded. Rejoice again when the song is selected to be a single. Rejoice yet again as the song climbs [...]

From the press release: John A. LoFrumento, CEO of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), today announced the launch of ASCAP Mobile, a new app for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®. The app provides ASCAP’s songwriter, composer and publisher members with 24/7 access to their membership, catalog, performance and royalty information via [...]

NAMM, Next BIG Nashville, American Songwriter, SESAC, ASCAP, Zehnder, Firefly have partnered with the Nashville Musicians Union and MusiCares to launch “The BIG Gear Giveback” a nationwide gear donation where NAMM members, gear companies and compassionate musicians have the opportunity to donate gear to working Middle Tennessee musicians who lost the tools of their livelihood during [...]