ASCAP has opened registration for the 14th edition of its signature conference, the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, taking place at the at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, May 2 – 4, 2019. The EXPO event draws music creators from all over the world for three days of learning, networking “and the chance to share […]
Deadpool 2 music maker Tyler Bates is set as anchor for the keynote session at the 5th Annual Production Music Conference, taking place Sept. 26-28 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. Bates will be interviewed by Variety reporter Jon Burlingame at the Sept. 27 session focusing on the composer’s experience creating music for film, TV, and videogames. Bates’ […]
Cue the Gershwin! June marks the arrival of New York’s second Music Month. The five boroughs will sound off for 30 days of workshops, walking tours, concerts and panel discussions. The event is the brainchild of Downtown Music Publishing CEO Justin Kalifowitz, who in 2014 co-founded the advocacy coalition NY is Music, and managed to […]
The ASCAP Foundation and The Library of Congress together present the 10th annual “We Write the Songs” event at the historic Coolidge Auditorium in The Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The evening celebrates the gift by the ASCAP Foundation to the Library of Congress of the original manuscripts, lead sheets, lyrics sheets, photos and […]
Musical titans Bill Anderson, Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown & James “JT” Taylor p/k/a “Kool & The Gang,” Steve Dorff, Jermaine Dupri, Alan Jackson, John Mellencamp and Allee Willis are the latest to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame with honors taking place at the 49th Annual induction and awards dinner June 14 […]
Eleven-year-old music prodigy Olivia Amiri presents the concert Prism with the National Children’s Chorus Thursday, May 17th, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Musical selections of the evening will chant the praises of diversity from across the globe in a season finale as the National Children’s Choir prepares for its 4th International Tour to Berlin, Prague, Vienna […]
They went to outer space, but instead of finding a shooting star, they found… a circus tent. That’s how the world welcomed Killer Klowns From Outer Space, a 1988 cult classic that is getting high-class treatment for its 30th anniversary, with a live-to-picture performance of composer John Massari’s score by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra. The film, […]
The roadshow antics of some of rock’n’roll provocateurs and talents will be on display at the California Heritage Museum courtesy of former music manager and producer Michael Friedman. Friedman found himself standing quite literally in the hurricane’s eye of America’s folk, rock ’n’ roll, and pop music industry during the late 60s through the early 80s. Presented […]
Roy Orbison is getting a heightened profile in Hollywood, with a new book about his life and a movie in the works and a special event at the Grammy Museum in downtown L.A. to celebrate the singer’s life on Oct. 17. The singer who died 29 years ago, wielded much musical influence during his lifetime […]
Erstwhile Simpsons composer Alf Clausen and California State Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon are the guests of honor at the 24th Annual RMALA Night fundraiser for the Recording Musicians Association Los Angeles Chapter. The event takes place Sunday, Sept. 24, at the splendiferous Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades. “Alf is a legend, and has been […]
