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Midem 2018 – How the New Generation does Business

The world is changing and so is the global music industry. Technological, social and political forces are transforming how we live and work. Young executives coming of age with social media and streaming are more connected than any previous generation. Old conventions are dying, new opportunities emerging, not since the civil rights era of fifty…

ByPMMJune 17, 20180Comments

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The 2018 ASCAP Screen Music Awards

Last May 23, 2018, ASCAP honored our tremendously talented composers of TV, film, and video game music at the Screen Music Awards. A who’s who of scoring for screens small, silver and everything in between flocked to Beverly Hill for a night of dazzling performances, tender tributes, and appreciation for the musical masterminds behind America’s…

ByPMMMay 27, 20180Comments

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Music Tech: A Gateway to Awaken America’s Youth

Music production is a gateway to ignite the imaginations of young people at the intersection of education and technological innovation. Young people are programming and engineering every day – and they don’t even know it – by interacting with and creating music on digital platforms. These skills are what will make them viable players in…

ByPMMMay 13, 20180Comments

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African Music – The Next Global Hit

Michael Ugwu of West Africa, Sony Music Entertainment (Nigeria) said - “The next big thing will come from Africa.” Despite their incredible influence over lots of music styles all over the world African countries only represent 2% of the world music market. However, with the highest youth population and a rapid adoption of mobile media, the…

ByPMMMay 6, 20180Comments

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From Cleaning Toilets’ to the No. 1 Song in America

"I'm literally cleaning toilets by day, driving a van overnight to play a show," Carly Pearce recounts on this week's Soul Sisters podcast. The road to her current success was nine years long, she explained recently, starting at the age of 16, with when she convinced her parents to let her leave high school, move to Nashville,…

ByPMMApril 15, 20180Comments

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2018 ASCAP Jazz Awards’ Recap

On February 7, ASCAP held its annual Jazz Awards celebration at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz Club in Los Angeles. They presented the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award to pioneering creative music legend Roscoe Mitchell and the ASCAP Vanguard Award to four-time Grammy-nominated pianist-composer Gerald Clayton. The ceremony also recognized former ASCAP President Marilyn Bergman…

ByPMMFebruary 18, 20180Comments

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BMI’s Catherine Brewton on Process, Purpose & Inspiration

BMI assembled a stellar lineup of producers, songwriters such as Faith Evans, RedOne, Tory Lanez and Mark Batson to share their stories and offer their advice about songwriting and making music. Now in its eleventh year, BMI’s annual pre-GRAMMY event, “How I Wrote That Song” offers insight into the craft and creative process behind today’s…

ByPMMFebruary 11, 20180Comments

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Patrick Stump detailed the band’s winding creative process behind Fall Out Boy’s new song “Church”

The quartet were struggling to find a creative direction for their seventh LP, Mania, and they wound up delaying the release date from September 2017 to January. But they gained crucial confidence after figuring out the final arrangement of "Church." See more details in this video.

ByPMMFebruary 4, 20180Comments

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Camila Meza on Women’s Role in Jazz

"It's time to wake up" about the inequality women artists face, she says. As a woman, "you have to do twice as better...You have to trust yourself, you have to get over the 'I'm not good enough' thing" -- to push past doubts that, for example, the virtuosity of a woman guitarist such as herself could match…

ByPMMJanuary 14, 20180Comments

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Luis Fonsi, thankful for what “Despacito” achieved and did for him

Luis Fonsi already received three Emmy's over Despacito and still continuing to give him the success. He stated that " I cannot complain, I am blessed, I am thankful, I am happy It's been an amazing year." He's also happy that even though the song was in Spanish, it reaches a milestone for being on…

ByPMMNovember 23, 20170Comments

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Midem 2018 – How the New Generation does Business

The 2018 ASCAP Screen Music Awards

Music Tech: A Gateway to Awaken America’s Youth

African Music – The Next Global Hit

From Cleaning Toilets’ to the No. 1 Song in America

2018 ASCAP Jazz Awards’ Recap

BMI’s Catherine Brewton on Process, Purpose & Inspiration

Patrick Stump detailed the band’s winding creative process behind Fall Out Boy’s new song “Church”

Camila Meza on Women’s Role in Jazz

Luis Fonsi, thankful for what “Despacito” achieved and did for him

Sting on overcoming writer’s block

will.i.am on the music business

Justin Bieber in the studio