Playback Magazine

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.

On February 19th, Fox TV will broadcast the 500^th episode of The Simpsons, the longest-running prime time animated series in television history. The show is a major milestone for Alf Clausen whose ingenious scores have graced nearly every episode.

ASCAP will present the prestigious Founders Award to Carly Simon during the 29th Annual Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 18th. The event will also honor the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed pop songs of 2011.

Terence Etc. gives insight on the making of his debut film of which he took the lead role, directed, and produced. He also scored the film and gave us a preview of his work at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café.

ASCAP was founded on February 13th in New York City in 1914 when over 100 visionary music leaders gathered at Manhattan's Hotel Claridge. For songwriters and composers, this monumental event would forever change music history.

Nine ASCAP members and international affiliates won top prizes at the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Singer/songwriter Alex Cardinale's song "Traffic Lights" took second prize overall, and top honors in the Pop category. Entries for the 17th annual Competition are now open!

ASCAP celebrated the hard-working team behind the Jason Aldean #1 “Tattoos On This Town” in Nashville in February. Co-written by Neil Thrasher and produced by Michael Knox, the tune is Aldean’s eighth trip to the top, hot on the heels of numerous  Knox/Aldean Grammy nominations.

Songwriter, producer and musician Con Fullam has created a children’s chorus in Portland, Maine that helps young refugees and immigrants from war-torn countries to experience the joys of community, music and sharing one’s voice.

ASCAP hosted the ASCAP Composer-Filmmaker Cocktail Party, an exclusive event at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café in Park City, Utah. The event was a celebration of ASCAP composers and filmmakers of 2012 Sundance Film Festival films.

ASCAP’s country music songwriters earned multiple nominations in nearly every category of the 47th annual ACM Awards. Brad Paisley leads ASCAP nominees with nods for Entertainer of the Year and top Male Vocalist. ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year Ben Hayslip was nominated for the ACM's top writer award along with David Lee Murphy.

As the 2012 Sundance Film Festival headed into its second weekend, filmmakers, festival goers and all-around music fans continued to pack the house at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café on Main Street in Park City.

Rodriguez, the subject of the hot new Sundance documentary Searching for Sugar Man, was a special guest performer at the Sundance ASCAP Music Café on January 23rd. The film has already been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.

ASCAP celebrated with co-writers Richard Marx and Keith Urban at a party in honor of their chart-topping single in Nashville on January 25th. Marx and Urban performed the song together and the event was streamed live on ASCAP's website.