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Just Blaze Draws a Road Map for Finding Beats.

Don't be fooled by imitation Just Blaze sounds, the original is the only one that counts. But he'll be the first to admit to the places he finds his inspiration, and where he gets his drum sounds. Blaze listens to a lot of old records for beats. In the following highlights from his panel at the ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO he discusses the pros and cons of sampling, how to leave space for the artist when you are producing a track and the new roles producers play in making records.

The songs and productions of "Dr. Luke" are among the most admired and commercially potent in global pop music of the current decade. Here he plays the studio tracks of his most successful songs, dissects them, and answers questions from the audience.

In this special interactive session, successful pop songwriter and producer Linda Perry invites EXPO attendees to perform a song onstage and then offers her own feedback as well as that of the audience.

Music superstar Ludacris interviews one of music's greatest living legends, Quincy Jones, about his prolific career as a musician, composer, producer, arranger and conductor.

ASCAP Playback Editor in Chief Erik Philbrook interviews singer-songwriter-guitarist John Mayer about his craft and incredible Grammy-winning career.

Moderator: Paul Williams (President and Chairman of the Board - ASCAP)
Jason Mraz
C. Tricky Stewart
Brian Tyler
Phil Vassar

After speaking at her fifth ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO on the Concert Composers Creating Exciting and Diverse Careers panel, Alex Shapiro visited the ASCAP Network Stage to explain the importance of having a community as a music creator, how the EXPO is definitely the place to create that community, and to tell us about some of her newest projects.

After his panel, From Foot in the Door to Feature Film Score, ended, composer Klaus Badelt came to the Network Stage to describe his path into the world of film composing, what is really involved in the film scoring process and why he joined ASCAP.

Composer, producer, arranger and ASCAP EXPO veteran Kubilay Uner talks about why he loves the event, why he thinks it's an essential place for a music creator to be, and what came up on his panel, Concert Composers Creating Exciting and Diverse Careers.

After drilling down the nuts and bolts of composing for the screen in his Hardcore Orchestration panel, Family Guy composer Ron Jones stopped by the ASCAP Network Stage to talk about the fourteen pages of notes he made for the panel and some of the basic topics he discussed. As well as a few topics that he definitely brought out just for the occasion!

Bobby Owsinski talks about his book Music 3.0 - A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age at the 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO Network Stage.

Bob Kohn discusses Kohn on Music Licensing with his father, and co-author, Al Kohn at the 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO Network Stage.

Robert Safir talks about his book Make Your Music Video and Put it Online at the 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO Network Stage.

Ariel Hyatt talks about her book Music Success in Nine Weeks: A Step-by-Step Guide On How To Use Social Media & Online Tactics to Supercharge Your PR, Build Your Fan-base and Earn More Money at the 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO Network Stage.