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Jonathan Palmer and Gina Gershon share a joke
onstage.
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ASCAP
Presents…Film Music Roundtable Explores
the Music Behind Sundance’s
Prey For Rock & Roll
On Tuesday, January 21, ASCAP presented a
Film Music Roundtable/Case Study on the Sundance
film Prey for Rock and Roll. The film,
based on the real-life rock and roll experiences
of L.A.-based screenwriter/songwriter Cheri Lovedog,
is about a woman nearing the age of 40 as she
struggles to keep the faith to play the music
she loves.
The all-star panel, all of whom had a hand in
bringing the movie and its music to the screen,
included director and music supervisor Alex Steyermark,
actress Gina Gershon, producer Donovan Mannato,
music producer Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the
Angry Inch), music supervisor Linda Cohen
and moderator, Bug Music’s Jonathan Palmer.
ASCAP Music Café Moves Into Fifth Incredible
Day of Music at Sundance
After a weekend that included such mesmerizing
performances as Buddy Miller, Daniel Lanois and
Emmylou Harris (often joining each other on stage
to perform together), the ASCAP Music Café
continued its popular day series of member performances
at Plan B-the Nightclub at the Sundance Film Festival.
Monday performances included indie-rock icon
and Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch; Tuesday’s
lineup was a true United Nations of Songwriting,
which included performances by Scottish/Greek
singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch, the Grammy-nominated
Alejandro Lerner from Argentina, America’s
very own and very successful songwriter/performer
Beth Nielsen Chapman (from Nashville) and New
Zealand pop sensation Bic Runga. |
Bic Runga performs with her band at the ASCAP
music Cafe.
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Film
Music Roundtable
Pictured after the discussion about the
film Prey for Rock and Roll (l-r)
are ASCAP’s Mike Todd and Sue Devine,
Trask, Lovedog, Palmer, Gershon, Steyermark,
Donovan Mannato and ASCAP’s Pamela
Allen.
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ASCAP's Snowbound Soiree A warm fire, lively conversation,
networking and live music set the scene for ASCAP’s
invite-only condo party on Tuesday night at Sundance.
Filmmakers, music industry reps, café performers
and their guests snuggled up for a night that
included intimate acoustic performances by (below
l-r) X’s John Doe, Paul Brady, Alexi Murdoch,
Bic Runga and Doug Martsch (front). Also pictured
(below right) is Brady singing one of his classic
songs while the audience looks on.
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ASCAP Members Rock Into the Night A special late-night
concert at Cisero’s on Main Street in Park
City, Utah featured a reunited (but Axl Rose-less)
Guns n’ Roses with lead vocals performed
by ASCAP member Shooter (Waylon Jennings son)
and actress Gina Gershon, who was a featured speaker
on the ASCAP Film Music Panel earlier in the day.
ASCAP’s very own Mike Todd also joined the
band to play saxophone on a searing version of
the Rolling Stones’ classic “Sympathy
for the Devil.”
Pictured below are 1) Slash and Gina Gershon;
2) Shooter and Slash; 3) Slash up close and 4)
Mike Todd (right) playing sax with the band.
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