Whoa Nellie!
New singer/songwriter sensation Nellie Mckay did an in-store performance at Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas at this year’s SXSW Music Festival. Pictured (l-r) are ASCAP’s Sue Devine, Mckay, Waterloo Records’ John and ASCAP’s Loretta Muñoz.

Rob Thomas
ASCAP's Diana Szyszkiewicz is pictured greeting Rob Thomas during Grammy Week.

The Pleased to Meet You
The Pleased recently performed at NYC's Mercury Lounge where ASCAP's Jackey Simms joined them backstage. Pictured (standing, l-r) are Simms, The Pleased's Genaro Vergoglini, Noah Georgeson and Jason Clark (and kneeling, l-r) Rich Good and Luckey Remington.

Joss Incredible!
Neo-soul star Joss Stone also performed in-store at Austin’s Waterloo Records at SXSW. Pictured (l-r) are ASCAP’s Sue Devine, Stone and ASCAP’s Loretta Muñoz.

Hoobastank
Pictured (l-r) at the ASCAP office in Atlanta are Hoobastank’s Markku Lappalainen and Dan Estrin, ASCAP’s Ian Burke, Hoobastank’s Doug Robb, ASCAP’s Jennifer Owen and Hoobastank’s Chris Hesse.

Nick at Night
ASCAP’s Jay Sloan (right) is pictured hanging out with Nick Cannon at the Urban Network Pre-Grammy party in West Hollywood in February.

AWRT Luncheon
Pictured at the AWRT Luncheon (l-r) are Z Morning Zoo host (WHTZ/Z-100) Elvis Duran, ASCAP’s Luis Verges and VP/Programming of WHTZ-Z100 Tom Poleman.

Kool & The Gang
ASCAP’s Jay Sloan was on hand to support R&B writer/artist Ashanti during a recent studio session with George Brown from Kool & The Gang, Ashanti and Brown were re-making the song "Cherish" for the Kool &The Gang tribute album. Pictured (l-r) are Brown, Sloan, Ashanti and Ashanti’s mom, Tina Douglas.

Spinning at the Winter Music Conference

At the 2004 Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, ASCAP’s Courtney Hard met with members at "In the Mix," a Dance Music Forum presented by the Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy and the Recording Academy’s Producers and Engineers Wing in conjunction with SPIN magazine at Nikki Beach. Pictured (front row, l-r) are producer/DJ and music supervisor for the Matrix trilogy Jason Bentley, producer/mixer Carmen Rizzo and Junkie XL; and (back row, l-r) The Crystal Method’s Ken Jordan, Hard, four-time Grammy nominee Steve "Silk" Hurley, Raymond Roker, 2004 Grammy Nominee Bill Hamel, Neil Crilly, and Chapter Project Coordinator Robyn Bofshever. Matt Spector is spinning in the background.