New York, NY, April 11, 2006: Connie Bradley, Senior Vice President, ASCAP announced the promotion of Dan Keen to Vice President Membership Nashville on Monday, April 3, 2006. Keen has been with ASCAP for eleven and a half years and was formerly an Assistant Vice President. Bradley surprised Keen with the announcement before a crowd of 200 Christian Music Industry leaders at ASCAP's annual Christian Music Awards Dinner. Keen has produced and co-hosted the event with Ms. Bradley for last several years.
"Dan has proven himself as a leader in our community and someone ASCAP members can count on," Bradley said after the ceremony. She added, "He covers a lot of ground for ASCAP. He works extensively in Christian, Bluegrass and Country Music and has signings in Pop, Rock and Electronic Music as well."
Keen remarked, "ASCAP members tend to be principled and wildly creative. It's inspiring to be working with these songwriters and publishers everyday." Keen also added, "I appreciate the platform Connie Bradley has given me. Our goal is to support ASCAP members to the fullest and seek every advantage for them in an ever-changing music business climate."
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Established in 1914, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 230,000 composer, lyricist and music publisher members. ASCAP also represents the repertories created by the international affiliates of 70 foreign performing rights organizations. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American Performing Rights Organization owned and governed by its writer and publisher members. www.ascap.com
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