2013 ASCAP EXPO

Associate Director, Film & TV/Visual Media, Creative Services - ASCAP | Composer | | Charlyn Bernal, Associate Director of Film and Television Music for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), works directly with ASCAP's composer, songwriter and publisher members who have music and or lyrics in a film, television program or series. Along with establishing and maintaining relationships with composers and... Read More →

Songwriter, Producer – “You Are My Lady,” “I Apologize,” My Everything One of the most prolific R&B/Pop songwriter/producers, Barry Eastmond has over sixty gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums on some of the most important contemporary artists notching up cumulative sales of over 80 million copies. Barry's creative magic has been responsible for hit records by: Anita Baker, Brandy, Britney Spears, Aretha... Read More →

Music Administration – Fox Sports Music Working with music copyrights from inception to exploitation for over 20 years. Many people can claim an intimate relationship with music and the business of exploiting it - I however can prove it. I entered the music and entertainment business as a professional guitar player in the creative field. My interest in the mechanics of the business of making money in music equipped me with knowledge and... Read More →

Head of Film/TV Licensing - Secret Road Music Services Daniel Higbee is the Head of Film/TV in the music licensing department of Secret Road, a boutique music services company in Los Angeles. Hailing from Kansas City, Higbee traded his midwest Triple A radio job for a position at the Los Angeles company Sugaroo!, pitching artists like Ani DiFranco and Epitaph Records for film & television. On the side he freelanced for music supervisor... Read More →

Creative Manager/A&R - Pulse Music Publishing After graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Buffy headed west to jump start her career in the music industry and quickly landed a job as Client Service Manager at The Record Plant Studios in Hollywood. At The Record Plant, Buffy met Ron Fair, then Chairman of Geffen Records and transitioned to a position under his wing. She coordinated projects for marquee... Read More →

Associate Director, Urban, Creative Services - ASCAP

Independent Music Supervisor | Guild of Music Supervisors Ann Kline earned a BA from UCLA and a JD from Southwestern University School of Law. She practiced law in the music department of the William Morris Agency before starting a career as a music supervisor. For the bulk of her career she ran the music department for John Wells Productions. In her position at JWP, she supervised many television series’ including ER, The West Wing, Third... Read More →

Founder & CEO - Extension Music Hailing from the Chicagoland Area and currently living in Los Angeles, Rachel Komar has been working in various aspects of the music industry for the past decade, including A&R, Management, Licensing, Supervision, and more. Komar has previously held positions at Secret Road, American Recordings, and Altantic Records, to name a few.  In the past year, she has launched her own company, Extension... Read More →

VP - Pulse Music Publishing Peter Lloyd has been working in music publishing for 15 years.  He's worked with some of the biggest songwriters in the world including Dr. Luke, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Bonnie McKee, Oligee, etc. He's currently running Pulse Music Publishing.

President - My World Productions David Margolis is the President of My World Productions, the boutique management company he founded 15 years ago. The company is devoted to developing artists in all aspects of their recording and writing careers but with a heavy focus on owning/controlling masters and exploiting their copyrights worldwide. He currently represents Rosi Golan, Greg Holden and Katie Costello. Recent successes include #1’s... Read More →

Associate Director, Pop/Rock, Creative Services - ASCAP

VP, Membership/International - ASCAP | Songwriter – "He Got You," "Half the Way" | Author - Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting: The Book | | Ralph Murphy has been a successful songwriter for five decades. Consistently charting songs in an ever-changing musical environment makes him a member of that very small group of professionals who make a living doing what they love to do. Add to that the platinum records as a producer, the widely... Read More →

Lyricist, Author - “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do,” "If Ever A Love There Was" Musical Theatre: Soldier of Orange Film: “Digga Digga Dog” (Theme to 102 Dalmatians) Pamela Phillips Oland is a Grammy-nominated career lyricist with hundreds of cuts by a wide diversity of artists. From Sinatra to Aretha, Peabo Bryson to Reba McIntyre, Simon Lynge to her current #8-with-a-bullet "Forever” on Billboard's Dance/Club Chart... Read More →

Director, Film/TV – ole-MusicBox Andrew Robbins is the Director of Film/TV Music at MusicBox, a part of ole, with offices in Toronto, Nashville and W. Hollywood, CA. Andrew based in the W. Hollywood office is responsible for utilizing his relationships with producers, editors, and music supervisors to present MusicBox's extensive music and song catalogs which now boasts over 50,000 tracks across 28 catalogs, worth of one--stop, hassle-free... Read More →

Producer, Songwriter, Composer Joe Solo’s credits include songs for Fergie, Macy Gray, Atlantic, MTV, Epic, HBO, Paramount, NBC, Universal, Sony, Apple, Famous Music Publishing, CBS, Killer Tracks, Fox Sports Music, BMG and Hasbro Games. Solo is a seasoned Film/TV composer and songwriter. His songs have been heard on One Tree Hill, The OC, Major League Baseball, Dancing with the Stars and many others. Past speaking engagements include... Read More →