2013 ASCAP EXPO

Artist Manager, Director of Digital Marketing - Complete Control Management Toby Benson works at Complete Control Management where he is Director of Digital Marketing and Manager of Dada Life, Bingo Players and Tritonal.

Music Supervisor - Cutting Edge Group | Guild of Music Supervisors Since the late 80’s Cathi Black has been involved in various aspects of the music industry, gaining her initial experience while still based in her native Canada . It was there in Toronto where she got in concert promotion and merchandising with Brokum Entertainment and traveled with some incredible acts/concerts series’ such as Lollapalooza, NIN, Sisters of Mercy... Read More →

Music Booker - Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Jonathan Cohen is the music booker for NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Prior to that, he was a writer and editor for Billboard for nearly nine years. He is also the author of Pearl Jam 20, the 2011 companion book to Cameron Crowe's documentary of the same name.

Music Publishing Consultant | | Adam Epstein has been working in the music industry for 17 years. Working in many different aspects of the business, such as publishing, A&R, management and performing rights.  He's worked with some of the biggest writers and producers in the world including Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, David Foster, Tricky Stewart, etc. He was also very involved early on in the career of Grammy Award... Read More →

Director, Operations - Sencit Music | Guild of Music Supervisors Up until recently, Maura Griffin was a music supervisor at a trailer house,Toy Box, for 8 years. Now Maura works at a trailer music library called Sencit Music, where she is the Director of Operations. Maura is the head of the trailer committee for the Guild of Music Supervisors and is a freelance trailer music supervisor. She recently worked on the campaigns for Don Jon... Read More →

Songwriter, Producer – “Here We Go Again,” “I Promise You,” “Destructo Doll,” “Live Like There’s No Tomorrow” In 2004 Isaac packed up his truck, ended his nomadic lifestyle, and made the big move to Los Angeles. Previously a successful artist in the Boston area he decided to focus his attention on songwriting and production. He got his first big break by writing and co-producing... Read More →

Music Director - Aspect Ratio Over the past 14 years, Vanessa Jorge has been a music supervisor for both television and movie trailers. She started out her career at Entertainment Tonight, bringing in new music production companies and placing big commercial songs for shows, but later found her calling in film trailers. Since then, her career in movie trailers, video games, commercials and home video has blossomed with placements including... Read More →

Producer, Songwriter - "Disturbia," "Mr. Know It All," "If This Isn't Love," "Forever" Musical phenomenon Brian Kennedy developed an appreciation for piano music at an early age. With formal lessons at six years, he established the foundation for the composer he became at eight. Gifted with the ability to hear and memorize scales and melodies, he would take songs and make them his own. Kennedy has a worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music... Read More →

VP, Business Development - dms.FM (Downtown Music Services) / Downtown Music Publishing | | Josh runs the Downtown Music Publishing company, dms.FM, the focus of which is Film, TV and Ad placements of emerging and independent artists and catalogs.

Sr. Director, Creative - Primary Wave Music Publishing Tiffany Starr Kumar utilizes her unique background as a songwriter and manager to work alongside the creative Primary Wave roster. A graduate of New York University, Tiffany Starr got an early break by working as a songwriter with Diddy on MTV's Making The Band and soon after signing to Universal Music Publishing. As the Senior Director of Creative at Primary Wave Music Publishing, she... Read More →

GM/VP, Creative - Cornman Music Nate Lowery grew up in Florence, AL watching the songwriting business firsthand as his father, songwriter Donny Lowery, scored big with songs like “Old Flames” (Alabama) and “Why Does It Have To Be Wrong or Right” (Restless Heart). After moving to Nashville he began his career at Windswept Publishing, in the time honored tradition of working in the Tape Copy Room. From there he was hired by... Read More →

Founder – MCM Songs USA Sherry Orson began her career in the music industry with Virgin Music Publishing. From there she moved to Universal Music Group and gained extensive experience in the fields of music publishing and licensing. She most recently worked with Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen, The Sopranos) representing his rock and roll record label and publishing company. Sherry has licensed music in such top brands as KFC... Read More →

A&R - Complete Control Management | | Joseph Pepin of Complete Control Management functions as a core member of the managment team. In addition to his managment responsibilities, Joseph is also a manager of A&R for Complete Control Management.

Songwriter, Performer - "Almost Home," "In Real Life," “Brand New Day," "You Make Me Happy" Lindsey Ray’s passion for crafting and performing original music led her from the small coastal town of Belfast, Maine to Los Angeles, California in 2008. She has developed an eclectic repertoire that spans internationally, between diverse mediums, from EPs to commercials, film and television. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Lindsey began... Read More →

Director, Film & TV Music - Razor & Tie | | Angie Ruiz is Director of Film and TV Music at Razor & Tie. Previously, Ruiz was Creative Manager of Special Markets at Peermusic Film & TV Licensing.  She is responsible for placing songs by Razor & Tie artists and songwriters in TV/ film as well as movie trailers and video games. Ruiz is based in Los Angeles.

Attorney, Partner - Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP Brian Schall has been an entertainment industry lawyer for the past 18 years. During his time as an entertainment lawyer Mr. Schall has advised and guided the careers of various multi-platinum musicians, songwriters, DJs and record producers. Additionally, Mr. Schall's clients include major executives at both record and publishing companies as well as artist management... Read More →

SVP, Music Publishing - Razor & Tie Music Publishing Sharon Tapper started her career in 1989 at Sarm West Studios in London and was an Assistant Manager at Sarm West, a studio owned and operated by producer Trevor Horn. Frequent clients at the studio included Seal, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Kamen, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart. Upon relocating to the U.S. she worked at Left Bank Management in Los Angeles from 1993 to 1997 as an... Read More →

A&R - SONGS Music Publishing Katy Wolaver is currently working at SONGS Music Publishing as A&R and is working with writers, producers and artists on the roster, including Matt Thiessen, Brian lee, Dev, JT Harding, Rob Hawkins and Meghan Kabir. Katy previously held a dual role at Warner Bros Records as Director of A&R as well as Arthouse Entertainment Director of Creative under Kara DioGuardi. With experience in both the... Read More →