2012 ASCAP EXPO

 Mr. Anokute was still a teenager in 2001 when he began his career in music with an internship in the A&R Administration Department at Def Jam Recordings. Soon he was managing songwriter Alisha ‘Mjestie’ Brooks, where he brokered a co-publishing deal for her with Grammy Award winning producer Vada Nobles.  Their first writing collaboration resulted in “Pon de Replay,” the debut worldwide smash hit by Rihanna. The song’s success in 2005 led Mr...
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 A UK native, Maria Egan has had a versatile 17 year career in music primarily in management and A&R. Currently Vice President of A&R at Columbia, where she signed the award winning Avett Brothers, performed A&R duties for Brandi Carlile\'s acclaimed album The Story and on the pop side is also responsible for the development and A&R of the hit shows and multi-million selling soundtracks for Big Time Rush and Victorious within the Sony/Nickelodeon partnership.  Maria...
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 Highlights of Jimmy Harry’s career include co-producing and co-writing the title track from Pink’s 2008 platinum Funhouse (LaFace), and co-producing the album’s gold single “Sober” (which was in the Top 10 in ten countries). He wrote “Touch Of My Hand” from Britney Spears’ double platinum album In The Zone (Jive), and the hit song “Low,” featured on Kelly Clarkson’s double platinum debut album, Thankful (RCA). Recently...
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 Peter Lloyd has been working in music publishing for 14 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.