2012 ASCAP EXPO

 World-renowned musician Don Felder was one of the five members and former lead guitarist of rock group the Eagles for 27 years. Credited with adding a rock and roll edge to their country sound, he co-wrote their biggest hit, the multi-Grammy award-winning song, \'Hotel California.” With 14 Grammy nominations and four wins, his signature guitar work has become legendary on songs like \'Hotel California,\' \'Life In The Fast Lane,\' \'One Of These Nights,\' and \'New Kid In Town...
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 Charlotte Caffey is a well-known songwriter and musician who started her career in her native Los Angeles in the 1970\'s. She became obsessed with rock music at a very young age, listening to L.A. radio in the Southern California sun. As a teen, she was fortunate enough to see The Beatles as well as Led Zepplin in concert. These two profound experiences sparked an obsession to be in a band and perform on stage. By the summer of 1971, she joined her first band and never looked back...
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 Kathy Valentine has had a lifelong love affair with music, gravitating to it while attending “a hippie commune school” in Austin and listening to AM pop radio–the Beatles, Stones, Motown and girl groups–with a Texas twang. Kathy started a few high school bands, almost went on the road with the British female headbangers Girlschool, and played in Austin’s first punk band, The Violators, before moving to Los Angeles at 18 to form The Textones. Two years later in...
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 While in design college in the mid 1970′s, Jane Wiedlin stumbled upon the burgeoning LA punk rock scene and was inspired to form The Go-Go’s. The band quickly became local favorites, and were signed by the indie label IRS Records. With many of their songs written or co-written by Jane (including the classic “Our Lips Are Sealed”), The Go-Go’s went on to enormous success, selling out Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and appearing twice on the...
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 David Paich (born June 25, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a songwriter, performer, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late Oakland born jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich. With Toto, Paich has released 17 albums and sold over 30 million records. A prolific writer of chart-breakers, Paich wrote or co-wrote hits such as \'Hold the Line,\' \'Georgy Porgy,\' \'Rosanna,\' \'Got To Be...
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 Allen Shamblin was born in Tennessee and grew up in Huffman, Texas, about 30 miles outside of Houston. In August of 1987, Allen moved to Nashville, with 14 completed songs.  His vivid detail and honest, earthy lyrics quickly caught the ear of the Nashville music establishment.  In 1989, it was Randy Travis’ #1 version of “He Walked on Water,” which brought Allen to the forefront of the songwriting community seemingly overnight. This began a string of award...
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