HIS AIM IS TRUE.Byline: - Fred Shuster The invitation read ``creative black tie'' but the dress code was so informal that rapper Nelly wasn't even wearing his customary Band-Aid. Tuesday's ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards ceremony, honoring Elvis Costello  The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms. and the performing rights Performing rights are the right to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two) when a business uses music in a public performance. organization's most-played songs of 2002, drew a crowd of record executives, entertainment lawyers, song publishers, ASCAP staffers and a smattering of familiar faces to the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Earlier, the amiable Costello and his fiancee, jazz singer Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer. Biography Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. She began learning the piano at the age of four. , stood near the poolside buffet chatting to all comers all who come, or offer, to take part in a matter, especially in a contest or controversy. - Bp. Stillingfleet. See also: Comer . Along with Costello, who sang ``Almost Blue,'' `Alison'' and a ballad from his forthcoming record, performers included Woodland Hills soul great Solomon Burke, delivering Costello's ``The Judgment,'' and Linda Perry, who penned Pink's ``Get the Party Started,'' singing alone at the piano. Costello, 48, was called to the podium to receive the ASCAP Founders Award by Burt Bacharach, with whom Costello once collaborated. The British singer and composer drew applause during comments that defended performers who spoke out during the war in Iraq. ``We all live in fairly dangerous times in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of expression,'' Costello said. ``A lot of the songwriters that I've admired and learned from are people who spoke in matters of conscience as well as matters of the heart. I think it's essential that we defend that right.'' At the 20th annual event, ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating ) named Puddle of Mudd's ``Blurry'' its song of the year. Nelly (``Hot in Herre'') and Seven (``Always on Time'') received plaques for songwriters of the year. Stevie Wonder and Rick James were also in the crowd. (1) KRALL, COSTELLO: Beyond belief. Mike Guastella/WireImage.com (2) NELLY: Awards in herre. (3) WONDER, SEVEN: Come ASCAP you are. Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com (4) BURKE: Song of Solomon Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, or Canticles, book of the Bible, 22d in the order of the Authorized Version. Although traditionally ascribed to King Solomon, many scholars date it as late as the 3d cent. B.C. . Lester Cohen/WireImage.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos |
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