Rudy Perez Named Songwriter of the Year at 13th Annual El Premio ASCAP Celebration; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Declares Tuesday, April 5, 2005 in the City of New York as 'ASCAP Latin Music Awards Day'.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Sony/ATV Music Publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. and Universal Music Publishing Share Publisher of the Year Honors; Ruben Blades Receives the ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Founders Award E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]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 (ASCAP) celebrated its 13th annual El Premio ASCAP Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan on April 5, 2005. The star-studded gala, hosted by People Espanol's Joselly Castrodad and CBS-2 News/Anchor Correspondent Mario Bosquez, honored the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed songs in Latin Music in 2004. E[acute accent]Among the honorees, performers and notables attending the black tie celebration were Claudia Acuna, Obie Bermudez, Big Mato, Ruben Blades, Claudia Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. , El General, Sergio George Sergio George (born 1961) is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many of salsa music's most famous performers, although he has worked in other genre's as well. , GemStar, Monchy & Alexandra, Nina Sky, NORE, Eduardo Osorio, Jennifer Pena, Rudy Perez, Joan Sebastian, Marco Antonio Solis, Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Maestro Oscar Hernandez, and Alicia Villareal. E[acute accent]ASCAP received special recognition from Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, who declared Tuesday, April 5, 2005 in the City of New York as "ASCAP Latin Music Awards Day." In a proclamation presented to the Society, Mayor Bloomberg cited "The Latin Music Awards are an opportunity for the music community to honor past achievement and nurture unrealized potential. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , home to countless Latin music fans, thanks ASCAP for its continuing commitment to musical excellence, and congratulates Ruben Blades and the rest of tonight's winners on their great success." E[acute accent]Rudy Perez was presented with the Songwriter of the Year award for his ten award-winning songs. As a testament to his writing strength and endurance, Perez has won this honor three times before, including last year. Billboard chart-topping artist Jennifer Pena performed as part of ASCAP's special tribute to Perez. E[acute accent]ASCAP CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John LoFrumento and ASCAP Senior Vice President, Membership Group - Latin Alexandra Lioutikoff presented the Publisher of the Year award to Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing who shared the honors with a total of 30 winning songs each. E[acute accent]One of the many highlights of the evening was the special presentation of the ASCAP Founders Award to Ruben Blades by ASCAP CEO John LoFrumento with pop idol Obie Bermudez, who also performed a song dedicated to Ruben. Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Oscar Hernandez, closed the night with a special musical tribute honoring Blades. E[acute accent]The ASCAP Founders Award is given to songwriters who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators. Previous recipients who have received this honor include Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Elvis Costello, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Arturo Sandoval, Stephen Sondheim, James Taylor, Tom Waits, and Stevie Wonder, among others. E[acute accent]"Mas Que Tu Amigo," written and recorded by Marco Antonio Solis, and published by Crisma, Inc. was named the top Latin Song of the Year. Independent Group of the Year was awarded to Del Castillo. E[acute accent]ASCAP also presented awards in the following categories: Tropical, Regional Mexicana, Urbano, Rock, Pop/Balada and the newly created Television category honoring the Top Rated Theme for Soap Opera and Top Rated Theme for TV Variety Program. E[acute accent]"Amor Real" from Amor Real, written by Leonel Garcia and Nahuel Schjris (SGAE SGAE Sociedad General de Autores y Editores Española (Spanish General Association for Authors and Publishers) ) and published by Sony/TV Discos Music Publishing, was named the Top Rated Theme for Soap Opera. "Don Francisco Presenta," from Don Francisco Presenta, written by Gerardo Flores and published by Nuestro Music, was named the Top Rated Theme for TV Variety Program. E[acute accent]For the complete list of winners, go to http://www.ascap.com. E[acute accent]ASCAP is the dominant creative force in Latin music. Based on Billboard's 2004 year-end charts, ASCAP members secured 85% (9 of top 10) of the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay air·play n. The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television. airplay Noun the broadcast performances of a record on radio , 80% (8 of top 10) of the Hot Latin Tracks The Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart is the most important music chart for Spanish language singles in the American music market. It was established by the magazine in the 1970s, when music labels and Billboard Songwriters, 80% (9 of top 10) of the Latin Pop Airplay Titles, and 70% (10 of top 10) of the Hot Latin Tracks. E[acute accent]About ASCAP E[acute accent]Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading Performing Rights Organization in the U.S., representing the world's largest repertory which totals over 8 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 200,000 composer, lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist and music publisher members. Additionally, ASCAP represents the works in the repertories of 70 affiliated foreign performing rights organizations created by many thousand affiliated international members. ASCAP is committed to protecting the rights of its members by licensing and collecting royalties for the public performance of their copyrighted works, and then distributing these fees to the Society's members based on performances. Unlike the other American Performing Rights Organizations, ASCAP's Board of Directors is made up solely of writers and publishers, elected by the membership every two years. |
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