Writers Spotlight: ASCAP at Sundance, Writer’s Den Music Group

ASCAP has announced its event lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 18th annual Sundance ASCAP Music Café will feature Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, Lissie, R. City, Tift Merritt, Veruca Salt and an acoustic set from Yoshiki and Toshi of X Japan (of the film We Are X). A special “Bluebird Café Series” lineup on Jan. 27 and 28 will include award-winning songwriters Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley and Josh Osborne. Also on the schedule are Air Traffic Controller, Green River Ordinance, Other Lives, Billy Raffoul, Motopony, Byron Nicholai (of the film I Am Yup’ik), Walter Schreifels (of Quicksand and Rival Schools), Sibling, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear and Alicia Witt.

The Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe will run during the daytime at Rich Haines Gallery (751 Main Street in Park City, Utah) from Jan. 22 – 29, and is open to all Festival credential holders (21 and older). Performances will begin each day at 2 p.m.

In addition, an invitation-only ASCAP Composer-Filmmaker Cocktail Party takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 26, where filmmakers and music creators will connect in a warm, fun and intimate setting.

ASCAP Assistant Vice President and Sundance ASCAP Music Café producer Loretta Muñoz commented: “Our longtime partnership with Sundance Film Festival continues to thrive because music will always be essential to a great film. We love seeing our filmmaker friends, discovering new ones, and introducing them to our incredibly talented ASCAP members every year in Park City. Both ASCAP and Sundance Institute are dedicated to developing and supporting great art and the people that create it. The Music Café is always a highlight of our year.”

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Pictured (Top row, L-R): Simon Gugala, Jacob Luttrell. Pictured (Bottom row, L-R): Davis Naish, Melissa Fuller, Lizzy McAvoy, Parker Welling, Adam James

Writer’s Den Music Group recently hosted a writer’s retreat at Bell Bottom Farm in Adams, Tennessee. Writers in attendance included Melissa Fuller (Writer’s Den), Davis Naish, Adam James, Parker Welling (3 Ring Circus), Simon Gugala (Secret Road), Lizzy McAvoy (Universal Music Publishing Group) and Jacob Luttrell (LSLX Music). 

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