| Pete Seeger |
One of the
legendary figures in American folk music |
|
Gene Pitney |
Recording
artist and songwriting legend with many top 10 hits including :
( "Only Love Can Break a Heart", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence"
, many more...) |
|
Rupert Holmes |
Hit
songwriter ("The Pina Colada Song" ) and Tony-Award winning
Broadway writer ( " The Mystery of Edwin Drood" ) |
|
George David Weiss |
Hit
songwriter for Elvis Presley & Louis Armstrong; Writer of "The Lion
Sleeps Tonight"; Past President of the Songwriters Guild of
America |
|
Julie Gold |
Grammy Award
winning writer of "From A Distance" |
|
Alex Forbes |
Co-writer of
national #2 hit, "Don't Rush Me " recorded by Taylor Dayne |
|
Sheila Davis |
Hit
songwriter ("Who Will Answer" ), teacher, author of "The Craft of
Lyric Writing." |
|
John Braheny |
Founder and
Director, L.A. Songwriters Showcase; Author "The Craft and Business
of Songwriting" |
| Herbert
Kretzmer |
Lyricist for
the hit Broadway show "Les Miserables" |
| Aaron
Copland |
Great
American Composer ("Rodeo") |
| Jimmy Webb |
A songwriting legend |
|
Bobby Weinstein |
Hit
songwriter (Goin Out of My Head ) and a Vice President of BMI |
|
Gary Burr |
Hit
songwriter for Juice Newton and Kenny Rogers, and named "Nashville
Songwriter of the Year". |
|
Paul Leka |
Producer of
Harry Chapin's "Cats In The Cradle ", and many other hits |
|
Bob Leone |
Director of
Special Projects, National Academy of Popular Music and Songwriters
Hall of Fame |
|
Jen Chapin |
Independent
artist, daughter of Harry Chapin, Chairperson WHY. |
|
Steve Chapin |
Grammy-winning arranger, composer, and member of Harry Chapin's
original band |
| Tom Chapin |
Grammy-Award
Winning songwriter and performer, member of the Chapin family |
| Jim Chapin |
The father
of modern jazz drumming technique |
|
Ann Ruckert |
Vice-President NARAS, producer of the Grammy Award show, and
Coordinator of Pitch-A-Pro Sessions |
|
Steve Katz |
Songwriter
and member of Blood Sweat and Tears, and The Blues Project |
|
Jack Hardy |
New York
City folk legend and mentor to such stars as Suzanne Vega, Svaughn
Colvin, and David Massengill |
|
Steve Seskin |
Hit
songwriter and Producer from L.A. |
|
Dar Williams |
One of
today's top contemporary Indie folk artists |
|
Steve Gillette |
Folk legend
and hit songwriter, and writer for many Disney characters |
|
Alan Roy Scott |
Top
Hollywood and Hit Songwriter, official TAXI Screener |
| Jeff Franzell |
Composer of
the music for Taylor Dayne's #2 hit, "Don't Rush Me " |
|
Fred Koller |
Hit
Songwriter (Going Gone ) and author of How to Pitch and Promote Your
Songs |
|
David Darling |
Noted
Cellist and member of Paul Winter Consort |
|
Stephen Citron |
Noted
Broadway writer, author and teacher |
|
Herb Gart |
Successful
producer and promoter who discovered Bill Cosby and Bette Midler |
|
A.J.Gundell |
4 time Emmy
Award winner for songs of TV shows like "The Guiding
Light" |
|
Alan Siegel |
NYC Music
Attorney and author of Breaking In To the Music Business". |
|
Marci Geller |
Indie Artist
with many TV song placements, and successful dance artist
|
|
Scott Zito |
Hit writer
for Grace Slick of Jefferson Starship |
|
Al Anderson |
Writer and
performer with NRBQ |
|
Buddy Cage |
Steel
guitarist for New Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Mike Laskow |
Head of TAXI |
| David Roth |
Nationally
known indie singer-songwriter |
| Pat Pattison |
Noted
Author, and Professor of Songwriting at Boston's Berklee School of
Music |
| Richard
Dieguez |
New York
based music attorney and originator of "The Circle" pro sessions |
| Michael
Hopkins |
Grammy-Award
Winning engineer from Nashville who worked with Sheryl Crow |
| Bill Harley |
Reknown
songwriter, storyteller and commentator for National Public Radio |
| Bill Staines |
A folk
legend, writer of "All God's Critters", and player of upsidedown-backward
guitar |
| Bill Lauf |
Originator
of "Follow the Fire", and virtuoso on the 4-string tenor guitar |
| Janet
Marlowe |
10-string
guitar virtuoso |
| Dick Gabriel |
Member of
"Gary Puckett and the Union Gap", and national AFM Representative |
|
Representatives from ASCAP, BMI SESAC |
The major
Performing Rights Organizations |
