
Crowd Surf Promotes Two

Cassie Petrey and Jade Driver, owners of Crowd Surf, have announced the promotions of Teddy Cheek to General Manager and Elise Stawarz to Marketing Director.
Cheek may be reached at teddy@crowdsurf.net and Stawarz may be reached at elise@crowdsurf.net.
ASCAP, CMA Present Songwriters Round at Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Country Music Association (CMA) presented two songwriter rounds on Wednesday, Jan. 28 and Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe in Park City, Utah. The songwriters round featured Jessi Alexander, Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher, and Warner/Chappell songwriter-artist Brandon Lay.

Pictured (L-R): Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher, Jessi Alexander, Brandon Lay, ASCAP’s Robert Filhart and the Country Music Association’s Vilma Salinas. All photos by ASCAP’s Erik Philbrook.
YEP Nashville, BMI Hold Quarterly Showcase Series
YEP Nashville and BMI continued their YEP/BMI quarterly showcase series last night with a capacity crowd at Exit/In. The featured acts on the rise included new duo The Lookout, Ryan Beaver and Drew Baldridge. YEP’s next event in conjunction with the Song Suffragettes will be held Monday, February 9th at The Listening Room from 6:30-8:30pm.

Pictured (L-R): YEP’s Marc Rucker, BMI’s Perry Howard, The Lookout’s Tyler Filmore & John Gurney, Drew Baldridge, Ryan Beaver, YEP’s Andrew Cohen and BMI’s Brooke Ivey

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