Important Information

The 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO ("ASCAP EXPO") will be giving attendees a unique opportunity to receive honest feedback and advice on their music with special song feedback panels ("Song Feedback Panels" ). In order to be considered, you may upload and submit up to three (3) songs on this site, by March 16, 2010. You must then complete a peer review ("Peer Review") of songs by March 25, 2010. Once Peer Review is complete, a panel of ASCAP staff and music industry professionals will review the highest rated songs. The screening panel will make the final selection of songs to be played and discussed at the ASCAP EXPO Song Feedback Panels. Please carefully read the below rules and terms of this process.

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Submissions Open: October 30, 2009
  • Peer Review Begins December 1, 2009
  • Song Submission Ends: March 17, 2010
  • Peer Review Ends: March 25, 2010

ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

  • You must be registered to attend the ASCAP EXPO in order to submit a song. You will be asked to enter your EXPO registration number from your confirmation email or letter.
  • Each song submitted (up to three (3)) must be an original work, either written or co-written by you.
  • Lyrics are required.
  • For each song you submit (up to three (3)), you will be required to complete Peer Review on three (3) songs. For example, if you submit 3 songs you will have to complete Peer Review for nine (9) songs. You may replace a submitted song at any time prior to the deadline. However, should you substitute a submitted song with another original song, you will be required to further review three (3) additional songs for each such substitute song submission. Thus, for example, if you submit three (3) songs then later replace all three (3) with other songs, you will have to complete a Peer Review for eighteen (18) songs. You may begin Peer Review on December 1, 2009.
  • You must agree to all Terms and Conditions (defined on the "Terms and Conditions" page, below).

How To Submit Your Songs

The first stage in the selection process will be online Song Submission and Peer Review, powered by Broadjam.com. Each ASCAP EXPO registrant, who chooses to do so, may submit for review up to three (3) original recordings of original musical compositions written or co-written by you. For each song you submit, you will be asked to randomly review and rate three (3) songs submitted by other ASCAP EXPO registrants in your genre areas. The rating scale will be "Good, Better and Best." Likewise, each of your songs will be reviewed and rated by other ASCAP EXPO registrants who have likewise submitted songs. All songs will be reviewed multiple times by multiple participants. The peer review process provides a wonderful opportunity for our registrants to get to know one another's music in advance. It also makes it possible for each registrant to submit up to three (3) songs instead of just one (1).

You may remove a song previously submitted and replace it with a new song (or new version of that song). If you do so, you will have to complete three (3) additional Peer Reviews for each substitute song. We have implemented this change so that registrants can have their most ideal songs put forward at the end of the submission process. The only songs that will be considered are the final songs (up to three (3)) that you submitted. There is no advantage to submitting your songs early in the process as all songs are reviewed randomly an equal number of times.

You must complete the peer review process in order for your songs to be considered for the Song Feedback Panels. Peer Review begins on December 1, 2009 and ends on March 25, 2010. At the end of the peer review process, those songs in each genre that received the highest peer ratings will be reviewed by a screening panel comprised of ASCAP executives and music industry professionals. The screening panel will make the final selection of songs to be played and discussed at the ASCAP EXPO Song Feedback Panels. The screening panel will select songs that in their sole judgment may provide the most instructive, informative and productive discussions at the ASCAP EXPO sessions.

If your song(s) is selected during the screening process, you will be notified in advance of the ASCAP EXPO. Notification will be made by email. Do NOT call the ASCAP office asking if your song(s) has been selected for use in the ASCAP EXPO Song Review.

This is not a contest or competition judging the "best" songs. The panel is merely choosing songs for open review and discussion during the ASCAP EXPO. You are expected to be in attendance to discuss your song, if selected, and therefore will not be able to attend a competing session on another topic. If you are not in attendance, your song may not be reviewed.