Hillary Scott and Rico Love with their awards
Encore Status Entertainment got a chance to cover the 2011 Sesac awards. Like BMI and ASCAP, SESAC is a service organization created to assist both the creators of music and music users through timely, efficient royalty collection and music licensing. There were over 400 songwriters, publishers and industry professionals there. We had the honor of quickly chatting with Rico Love, who was awarded Songwriter of the Year. He’s written a slew of songs, including:
-”There Goes My Baby” – sung by Usher
-”Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” – sung by Usher featuring Plies
-”Sweet Dreams” – sung by Beyonce
-”Just A Dream”- sung by Nelly
We also spoke briefly with the great Bryan-Michael Cox, Chrisette Michele (Ashton Martin Music), and Traci Hale (Rihanna “Whats My Name”). Hillary Scott of the group Lady Antebellum made her presence felt during the star studded event as well. She was awarded with Song of the Year, “Need You Now.” The song went triple platinum and was at the top of the Billboard charts for 5 consecutive weeks.
Chrisette Michele and few of these top level songwriters gave Encore Status some advice to pass on to up and coming artists. Those videos will come soon. For now, check out some pics of the event.
Bryan-Michael Cox, Hillary Scott, Rico Love, Swizz Beats
Popularity: 1% [?]
Add A Comment