ASCAP Experience Adds Timbaland as Keynote Speaker - June 21st, Los Angeles

ASCAP Experience, ASCAP’s signature event created to inspire, educate and connect aspiring songwriters and composers everywhere, has added multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning super-producer and artist Timbaland as a keynote speaker. Set for June 21st as a reimagined one-day live event in Los Angeles, Timbaland joins Experience 2023's already-stacked lineup of hitmakers scheduled for sessions ranging from "Social Listening: Building a Music Career in the Social Media Age" to "Get Heard," a live feedback event where early-career songwriters can have their songs evaluated by the established pros.

More info on the Timbaland session, "King Stays King: Keynote Interview with Timbaland," is below. Registration for the 2023 ASCAP Experience, set for the Avalon in Hollywood, is open now for ASCAP members at www.ascapexperience.com. Unaffiliated songwriters and composers who would like to attend should first join ASCAP at www.ascap.com/join (eligible songwriters can join ASCAP for free).

King Stays King: Keynote Interview with Timbaland @ ASCAP Experience 2023 (6/21/21, LA)

You can divide the history of R&B, hip-hop and pop production into two eras: pre-Timbaland and post-Timbaland. This sonic scientist has been expanding our minds for over 25 years with his futuristic beats and unerring ear for a hook. In the late ‘90s, Timbaland’s collaborations with Ginuwine, Aaliyah and Missy Elliott changed the sound of radio, building unearthly grooves out of strange sounds that propelled these incredible talents into superstardom. He charted new sonic territory in the 2000s with Justin Timberlake (“SexyBack”), OneRepublic (“Apologize”), Nelly Furtado (“Promiscuous”) and Madonna (“4 Minutes”), amassing a bulletproof canon of massive hits. In the years since, Timbaland has left his stamp on film/TV scoring, production music, book publishing and beyond. More recently, Timbaland united the world during the pandemic with VERZUZ, which brought us epic battles between many of music’s greatest names. And he’s paying it forward with his new platform BeatClub, an all-in-one solution for music creators. Don’t miss this in-depth conversation with one of the most innovative musical minds of our era. You’ll hear about the sounds that inspired Timbaland on his way to the top, and what inspires him to stay ahead of the curve today.