Career-Building & Songwriter Support

BMI offers a nationwide series of industry showcases, seminars, professional workshops and podcasts to assist in professional development.

BMI offers an array of services and programs, including showcases, workshops and podcasts, to help members develop their skills and gain industry exposure. In addition, BMI offers broad-spectrum musical instrument, health and life insurance programs, along with discounts on professional tools, subscriptions, computer hardware & software, and more.

Showcases

Showcases include regularly scheduled BMI events along with special BMI showcases at major industry gatherings, which spotlight developing acts for invited audiences of record company executives, music publishers and artist managers. For a look at upcoming showcases and events, click here.

Workshops

BMI also sponsors a series of industry-leading professional workshops in a variety of genres, including:

• BMI Jazz Composers Workshop
• BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
• BMI Songwriters Workshop
• BMI Conductors Workshop
• Sundance Film Composers Workshop

…and many more

Podcasts

BMI’s See It Hear FirstTM podcast is a monthly radio-format show featuring hot new BMI songwriters. The podcast is sent directly to thousands of industry professionals and heard around the world by fans nearly 100 countries. All editions of the See It Hear First podcast series are available for downloading at bmi.com/podcast. They may also be downloaded on iTunes as part of Apple’s free podcast directory at bmi.com/itunes. The podcast has featured songwriter/artists in monthly shows ranging from pop and rock to country and Latin, with several of the featured artists having since been signed to major-label recording contracts. To listen to the latest podcast, click here.

Insurance

BMI offer’s the industry’s most respected—and affordable—insurance coverage for musical instruments and equipment from MusicPro, the industry’s acknowledged leader. MusicPro is able to offer economical rates thanks to the combined buying power of thousands of music industry professionals. MusicPro also offers health and life insurance

Discounts

The discounts area of bmi.com offers great deals on computer hardware and software, CD duplication, musical instrument insurance, magazine subscriptions, membership in professional organizations and much more. New discounts include Sonicbids, XM Satellite Radio, Berklee Music and Discrete Drums. Learn more

BMI’s Support for the Arts

BMI has a long tradition of honoring and supporting the creators of all genres of music, and those who bring that music to the public. Support for future generations of musical creators has been a special focus at BMI. Following is a partial list of organizations and activities that receive significant professional or financial support from BMI. Learn more

BMI represents more than 400,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 6.5 million works.

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