Select BMI website version:

Desktop

Mobile

Not all content available in mobile version

About Broadcast Music, Inc.

BMI collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

Join BMI

Get paid when your music gets played.

Get a BMI License

Enter your business type below.

Examples: Bars & Restaurants, Local Government Entities (LGE), Fitness Clubs, Symphony Orchestra, TV, Radio

New Media

Examples: Website, Mobile

Close Broadcast Music, Inc., a global leader in rights management, collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers & music publishers.
 

Mac Davis appears in...

Mac Davis: Importance of BMI to career.

Captured at BMI Film TV Awards 2004

More Videos

Crested Butte Songwriters Festival Brings Hit-Makers Together to Beat Breast Cancer

Photo

The inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival will feature performances by a collection of the best performing songwriters in the world. Slated for January 13-14, 2012 at the elevation-hotel-and-spa Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, the festival will revolve around two nights of performances staged at local hot spots. Crowds will experience the faces, voices and stories behind hit songs during signature in-the-round acoustic performances and raucous, dance-inducing sets will dominate…


From News, posted 11.28.11

Songwriters Hall of Fame Gallery Opens in Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum

Photo

The New York City-based Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is taking its history to the West Coast. On Tuesday, October 19, the organization unveiled the new Songwriters Hall of Fame Gallery at L.A.’s Grammy Museum. An interactive exhibit that digs in to the SHOF’s extensive virtual home, the Gallery elevates and explores the men and women who composed the backbone of American music. Esteemed journeymen including SOHF members


From News, posted 10.27.10

Toby Keith Discusses ‘Beer for My Horses’ at BMI

Toby Keith satisfied inquiring minds with the details surrounding his second full-length motion picture Beer for My Horses during a press conference Thursday, June 19 at BMI's Music Row offices. As Keith fielded questions, journalists took advantage of the thematically inspired beverages: namely, beer. Beer for My Horses hits theaters August 8, while Show Dog Nashville will release the soundtrack stacked with tunes by Keith,


From News, posted 6.29.08

John Williams Saluted by BMI Board at 60th Annual NAB Dinner

The Board of Directors of Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI) saluted legendary BMI composer John Williams on April 15 at its 60th annual dinner honoring the Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Hosted by BMI Board Chairman Jack Sander and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, the dinner was held at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas during the NAB convention.


From News, posted 4.17.08

Another Successful CRS for the BMI History Books

Country Radio Seminar hit Nashville last week, Wednesday, Feb. 28 through Friday, March 2. Showdog Nashville's Rushlow Harris kicked off 2007's CRS with BMI Wednesday and Thursday. The duo helped man BMI's booth while they signed autographs and chatted with fans. Up-and-comer Jamie Lee Thurston stopped by the BMI booth as well to catch up with friends both new and old.


From News, posted 3.07.07

Song Hall Honors Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Kris Kristofferson

The 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony pulled out all the stops as SHOF Chairman/CEO Hal David and President Linda Moran helped honor BMI songwriting heavyweights Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Will Jennings, Sylvia Moy and Kris Kristofferson. The 37th annual induction ceremony, which also saluted songwriters Henry Cosby, John Mayer, Peter, Paul &…


From News, posted 6.19.06

BMI Writers Top List of Song Hall Honorees

BMI songwriters Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Will Jennings and Sylvia Moy have been tapped as inductees by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The 37th annual induction ceremony is set for June 15 in New York City.


From News, posted 4.09.06

Real-Life Storytelling Reaps Rewards for Richie McDonald

Photo

One of Richie McDonald’s most vivid childhood memories is watching the Mac Davis television specials. When they got to the segment where an audience member would throw out an idea and Davis would take it and make up a little ditty right on the spot, the little boy from Lubbock was enthralled. “I was so impressed with that,” says the multi-BMI Award winner,…


From MusicWorld, posted 12.15.04

Mac Davis and Allen Reynolds Enter NSF Hall of Fame

The Nashville Songwriters Foundation, in association with the Nashville Songwriters Association International, presented their annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies (10/1) at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza in Nashville, in the first awards ceremony of Country Music Week. The NSF Class of 2000 and friends: (l to r) BMI's Roger Sovine, NSAI President Mark Alan Springer, inductees Allen…


From News, posted 10.04.00

More news...

Recent Mac Davis events

Jan 15 2012Crested Butte Songwriters Festival
Jan 14 2012Crested Butte Songwriters Festival
Jan 13 2012Crested Butte Songwriters Festival
Mar 7 2010Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards: Austin
Mar 1 2007Country Radio Seminar: Nashville