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Sundance 2011 Diary: Tamara Conniff
Exclusive Blog: Seven Days in Music: Sundance Edition Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending Jan 28 it was all about Sundance, composers, new artist Allen Stone, and indie band Holy Water Buffalo. This week was all about Sundance for me. I turned a blind eye to the continued lay-offs in recorded music,…
From Blog, posted 1.28.11
Tracie Verlinde Promoted to BMI Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations
BMI has promoted Tracie Verlinde to Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles. The announcement was made by Barbara Cane, Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles. Verlinde will continue to report to Cane, and will share oversight of the Los Angeles Writer/Publishers Relations department with her. She was previously Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations in Los Angeles. Verlinde’s expanded responsibilities will include leading outreach to BMI affiliates in regional…
From News, posted 1.19.11
Indie Spotlight: The New Limb
The New Limb experienced a roller coaster of good buzz. They were named Best Live Band of 2009 by OC Weekly and were awarded the title of Best Indie Band at the 2010 OC Music Awards. Pulling influences from a century's worth of songwriters, the band has earned comparisons spanning from Arcade Fire to the Zombies to Stars to the Shins. The New Limb…
From News, posted 1.14.11
Broken Bells Ring True
Six years ago, James Mercer and Brian Burton (now equal parts of Broken Bells) met on the ancient island Zealand, where they were both booked to play the Roskilde Festival —Mercer as frontman for indie rock band The Shins and Burton as fearless DJ/producer Danger Mouse. The two Americans — perfect strangers in a land of blighted Viking ships and throbbing nightclubs — got acquainted backstage, caught…
From MusicWorld, posted 8.30.10
‘Levi’s Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings’ features BMI Trendsetters
The Levi’s brand is a cultural bridge, connecting chic urbanites with working cowboys, and 19th-century pragmatism with vintage cool and contemporary edge. Subsequently, Levi’s inaugural “Levi’s® Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings” carries the penchant for connection into music. For the series, a selection of today’s trendsetters in pop, rock, soul and folk have rerecorded classics, subscribing to the mantra that in the face of evolving trends, “the song is everything.”…
From News, posted 5.27.10
‘Causes 2’ Draws Eyes and Funds to Darfur
On May 5, Waxploitation Artists will release Causes 2, the second album in the label's acclaimed series created to bring more awareness and financial capital to organizations diligently working to establish a peaceful Darfur. Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America will receive 100% of the profits generated by the release. A who's-who of BMI artists and songwriters have contributed exclusive and previously hard-to-obtain songs…
From News, posted 4.03.09
The Shins
In early 2007, the acclaimed indie-rock ensemble The Shins released their anxiously anticipated third album, Wincing the Night Away, touching off a veritable barrage of flattering reviews. Blender magazine called the album “catchy, literary, lushly produced,” while the indie-rock arbiters at Pitchfork Media branded the disc “a lovely and well-executed album.” Apparently, fans couldn’t have agreed more. Debuting at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart…
From MusicWorld, posted 7.19.07
Sub Pop Records
BMI sponsored the sold-out Sub Pop Records show with Rosie Thomas, Sam Beam of Iron and Wine and James Mercer of the Shins at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. Shown at the February 7 show are (front row) James Mercer, BMI's Barbara Cane, Rosie Thomas, BMI's Tracie Verlinde…
From News, posted 2.26.03
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