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BMI @ SXSW: 9 Questions with THE KINGSTON SPRINGS
The Kingston Springs will play BMI’s SXSW St. Patrick’s Day showcase on Thursday, March 17 at 10:30 p.m. at The Ghost Room. The band answered BMI’s rapid-fire round of questions about songwriting, heroes, and SXSW anticipation. What’s the name of the first song you ever wrote? “On the Otherside” If you could only name one favorite songwriter, who would that be? A Young Dylan…
From News, posted 3.15.11
Jumbo Loves to Play
References to the Northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey as “the Seattle of Mexico” have been around as long as the term “grunge.” It’s hard to talk about the Mexican rock scene or Latin alternative music without mentioning many of the American and British bands like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails or The Flaming Lips that have influenced them. Monterrey’s close proximity to the U.S. –only…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.09.11
Patrick Williams, Back with a Big Band
As a boy growing up in the early 1940s, Patrick Williams would drift to sleep listening to lullabies of a bolder sort: the high-kicking jazz orchestra recordings of bandleaders like Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Jimmie Lunceford. “My parents would leave me in the crib with these big band records playing,” Williams says. “My mother will tell anybody who’s within earshot, ‘We never had to get a…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.24.10
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Topping Themselves
24 singers and a host of musicians dazzlingly complemented by live pyrotechnics is an event. Releasing just one concept album and watching it effortlessly go multi-platinum is serendipitous. But for one group, these benchmarks are far from frozen moments in time: they’re the everyday. For Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the exceptional is the expected, and topping their most recent feat is actually the group’s career-defining M.O. “We started out…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.09.10
Pepe Aguilar Rediscovers His Voice
In the tradition of ranchera music, singers don't usually write their own songs – legendary names like Javier Solis, Jorge Negrete and Lola Beltrán have always relied on songwriters to provide them with material, and early in his career in that genre, Texas-born (but Mexican-raised) Pepe Aguilar wasn't different, even though he had been composing his own tunes since he started out in a rock band during…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.14.09
Corey Feldman
Yes, that Corey Feldman. Unbeknownst to many, the former child/teen actor — who starred in such ’80s classics as The Lost Boys, Gremlins and Stand By Me — is also a singer/songwriter. He and his band Truth Movement are set to release their sophomore effort, Technology Analogy, on Feldman’s own newly launched label, Cifi Records. The 13-track smorgasbord of rock, house and techno is actually Feldman’s…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.13.08
Kinks Frontman Ray Davies Takes Top Honor at BMI London Awards
BMI saluted the top European songwriters, composers and publishers at its 2006 London Awards, staged Oct. 3 in the Ballroom of London's Dorchester Hotel. In addition to honoring the past year's most-played songs on U.S. radio and television, the gala dinner and awards ceremony also recognized Kinks frontman and legendary songwriter Ray Davies (PRS) as a BMI Icon for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers."…
From News, posted 10.03.06
Pete Francis
Pete Francis, an experienced musician, honed his skills and technique as a key member (vocals, guitar, bass) of the band Dispatch, which in the 1990s grew from northeast college phenomenon to national grassroots attraction, touring widely and selling out shows from New York City’s Roseland Ballroom to San Francisco’s Filmore West. In June of 2004, Pete Francis and his fellow members of Dispatch got together at…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.07.06
Charity Event Honors the Eagles
Legendary rock band the Eagles were among the award recipients at the recent Silver Clef Awards, held June 16 at London's Park Lane Hilton Hotel. This prestigious event, which handed out seven honorary music awards, is held annually to raise funds for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, a charity organization that provides music therapy for children and adults throughout the U.K.
From News, posted 6.20.06
BMI Mourns Loss of Composer Michael Kamen
World-renowned BMI composer Michael Kamen died yesterday (11/18) of an apparent heart attack at his home in London. He was 55. Kamen, who was considered a visionary for skillfully fusing classical music with rock and roll, did orchestrations for a wide range of artists including Aerosmith, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, George…
From News, posted 11.18.03
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