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NSAI Honors Swift, Keith, Fleming, Varble and More at Annual Awards

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BMI country chart-toppers received accolade after accolade during the 2009 NSAI Awards dinner, held Sunday, October 18 in Nashville. Record-breaker Taylor Swift was named Artist/Songwriter of the Year; beloved Music Row songwriter Wynn Varble earned the Songwriter of the Year crown, while “Waitin’ on a Woman,” which Varble co-wrote, was voted Song of the Year; and genre giant Toby Keith was…


From News, posted 10.21.09

Heidi Newfield Leads List of BMI ACM Award Nominees

The Academy of Country Music announced nominees for the organization’s 44th annual awards Wednesday, February 11 in Nashville, and BMI artists, songwriters, and producers decisively populate category after category.Heidi Newfield leads the pack of BMI nominees, underscoring the success of her solo debut with five nominations, including top female vocalist, and single and song of the year for “Johnny & June.” Jamey Johnson garnered…


From News, posted 2.11.09

Key West Songwriters Festival Slated for April 29 – May 3

The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival will invade the venues of its paradisiacal namesake April 29 through May 3, 2009, offering eclectic show lineups that introduce crowds to the faces, voices and stories behind the songs. The festival features more than 100 top songwriters and revolves around five days and nights of more than 20 free concerts, staged at an array of the island’s most popular drinking holes and…


From News, posted 2.05.09

Music Row Cheers ‘Waitin’ on a Woman’ and ‘I’m Still a Guy’

BMI welcomed members of Music Row’s community to the Musicians Hall of Fame Monday, October 20 for a two-pronged celebration of Brad Paisley’s latest Frank Rogers-produced chart-toppers: “I’m Still a Guy,” co-written by BMI songwriter Lee Thomas Miller, Kelley Lovelace, and Paisley and published by Didn’t Have to Be Music, EMI Music Publishing, Noah’s Little Boat Music and Sea Gayle Music and “Waitin’ on…


From News, posted 11.17.08

Clear Channel Jump-Starts the Holidays

BMI provided the entertainment for Clear Channel's annual broadcast accounting holiday party, held recently in San Antonio. BMI songwriters Brandon Kinney, who has an album coming out next year on Capitol, and Wynn Varble performed a very humorous set of hits and new music for an enthusiastic group of Clear Channel employees. …


From News, posted 11.20.06

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