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BMI @ SXSW: 25 Years and Counting

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In 1986, BMI found a kindred spirit in a baby music festival with big ideas. 25 years later, the SXSW Music and Media Conference sets the industry standard, and anchor sponsor BMI is still one of the festival’s most dedicated supporters. At its core, SXSW’s and BMI’s relationship is one of shared values. SXSW has long-since perfected the marriage of raw musical thrill and real-stakes business machine—the same balance of…


From News, posted 1.19.11

BMI’s New Holiday Standards Announce That Time of Year

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Holiday songs are no longer elevator music for the month of December—nor, as seems to increasingly be the case, for late October and November. The BMI repertoire is stacked with new classics that command attention, channeling lovesick blues, winking irreverence and funk-laced grooves into original odes to the season. In no particular order, here are 15 favorites from the BMI catalog: “Please Come Home for Christmas” Originally recorded by…


From News, posted 12.08.10

Martin Terefe, Making the Personal Professional

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Martin Terefe enjoys having a career that includes both writing songs and producing records, often for fellow songwriters. “Sometimes when you produce stuff you grow as a songwriter,” he observes. “And when you are writing songs, you get ideas about arranging stuff and putting things together where you get your message across. It’s definitely a beneficial combination of two things.” The Sweden native and current London resident…


From MusicWorld, posted 12.27.09

Bryan Ferry Receives Icon Honors at BMI London Awards

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BMI lauded U.K., Europe and Jamaica’s premier songwriters, composers and music publishers Oct. 7 at the 2008 BMI London Awards. The ceremony was hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, along with Executive Director, Writer/Publisher Relations Europe & Asia, Brandon Bakshi. Staged in the Grand Ballroom of London’s Dorchester Hotel, the event honored the past year’s most-played songs on U.S. radio and television, saluting numerous U.K.…


From News, posted 10.07.08

2008 BMI London Awards Winning Songs

The Robert S. Musel Award IRREPLACEABLE Amund Bjørklund (TONO) Espen Lind (TONO) Ne-Yo EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Stellar Songs Ltd. (PRS) Beyoncé College Song DASHBOARD Johnny Marr (PRS) Tom "King Sour" Peloso Joe Plummer Chrysalis Music Ltd. (PRS) Modest Mouse Dance Award BEAUTIFUL LIAR Ian Dench (PRS) Amanda Ghost (PRS) Bucks Music Group Ltd. (PRS) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS) Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS)…


From News, posted 10.07.08

Justin Nozuka Sets the Stage for Global Success

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In the year 2000, at the dawn of his adolescence, singer Justin Nozuka began trying his hand at songwriting. By his own admission, Nozuka’s earliest tunes were little more than naive rehashes of popular tracks he heard in his Toronto, Ontario hometown. “I used to write songs that mimicked other songs... ‘cause I was 12 years old,” the singer explained in a 2007 interview published by British…


From MusicWorld, posted 4.28.08

Leona Lewis, Mika Top Brit Award Nominations

BMI’s U.K. singer/songwriters accounted for a sizeable amount of the Brit Award nominations, announced January 14 at London’s legendary Roundhouse in Camden. Leona Lewis and Mika, with four nominations each, lead the way at The Brit Awards, the U.K.’s premier award show, which will be broadcast live on British network ITV1 on February 20 at Earl’s Court in London. Leona Lewis, 2006 X Factor winner, scored nods for British…


From News, posted 1.22.08

KT Tunstall Joins Million-Air Club

Singer/songwriter KT Tunstall was presented with two BMI Million-Air awards when her songs “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See” achieved a combined total of 1.2 million U.S. performances last year. The awards were presented before one of two sold out shows at The Roundhouse in London in support of her second album Drastic Fantastic. BMI’s Nick…


From News, posted 11.29.07

New Wave of U.K. Acts Storms the States

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Every few years, a U.K. wave crashes ashore in the U.S., accompanied by boatloads of hyperbolic press clips extolling the new big things. All too often, however, the acts ride out with the next low tide. This time, however, the artists are combining critical acclaim with commercial success. Snow Patrol KT Tunstall Corinne Bailey Rae When Amy Winehouse’s…


From MusicWorld, posted 7.02.07

‘Tuesday Night Music Club’ Welcomes Karima Francis

BMI, along with Gibson Guitars and Billboard magazine, co-sponsored the latest edition of the "Tuesday Night Music Club" showcase series at the Hard Rock Café in London. New BMI artist Karima Francis, one of the U.K.'s hottest unsigned female singer/songwriters, performed to a packed house of A&R executives.


From News, posted 11.12.06

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