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BMI Brings Panel on ‘Music for Change’ to 2010 Woodstock Film Festival
BMI will present “Music for Change,” a panel showcasing both prominent and emerging musicians and filmmakers who use music as a tool for social change, during the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York. Slated for October 2 at 4 p.m. in Utopia Studios, the conversation will be moderated by Doreen Ringer Ross, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations. Director Kenneth Bowser, composers Miriam Cutler and Sussan Deyhim, producer Summer…
From News, posted 9.14.10
BMI Greats Dominate American Songwriter Top 50 List, Icon Merle Haggard Featured
Nashville music writer and singer/songwriter Peter Cooper recently compiled “50 Country Songs Every Songwriter Should Know,” and the majority of ranking honky-tonk prototypes are BMI classics. Featured in the current issue of American Songwriter, the list kicks off with “Lost Highway,” penned by BMI songwriter Leon Payne and inimitably recorded by BMI legend Hank Williams. In fact, eight out of the top ten genre-shapers are BMI standards:…
From News, posted 6.09.10
Miranda Lambert’s Revolution
"I have no idea what makes a song a hit single,” says Miranda Lambert. “There’s no rulebook for that. I just cut songs I love, and then hope that radio will play them.” Rulebook or not, Lambert has struck a deep chord with fans and critics alike. Each of her first two major-label albums — 2005’s Kerosene and 2007’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend –— placed high on a slew…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.27.09
BMI Stage Performers Announced for 2009 Lollapalooza
BMI boasts a line-up of eclectic, must-see, hear-it-first performers on its 2009 Lollapalooza stage. Running August 7-9 at Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field in Chicago, IL, BMI’s stage will kick off performances at 11:15 a.m. each day, setting the pace at the mammoth music festival. Presenting acts from stateside and abroad, the stage will showcase myriad bluegrass, rock, electro-pop, and singer/songwriter acts. Performers on the BMI Lollapalooza stage range from storytelling…
From News, posted 7.17.09
Todd Snider Delivers ‘The Excitement Plan’
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is the consummate outsider, a rough cut auteur who, over the course of eleven albums, has distinguished himself as one of American music's most offbeat, arresting voices. Blunt, bluesy and languid, Snider's nakedly personal observations mix sardonic ironies with wistful self-analysis but never sacrifice a consistently high level of sheer entertainment. Part outlaw troubadour, part malcontent vagabond, Snider offers songs that cover a surprisingly…
From MusicWorld, posted 7.16.09
Iconic Musician, Producer Barry Beckett Dies
Legendary pianist, producer, and songwriter Barry Beckett died Wednesday, June 10, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He was 66. An architect of the profoundly influential Muscle Shoals sound crafted in Fame studios, Beckett first made his mark in Alabama. His unmistakable keys-playing can be heard on classics including James and Bobby Purify’s “I’m Your Puppet,” Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman,”…
From News, posted 6.12.09
Holly Gleason Celebrates Chart-Topping ‘Better as a Memory’
BMI hosted an assembly of Music Row’s elite Monday, November 24 for a celebration of one already esteemed writer’s triumphant transformation into song writer. Holly Gleason co-penned Kenny Chesney’s no. 1 hit “Better as a Memory” under the pseudonym Lady Goodman, prompting industry-wide speculation as to the true identity of the composer. Co-written by Travis Hill under his alias, Scooter Carusoe, and produced by Buddy Cannon, the…
From News, posted 12.10.08
BMI Bluegrass Beaucoup: IBMA Announces Nominees for 2008 Awards
The International Bluegrass Music Association recently revealed the nominees for the 2008 IBMA Awards, and BMI artists, songwriters and musicians dominate the elite list. New duo Dailey & Vincent underscored the strength of their phenomenal breakout year with the most nods, while mainstays including Blue Highway and Dan Tyminski reaped the benefits of artistic chances and innovation. Awards will be presented during the organization’s…
From News, posted 8.21.08
John Hiatt to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from AMA
BMI singer/songwriter John Hiatt will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association at the organization's annual award ceremony September 18 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. As a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting honoree, Hiatt joins an elite list that includes Willie Nelson, Rodney Crowell, Cowboy Jack Clement, Guy Clark, John Prine and
From News, posted 4.28.08
BMI To Host Music Panel at Woodstock Film Fest
BMI will be hosting a "Music for Film" panel Saturday, October 13, 4:00 p.m. at Utopia Studios in the Bearsville Theater Complex in Woodstock, NY. Moderated by BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross, panelists include John Sebastian, David Torn, William Ross, Brett Morgan, and Bill Plympton. The panel is one of many events surrounding the annual Woodstock Film Festival, held in the Catskills in upstate New York, which will present a full…
From News, posted 10.05.07
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