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Jeffrey Steele: On writing a lot and how he knows he has a good song
Captured at BMI Country Awards 2004
Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson, and More Honored at 2009 BMI Country Awards

The 57th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s top hit-makers tonight in Nashville. In addition to toasting the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed country songs from the BMI repertoire, the ceremony honored Kris Kristofferson as a BMI Icon; named Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” Song of the Year, Bobby Pinson Songwriter of the Year, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Publisher of…
No Rainy Day Blues for BMI Stage at ACL 2009

BMI continued its long-running support of the Austin City Limits Music Festival during the music extravaganza’s 2009 run, October 2-4 in Austin’s Zilker Park. In the midst of a mild Friday, rainy Saturday and subsequently muddy Sunday, BMI stage performers Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Jesse Wood, Jypsi, Jonell Mosser, nelo,
Jeffrey Steele’s Songwriting Boot Camp Searches for 12 New Writers

Two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffrey Steele will stage his 4th Annual Songwriting Boot Camp at BMI’s Music Row offices September 10-13. 3 Ring Circus Music is currently searching for 12 up-and-comers who will be selected to attend the three-day, two-night career-building experience, spearheaded by Steele, who remains one of contemporary music’s most consistent hit makers. Throughout the weekend, attendees will participate in co-writing sessions in…
BMI Sets Stage for ACL Music Festival 2009

The sounds scheduled to pour off of BMI’s shady stage at the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival slated for October 2-4 in Austin, Texas, promise grade-A sonic gumbo. Mirroring the acclaimed diversity of the festival itself, BMI has stacked a stage with rock-n-roll, soulsters, neo-folkies, and musical melting pots who adroitly glean from it all, from the prowling soul-pop of Matt Morris and the contemplative folk-pop of Sarah Siskind,…
2008 Golden Globe Nominees Include Slew of BMI Composers
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Thursday, December 11, and BMI composers number prominently among the prestigious nominees. In the Best Original Score field, multiple BMI Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat garnered a nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Versatile Indian composer A.R. Rahman was also tapped in the prestigious Best Original Score category for…
Atlantis Music Conference Hosts BMI Producer/Songwriter Panel
BMI helped kick-off the 2008 Atlantis Music Conference and Festival by presenting a Producer/Songwriter panel Thursday, September 18 at Atlanta's Center Stage in Midtown. Moderated by BMI's Catherine Brewton, the discussion thrived on the insight of a diverse cross-section of elite producers, managers and songwriters including Jeffrey Steele (Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Montgomery/Gentry), Cri$tyle (Mariah Carey, Brandy,
Heidi Newfield

Heidi Newfield may have recently launched a solo career after a decade fronting the trio Trick Pony, but that doesn’t mean she’s lost her taste for songwriting collaborations. “I love co-writing,” she declares. “I love the idea of sitting in a room and brainstorming, throwing ideas out: ‘Okay, I’ve got this and this and this, and what are you in the mood for today?…
Blake Shelton

When the girl he liked passed him over for another guy, 16-year-old Blake Shelton did something he’d never done before: He set his heartbreak to music. “I grabbed my guitar and wrote a song called ‘That Girl Made a Fool Out of Me’,” he recalls with a chuckle. “Even then I was thinking, ‘God, this song sucks.’ Still, I couldn’t believe that I had actually written a…
BMI Presents Producer/Songwriter Panel During 2008 Atlantis Music Conference in Atlanta
Discussion Slated for September 18 in Midtown BMI will take part in the 2008 Atlantis Music Conference and Festival by presenting a Producer/Songwriter panel Thursday, September 18 at Atlanta’s Center Stage in Midtown (1374 West Peachtree St) from 4 until 5:30 p.m. A diverse cross-section of the elite producers, managers and songwriters who happen to share a passion for working with up-and-comers will…
Steele and Moreno Rock Out

The Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association's annual conference in Dallas featured blistering performances by BMI songwriters Jeffrey Steele and Alissa Moreno. In addition to being co-writers of Rascal Flatts' latest single "Every Day," Steele was named BMI Country Songwriter of the Year in 2003 and 2007, and Moreno is a Triple A artist whose music has appeared on a number of cable and television…
