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Charles Fox Plans Benefit for LaGuardia Performing Arts High School
Renowned BMI composer Charles Fox is presenting “The Song of Our Lives,” featuring Fox, Alan Menken, Steve Tyrell and other prominent songwriters and composers, for the benefit of New York’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. With songs performed by the songwriters who wrote them, the concert is scheduled for December 8 at the Little…
From News, posted 11.20.09
Emerging Film Composers Benefit from BMI Scoring Program
“Composing for the Screen,” a film scoring mentorship program sponsored by BMI and directed by composer Rick Baitz, recently wrapped in New York. Nine emerging film composers participated in six high-level sessions where they explored a wide range of film sources: composing, recording, reviewing, and sharing work in a supportive environment. For their final project, each participant composed a cue to a well-known film, which was then…
From News, posted 11.19.09
Copyright Alliance Expo Spotlights Economic Impact
The Copyright Alliance hosted its third annual EXPOnential on November 17 on Capitol Hill, showcasing the new products and economic benefits of America’s copyright industries. This year’s event, “Live from Main Street: Copyright and the Local Economy,” provided a platform for artists, trade associations and companies to exhibit creative work and discuss the future of copyright and its impact on local economies. Attended by several prominent members of Congress, including House…
From News, posted 11.19.09
GreatWorshipSongs.com Contest Call for Entries
Great Worship Songs and the Gospel Music Association (GMA) are searching for the best original and relatively unknown worship songs in the country. The GreatWorshipSongs.com Contest is open to unpublished songwriters, who may submit up to two songs each for review. The competition calls for praise and worship songs in the same anthemic vein as "My Savior, My God” and “God of Wonders,” created for use in church services. The…
From News, posted 11.19.09
Have Band, Will Travel: On the Road, Jonas Sees In Color
In an era where those in search of new music can quench their insatiable appetites with a few clicks of a mouse, the online revolution has provided an engine to which thousands of bands have hitched their wagons. The ease of this route, however, has left many of the wheels on those wagons largely unweathered by the grooves of the road. This is not the case for the Greensboro, North…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.17.09
Morgan Page Has a Message: Believe
As 2009 lurches to a finish, Los Angeles producer, DJ and remixer Morgan Page have lots to crow about. His official debut album, Elevate, spawned the global club hit “The Longest Road,” the Deadmau5 remix of which garnered a Grammy nomination. In a heartening vote of confidence from fans, peers and fellow musicians, Page captured two International Dance Music Award nominations for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.17.09
5th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program Opens
The opening of the 5th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program has been announced by Ralph N. Jackson, President of the BMI Foundation, Inc., and Nora Guthrie, Executive Director of the Woody Guthrie Archives (WGA) and Foundation. Applications are invited from scholars who are pursuing research topics or themes related to Woody Guthrie that explore his creative work and contribution to American music and culture. The program will…
From News, posted 11.17.09
BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
The BMI Foundation, Inc. has announced the opening of the 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship, a competition for young songwriters and composers. Established by music publisher Ralph Peer II and funded by peermusic, a $5,000 scholarship will be awarded for the best song or instrumental composition in a Latin genre. According to Porfirio Piña, Director of the competition, the program is open to students…
From News, posted 11.16.09
Robert Cooper, Flying High
Robert Cooper knows a thing or two about taking music to higher elevations of success, but to say that he has been flying under the radar would be a bit of an understatement. Continental Airlines recently selected his song “Beautiful” for airplay on their “Hit Factory” onboard radio channel, landing him a first class seat among some of the most influential bands in contemporary popular music. The…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.14.09
Fist Pumps and Heart, Courtesy of Adelitas Way
Unlikely components coalescing to bring a band success is nothing new. But when it comes to Las Vegas-based quintet Adelitas Way, the improbability factor goes to 11: After seeing one of their earliest compositions, “Invincible,” selected as the theme song for villainous World Wrestling Entertainment tag team The Legacy, the group soon signed with Virgin Records, which released its self-titled debut in July. Oh, and then there’s…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.14.09
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