Steve Leslie

BMI Welcomes Up-and-Comer Britt Lane

2006-10-18T05:00:00-05:00

New Modern Recordings' artist Britt Lane makes a most welcome addition to the BMI family. Lane couples her ethereal vocals with a determination to create music that offers listeners a break from contemporary music's typical fare. "It will always be about the music for me," muses Britt. "This is just the most incredible music I've ever heard-and I want people to hear it."

Songwriter Britt Lane (seated) signs on the dotted line, while New Modern Recordings' Greg Leslie, BMI's Jody Williams and New Modern Recordings' Steve Leslie look on. Photo by E. Dawson

BMI Nashville in NYC

2003-09-10T02:00:00-05:00

Rand Bishop- Rand Bishop is a Grammy Nominated, Canadian BMI award-winning songwriter with over 180 cuts to his credit. Notable artists who have recorded Rand's songs include Tim McGraw, Lorrie Morgan, Doug Stone, Beach Boys, Heart, Cheap Trick, Indigo Girls, Richie Havens, Peter Noone, The Searchers, The Outlaws, Vanilla Fudge among others. Rand’s song, “My List”, recorded by Toby Keith, spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard country singles chart in the spring of 2002

Patrick Davis- With the release of "Chances Are," Davis, now in his early twenties, will be embarking on a national tour to promote the release. The album showcases Davis' talent as a songwriter and performer, highlighting his own brand of Alt.Country Rock-n-Roll that blends The Sounds of early rock-n-roll & old-country. Among those taking notice of his musical development is Hootie and the Blowfish's guitarist, Mark Bryan, who produced Davis' full-length debut, as well as "The Demo," which Davis self-released in January of 2002

Steve Leslie - Cuts by Mark Chesnutt, Neal Mccoy, Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Darryl Worley. Has current D. Worley single, Tennessee River Run

Billy Sideman- Cuts for: Vicki Sue Robinson, Evelyn "Champagne" King and Irene Cara. Toured extensively as guitarist for Motown songwriting legends Ashford and Simpson. Signed with Sony-Tree Music publishing Nashville in 1999 Currently signed to Calin America Music Publishing

Lou Josie

2002-10-21T18:00:00-05:00

BMI's Mark Mason and Lou Josie

During his performance at BMI Nashville's September Acoustic Roundup, longtime BMI affiliate Lou Josie was surprised with a three million performance certificate for "Midnight Confessions," a classic most memorably recorded by the Grass Roots. Along with a letter of congratulations from BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, Lou's wife, Nancy, found the song's original copyright registration to be included in the framed Million-Air keepsake.

A member of the Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee, Josie has posted hits with "We Can Make Music" by Tommy Roe, "Hey Harmonica Man" by Stevie Wonder, and the BMI R&B Award-winning "Soul Finger" by the Bar-Kays, as well as with his own recordings of "Vacation's Over" and "Breezin' Out."

Steve Leslie with the Bakers: Christi and Shari

Josie's Acoustic Roundup set at the Sutler included many songs from his just-released album, Me And Mother Music, on Girl Talk Records. He also produced and wrote three of the songs on the new Josie Waverly CD, also released by Girl Talk.

Lou Josie, BMI's Bradley Collins, Shari Baker

The September show, hosted by BMI Award-winning writer Steve Leslie, also featured performances by Leslie and the mother-daughter duo, The Bakers.

For more information, visit girltalkrecords.com.