Chad Brock http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C172 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-12-04T23:00:00-05:00 Nashville Divas Take Manhattan http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234407 Artists, Brock, Chad, Carver, Lisa, Cline, Patsy, Dixie Chicks, Fairchild, Shelly, Gentry, Montgomery, Hill, Faith, Kinky, Kristofferson, Kris, Lennon, John, Lonestar, Lynne, Shelby, McBride, Martina, McGraw, Tim, Nelson, Willie, Parton, Dolly, Roberts, Julie, Sackley, Kylie, Smith, Stephony, Tritt, Travis, Twain, Shania, Williams, Hank, Musical Styles, Blues, Country, Musicworld, Feature Kylie Sackley
Kylie Sackley, 22, currently resides in Nashville, more than 10,000 miles from her hometown in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia where she conquered the Aussie country music world, winning the 2002 Country Music Association of Australia's coveted "Best New Talent" Award. Shortly after the CMAA, the award-winning Sackley ventured to Nashville to further develop her talents as a songwriter and explore the possibility of breaking into the US market as a performing artist. She currently works in Nashville as a staff songwriter for Faith Hill producer Scott Hendricks' Big Tractor Music Publishing, where she is already making waves in Music City. Sackley co-wrote LeAnn Rimes first single "Nothin 'Bout Love Makes Sense" with Gary Burr and Joel Feeney off her new album This Woman, which was a top 5 single on Billboard and R&R. She has also secured a song written with Big and Rich's John Rich and Rodney Clawson to be released on the upcoming Faith Hill record.

Shelly Fairchild
Her voice conveys the blues of her Mississippi Delta home and the soulful power of a passionate woman who has been "singing with everything I've got" since she began performing as a child. Her edgy style conveys the confidence of a small-town girl from Clinton, Miss., bold enough to head out on her own and earn lead roles in major musicals and national theatrical tours, yet sensitive enough to write heart-tugging stories about love and family as well as steamy tales about desire and living life to the hilt. Her dynamic stage presence conveys the experience of a stage actress and the live-wire energy and hot-blooded emotion of a risk-taker who can open the throttle and roar or slow down to caress a lyric with intimate conviction. Her Columbia Records debut, Ride, is a one-of-a-kind introduction that suggests this country singer won't be held back by preconceptions about Nashville or contemporary country music. Shelly co-wrote four songs on her album, including "You Don't Lie Here Anymore." Her influences range from Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton to Hank Williams Jr. and Travis Tritt.

Stephony Smith
BMI Award-winning songwriter Stephony Smith's list of accolades is unparalleled. An eight-time BMI Million-Air Award winner, she was named both Songwriter of the Year and her Faith Hill and Tim McGraw #1 hit "It's Your Love" was named Song of the Year at the 1998 BMI Country Awards. The song also earned a ACM Award for Song of the Year, as well as a Grammy and CMA nomination. She was named NSAI's Songwriter of the Year and has four NSAI #1 awards. Her other #1 cuts include "Back When" (Tim McGraw), "Sin Wagon" (Dixie Chicks), "Perfect Love" (Tricia Yearwood), "Yes!" (Chad Brock), "Big Star" (Kenny Chesney) and "How Was I to Know" (Reba McEntire). Smith has also written over 100 songs for artists such as Shania Twain, Wynonna, She Daisy, Barbra Streisand, Martina McBride, Shelby Lynne, Diamond Rio, Lonestar, Montgomery Gentry, and many others.

Lisa Carver
Lisa carver is a native Charleston, South Carolina girl, who has been part of the Nashville underground music scene for years. She is a songwriter first and foremost, but has always enjoyed entertaining audiences worldwide with her eclectic, three-dimensional story songs. However, over the last few years, after becoming a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Fest, she began getting her collection of audial art cut by today's country artists ranging from Tim McGraw, Shelly Fairchild, Julie Roberts and Jessica Andrews, to Willie Nelson. Her vocal style is pretty much school of Prine, while her writing style lies somewhere between Kinky Friedman and Kris Kristofferson. Her irreverence and originality are refreshing in today's white-washed, politically-correct country music climate, and she's grateful for the chance to be making her mark on Music Row.

]]> 2005-04-12T18:00:00-05:00 Jim Collins http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/234134 Artists, Brock, Chad, Collins, Jim, McGraw, Tim, Trick Pony, Urban, Keith, Musical Styles, Country, Musicworld, Hitmaker Texan Jim Collins came to Nashville in 1995, like so many others, looking for a record deal. He and his wife had made an agreement, though: He’d give it one year. He jokes that his wife is still mad, since it took him a year and two days to land a deal with Arista.

Tellingly, though, it took him a mere three months to get a publishing deal.

He’d been writing songs and having them become his most requested material while playing the Texas dancehall circuit, but he thought it was because they were just “different.”

But when searching for songs for his debut album, he wasn’t satisfied. “All the songs I was being pitched had been passed on by…everybody important!” he says with a laugh. “So I started writing to see if I could beat what I was being pitched. When I took them to the label, maybe they thought it was too aggressive or wasn’t the direction they saw me going in, so I’d let the songs go, and I started having hits with other artists.”

The first was with John Michael Montgomery, “Love Working On You,” and another with Ty Herndon, “Hands Of a Working Man,” soon followed. The record deal dematerialized about this time, so Collins made an astute observation: “Maybe I was meant to do something else.”

Indeed he was. He’s had 50 cuts to date — six top 10s and two of those multi-week #1's (“Yes,” four weeks for Chad Brock, and “The Good Stuff,” with Kenny Chesney — a seven-week #1 and Billboard and ACM Song of the Year). He also penned another big hit for Chesney, “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” and the recent Trace Adkins top 10 “Then They Do.”

With all that success, four BMI Million-Air awards to date, and nine new cuts in the first two months of 2004 with artists as varied as Tim McGraw, Trick Pony and Keith Urban, we wondered if he had any advice for other writers. “Yeah,” he says slyly with that unmistakable jest in his voice. “Stop writing. Everybody else just chill out for a while,” he chuckles. “I’ll handle it from here.”

]]> 2004-07-25T18:00:00-05:00 Jim Collins’ http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/200007 Artists, Brock, Chad, Collins, Jim, Musical Styles, Country Jim Collins' seven-weeks-at-#1 hit "The Good Stuff" was recently honored as Billboard Magazine's 2002 "Country Song of the Year" at a party hosted by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing in Nashville. Recorded by Kenny Chesney, the song appears on his BNA Records album No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems.


Pictured are (l-r) BMI's Mark Mason, Bradley Collins and Patsy Bradley, Jim Collins, BMI's Mary Templeton and Perry Howard. photo by Brian Tipton

Collins previously wrote the Chesney hit "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" and won BMI Country Awards for "She Said Yes!" (Chad Brock) and "Hands Of A Working Man" (Ty Herndon). Among the party attendees was RCA Label Group security officer Rusty Martin; his story, of his wife's death from cancer, inspired the song.

]]> 2003-03-11T17:00:00-05:00 ‘I Hope You Dance’ Steps to ‘Song Of The Year’ Tune at 49th Annual BMI Count http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233044 Artists, Alabama, Allen, Harley, Amazed, Bentley, Stephanie, Black, Clint, Bogard, Steve, Brock, Chad, Cannon, Chuck, Clark, Terri, Collins, Jim, Crosby, Rob, Diamond Rio, Dillon, Dean, DiPiero, Bob, Douglas, Tom, Dunn, Ronnie, Evans, Sara, Funk, Jim, Gill, Vince, Godard, Gilles, Green, Marv, Greenwood, Lee, Griggs, Andy, Hagen, Earle, Hickenlooper, Erik, Hill, Ed, Hill, Faith, Howard, Harlan, Hummon, Marcus, Keith, Toby, Krauss, Alison, Lonestar, Loveless, Patty, Luther, Bill, Martin, Tony, McBride, Martina, McGraw, Tim, McHugh, Thom, Nelson, Willie, Nesler, Mark, Nichols, Tim, Nichols, Tim, Preston, Frances, Rascal Flatts, Sillers, Tia, Smith, Shaye, Smith, Stephony, Steele, Jeffrey, Strait, George, Tippin, Aaron, Tippin, Thea, Tomberlin, Bobby, Travis, Randy, Tritt, Travis, Twain, Shania, Urban, Keith, Wariner, Steve, Wells, Danny, Wilson, Brian, Wright, Chely, Wright, Mark, Yankee Grey, Awards, BMI Awards, BMI Country Awards, Musical Styles, Country, Dance, Pop, Rock, Urban, Musicworld, Feature BMI staged the 49th edition of its Country Awards last night, with ultimate honors saved for “I Hope You Dance,” songwriters Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, and publishing titan Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented by President & CEO Frances W. Preston and Vice President Paul Corbin to the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed songs during a black-tie gala at the company’s Music Row offices. This celebration -- the oldest awards program saluting country music’s creators -- culminated in the announcements of Country Song, Songwriter, and Publisher of the Year.


Pictured are BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin, FDNY Lt. Vincent Louis, NYPD Lt. Stephen Reardon, FDNY Lt. Michael Dilena, BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, and Tennessee Speaker of the House James Naifeh.

Click here to see pictures from the awards ceremony. High-resolution photos from the event are available for downloading at press.bmi.com.

Highlights of the evening included a special tribute to the victims and rescuers of the September 11th disaster. After a video collage, Preston introduced three men who were on duty that day and responded to the call at the World Trade Center: New York Fire Department Lieutenants Michael Dilena and Vincent Louis of Engine Co. 236 in East New York, Brooklyn, and New York Police Department Lieutenant Stephen Reardon of the Emergency Service Unit (ESU) in Brooklyn. The officers, who have been at Ground Zero since the terrorist attacks, were presented with Profile In Courage certificates on behalf of the FDNY and the NYPD. The remembrance tribute continued with a stirring performance by Lee Greenwood of “God Bless The USA”; Greenwood was later honored with the Words of Freedom Award.

“I Hope You Dance” earned writer Tia Sillers the 33rd Robert J. Burton Award as Most Performed Country Song of the Year. A multi-week, multi-format #1 smash for MCA recording artist Lee Ann Womack, “I Hope You Dance” is published by Choice Is Tragic Music (Sillers accepting) and Ensign Music Corporation (Chairman & CEO Irwin Z. Robinson and Vice President Pat Finch of parent The Famous Music Publishing Companies accepting). Sillers, who previously garnered BMI Country accolades for “There’s Your Trouble,” “Lipstick Promises” and “Land Of The Living,” wrote the song with Mark D. Sanders (share not licensed through BMI).


Toby Keith (Read Bio)
Aimee Mayo (Read Bio) and Marv Green (Read Bio)

Tia Sillers (Read Bio)


Pictured (l to r) onstage at BMI Nashville are BMI Country Songwriters of the Year Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, "I Hope You Dance" writer Tia Sillers, Ensign Music's Pat Finch, Lee Greenwood, BMI Country Songwriter/Artist of the Year Toby Keith, BMI President & CEO Frances Preston, Willie Nelson, BMI Country Song of the Ensign Music's Irwin Z. Robinson and Les Bider of BMI Country Publisher of the Year Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo each contributed three songs to the list of 50 to form a Country Songwriter of the Year triumvirate. Keith was presented with a BMI Crystal inscribed “Songwriter/Artist of the Year,” Green and Mayo with “Songwriter of the Year” Crystals.

Keith took the prize via his recordings of “Country Comes To Town,” “How Do You Like Me Now?!” (co-written with Chuck Cannon) and “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This,” all from his platinum DreamWorks album How Do You Like Me Now?! Keith’s BMI Awards total now stands at 12, including “Wish I Didn’t Know Now,” “You Ain’t Much Fun,” “Dream Walkin,” “Who’s That Man” and “He Ain’t Worth Missing.”

Green and Mayo teamed to write Amazed”> [2nd award] (Lonestar), “Let’s Make Love” (Faith Hill & Tim McGraw) and “It’s Always Something” (Joe Diffie). Last year the writers shared, along with Chris Lindsey, BMI Country Song of the Year honors for “Amazed.” Green’s previous BMI honors came courtesy of “Day In, Day Out” and “True”; Mayo has BMI Citations for “My Best Friend” and “Places I’ve Never Been.”

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. claimed BMI Country Publisher of the Year by accumulating the highest percentage of copyright ownership in award songs. Accepting the BMI Crystal for the publisher, which placed 11 songs on the most-performed list, were Chairman & CEO Les Bider and Executive VP/GM Tim Wipperman of parent company Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Legendary singer/songwriter Willie Nelson was saluted with the President’s Award. BMI created the President’s Award in 1993 to honor an exceptional person or persons in the entertainment industry deserving of special recognition. Presented tonight for only the fifth time, the honor has previously been bestowed on Harlan Howard, Brian Wilson, Earle Hagen and Alabama.

Of the 64 songwriters recognized, eight, in addition to Keith, Green and Mayo, were multiple winners: Chris Lindsey, Chad Brock, Tom Douglas, Rick Giles, Bill Luther, Bobby Tomberlin, Danny Wells and Darryl Worley.

Additional publishers collecting three or more awards were Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.; EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.; Sony/ATV Tree; Universal Music Publishing Group (Irving Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., and Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.); Golden Wheat Music; Mike Curb Music; Songs of Nashville DreamWorks; and Tokeco Tunes.

“Flowers On The Wall” was recognized with its third BMI Country Award. Written by the late Lew Dewitt of the Statler Brothers, the song was honored in 1966 and 1967 (plus a 1966 Pop Award), and has accumulated more than two million performances. Three songs were cited for the second consecutive year: “Amazed” (2000 BMI Country Song of the Year); “Breathe” (2001 BMI Pop Song of the Year); and “How Do You Like Me Now?!”

Among this year’s honorees, 25 songs have reached the status of BMI Million-Air (accumulating at least one million broadcast performances) for a total of over 30 million performances. Based on an average length of three minutes, one million airplays is the equivalent of 50,000 hours or 5.7 years, continuously; Million-Airs on the 2001 Country list translate into 1.5 million hours or 171 years of continuous airplay.

BMI’s Citations of Achievement are given annually in recognition of popularity in the field of country music, as measured by feature broadcast performances on American radio and television; the 2001 Country Awards eligibility period ran April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001.

2001 BMI Country Awards

AMAZED (2nd Award)
Marv Green
Chris Lindsey
Aimee Mayo
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Golden Wheat Music
Silverkiss Music
Songs of Nashville DreamWorks
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Lonestar: BNA

ANOTHER NINE MINUTES
Billy Crain
Tom Douglas
Nick N' Ash Music
Sony/ATV Tree
Yankee Grey: Monument

BEEN THERE
Clint Black
Steve Wariner
Blackened Music
Steve Wariner Music
Clint Black with Steve Wariner: RCA

THE BEST DAY
Carson Chamberlain
Dean Dillon
Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
Everything I Love Music
Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
George Strait: MCA Nashville

BEST OF INTENTIONS
Travis Tritt
Post Oak Publishing
Travis Tritt: Columbia

BORN TO FLY
Sara Evans
Marcus Hummon
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Floyd's Dream Music
Sony/ATV Tree
Sara Evans: RCA

BREATHE (2nd Award)
Stephanie Bentley
Hopechest Music
Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Faith Hill: Warner Bros.

BURN
Tina Arena (APRA)
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Jo Dee Messina: Curb

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD
keith urban
Coburn Music, Inc.
keith urban: Capitol Nashville

BUY ME A ROSE
Jim Funk
Erik Hickenlooper
Blue Plate Music Publishing
Rex Benson Music
Kenny Rogers with Alison Krauss & Billy Dean: Dreamcatcher

CARLENE
Charlie Black
Rory Bourke
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Flybridge Tunes
Rory Bourke Music Co.
Phil Vassar: Arista

THE CHAIN OF LOVE
Jonnie Barnett
Pugwash Music
Waterdance Music
Clay Walker: Giant

COULDN'T LAST A MOMENT
Jeffrey Steele
Danny Wells
Irving Music
My Life's Work Music
Songs of Windswept Pacific
Yellow Desert Music
Collin Raye: Epic

COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN
Toby Keith
Tokeco Tunes
Toby Keith: DreamWorks

FEELS LIKE LOVE
Vince Gill
Vinny Mae Music
Vince Gill: MCA Nashville

FLOWERS ON THE WALL (3rd Award)
Lew DeWitt
Wallflower Music
Eric Heatherly: Mercury Nashville

GO ON
Tony Martin
Mark Nesler
Baby Mae Music
Buna Boy Music
Glitterfish Music, Inc.
Hamstein Cumberland Music
George Strait: MCA Nashville

A GOOD DAY TO RUN
Bobby Tomberlin
Darryl Worley
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Hatley Creek Music
Mike Curb Music
Darryl Worley: DreamWorks

HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?! (2nd Award)
Chuck Cannon
Toby Keith
Tokeco Tunes
Wacissa River Music, Inc.
Toby Keith: DreamWorks

I HOPE YOU DANCE
Tia Sillers
Choice Is Tragic Music
Ensign Music Corporation
Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert: MCA Nashville

I LOST IT
Jimmy Olander
Taxicaster Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Kenny Chesney: BNA

IT WAS
Mark Wright
Marketwright Music
Songs of Universal, Inc.
Chely Wright: MCA Nashville

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHIN'
Marv Green
Aimee Mayo
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Golden Wheat Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Joe Diffie: Epic

KISS THIS
Aaron Tippin
Thea Tippin
Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
Thea Later Music
Aaron Tippin: Lyric Street

LET'S MAKE LOVE
Marv Green
Chris Lindsey
Bill Luther
Aimee Mayo
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Golden Wheat Music
Silverkiss Music
Songs of Nashville DreamWorks
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw: Warner Bros.

LIGHTNING DOES THE WORK
Chad Brock
Kelly Garrett
John Hadley
Bluesabilly Music
John Hadley Songs
Lehsem Songs
Sony/ATV Tree
Chad Brock: Warner Bros.

A LITTLE GASOLINE
Dean Miller
Mighty Nice Music
Terri Clark: Mercury Nashville

THE LITTLE GIRL
Harley Allen
Coburn Music, Inc.
John Michael Montgomery: Atlantic

LOVE'S THE ONLY HOUSE
Tom Douglas
Sony/ATV Tree
Martina McBride: RCA

MAKE UP IN LOVE
Tony Ramey
O-Tex Music
Doug Stone: Atlantic

A MAN AIN'T MADE OF STONE
Franne Golde
Robin Lerner
Franne Gee Music
Puckalesia Songs
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Randy Travis: DreamWorks

MORE
Thom McHugh
Golden Wheat Music
McHuge Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Trace Adkins: Capitol Nashville

ONE MORE DAY
Bobby Tomberlin
Mike Curb Music
Diamond Rio: Arista

PRAYIN' FOR DAYLIGHT
Steve Bogard
Rick Giles
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Rascal Flatts: Lyric Street

THE QUITTIN' KIND
Phil Barnhart
Sam Hogin
Sam's Jammin' Songs
Sony/ATV Tree
Suffer In Silence Music
Joe Diffie: Epic

SHE'S MORE
Rob Crosby
Crutchfield Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Andy Griggs: RCA

THAT'S THE KIND OF MOOD I'M IN
Rick Giles
Gilles Godard (SOCAN)
Tim Nichols
Buzz Cut Music
Diamond Storm Music, Inc.
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Mike Curb Music
Ty Land Music
Patty Loveless: Epic

THERE IS NO ARIZONA
Shaye Smith
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Zomba Songs Inc.
Jamie O'Neal: Mercury Nashville

THERE YOU ARE
Bob DiPiero
Ed Hill
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Love Monkey Music
Music Hill Music
Sony/ATV Tree
Martina McBride: RCA

THIS EVERYDAY LOVE
Danny Wells
Irving Music
Rascal Flatts: Lyric Street

UNCONDITIONAL
Rivers Rutherford
Songs of Universal, Inc.
Clay Davidson: Virgin

WHAT ABOUT NOW
Aaron Barker
Blind Sparrow Music
O-Tex Music
Lonestar: BNA

WHAT I NEED TO DO
Bill Luther
Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Kenny Chesney: BNA

WHEN YOU NEED MY LOVE
Wynn Varble
Darryl Worley
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Hatley Creek Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Darryl Worley: DreamWorks

WILD HORSES
Bill Shore
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Garth Brooks: Capitol Nashville

YES!
Chad Brock
Jim Collins
Stephony Smith
Cuts R Us Songs, Inc.
EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.
Lehsem Songs
Make Shift Music
Singles Only Music
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Chad Brock: Warner Bros.

YOU SHOULDN'T KISS ME LIKE THIS
Toby Keith
Tokeco Tunes
Toby Keith: DreamWorks

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE LOVED BY ME
Ronnie Dunn
Terry McBride
Showbilly Music
Sony/ATV Tree
Brooks and Dunn: Arista

YOU'VE GOT A WAY
Shania Twain
Loon Echo, Inc.
Universal-Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Shania Twain: Mercury Nashville

YOUR EVERYTHING
Chris Lindsey
Songs of Nashville DreamWorks
Keith Urban: Capitol Nashville

]]> 2001-11-06T17:00:01-05:00 BMI Country Awards Set for Nov. 6 http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233040 Artists, Anderson, Bill, Brock, Chad, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Greenwood, Lee, Griggs, Andy, Johnson, Carolyn Dawn, Keith, Toby, Preston, Frances, Rascal Flatts, Rushlow, Tim, Shelton, Blake, Tippin, Aaron, Trick Pony, Tritt, Travis, Awards, BMI Awards, BMI Country Awards, Musical Styles, Country, Dance BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin will host the 49th Annual BMI Country Awards, the oldest awards saluting country’s top music makers, on Tuesday, November 6, 2001 at the BMI Nashville office (10 Music Square East). Highlights of the black-tie gala, which announces the 50 songs that received the most airplay last year, include the naming of the Songwriter and the Publisher of the Year and the Most Performed Country Song of the Year (the Robert J. Burton Award).

Among the guests expected are Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, Travis Tritt, Kenny Chesney, Diamond Rio, Lari White, Aaron Tippin, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Rascal Flatts, Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton, Chad Brock, The Warren Brothers, Trick Pony, Tim Rushlow, Bill Anderson, Gary Chapman, BlackHawk, Brenda Lee, Lee Greenwood, Billy Dean and Mindy McCready. Attendance is by invitation only and limited to those being honored.

High-resolution photos will be available for downloading immediately after the awards ceremony at press.bmi.com.

]]> 2001-10-25T18:00:00-05:00 Curb Music at BMI http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233039 Artists, Brock, Chad, Brokop, Lisa, Byrd, Tracy, Godard, Gilles, Jackson, Chris, Ketchum, Hal, Loveless, Patty, McBride, Martina, McGraw, Tim, Shelton, Blake, Tomberlin, Bobby, Wariner, Steve, Wright, Chely, Musical Styles, Country, Rock Curb Music Publishing and BMI Nashville got together recently to share some laughs and lots of music. After a luncheon, publishers Jeff Tweel, Drew Alexander, Brad Kennard and Portis Tanner and songwriters Bobby Tomberlin, Jamie Richards, Jack Sundrud, Billy Montana, Jeremy Campbell, John Barner, Lisa Graham and Gilles Goddard shared demos of new songs and CDs of sneak preview singles.


(standing) Curb's Jeff Tweel, BMI's Patsy Bradley, songwriters Bobby Tomberlin, Jack Sundrud and Billy Montana, BMI's Perry Howard, songwriters Jeremy Campbell and John Barner, BMI's Paul Corbin, songwriter Lisa Graham, BMI's David Preston, and Curb's Portis Tanner and Brad Kennard; (kneeling) songwriter Gilles Goddard and Curb's Drew Alexander

Bobby Tomberlin hails from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, an area that has spawned such writers as Walt Aldridge and Mac McAnally. At 12 years of age he began working in country radio and developed a love for its music. In 1990 Bobby moved to Nashville to focus on a career as a writer and has had great success. Bobby wrote the title track and #1 single from Diamond Rio's new album One More Day and Daryl Worley's recent top-10 "A Good Day To Run." "One More Day" is nominated for Song of the Year at the 2001 CMA Awards. Artists who have cut Tomberlin's songs include Chely Wright, Linda Davis, Ty Herndon, Trini Triggs, Billy Dean, Russ Taff and Deana Carter, and he has contributed to three other Diamond Rio albums.


Melissa Pearce and Bobby Tomberlin, on break from a writing session
Curb's Portis Tanner and songwriter Jamie Richards

Billy Montana was first inspired to pick up a guitar as a teenager in rural upstate New York by his musician father. He formed a country/rock band with his brother. In college Billy decided to try music full time and traded studying agriculture at Cornell University for a record deal on Warner Brothers. His 1996 release No Yesterday was acclaimed by such publications as USA Today, Music Row, and Billboard. Montana's songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, JoDee Messina, Kenny Rogers, Mindy McCready, Bering Strait, LeAnn Womack, Steve Holy and Blake Shelton. He also wrote JoDee Messina's current single, "Bring On The Rain."


Songwriter Jim Reilley, Curb's Drew Alexander, BMI's Perry Howard, songwriter Jack Sundrud

Jeremy Campbell moved to Nashville from Bowling Green, Kentucky after winning a six-year battle with bone and lung cancer. While he was in the hospital he learned to play guitar and he says it was those tough times that inspired him to follow his dreams in music. In his first year in Nashville, Campbell has had four major cuts and two singles, including Chalee Tennison's "Go Back." Some of his co-writers include Max T. Barnes, Hal Ketchum, Noah Gordon, Dean Dillon, Dennis Matkowsky and Al Kasha. Campbell writes on keyboard and guitar and is an accomplished drummer, bass player and vocalist.

Lisa Graham is a lyricist who has been writing in Nashville since 1988. Artists who have cut her songs include George Strait, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Chris Cagle, Lila McCann, Danielle Alexander, Steve Wariner, Ronnie Milsap, Lisa Brokop, Sawyer Brown, and McBride and The Ride. George Strait's "You Know Me Better Than That" and Steve Wariner's "There For A While" are two her best known songs. Some of Graham's co-writers include Kostas, Tony Martin, Tony Haselden and Ty Herndon.

Gilles Goddard, writer of Ty Herndon's upcoming single, "Heather's Wall," has been coming to Nashville from his native Ontario to write and produce since 1979 and in 1996 he finally made Nashville his permanent home. He has worn many hats in his career as a writer, steel guitarist, artist, producer, and publisher. He has had over 100 cuts throughout his career including a recent single by Patty Loveless, "That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In." Artists who have released Gilles Godard songs as singles include Tracy Byrd, Ty Herndon, Anne Murray, Ricky Skaggs and Lace. Chad Brock, Dan Seals, Emerson Drive, Tamara Walker, Lisa Brokop, Allison Page and Janie Fricke have also cut his songs. He has won and been nominated for numerous CCMA awards throughout his career as an artist, producer and writer.

]]> 2001-10-24T18:00:01-05:00 Twain, Hart and Austin Lead Canadian Country Music Nominees http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/232787 Artists, Austin, Julian, Brock, Chad, Clark, Terri, Dixie Chicks, Gentry, Montgomery, Hart, Tara Lyn, Hill, Faith, Krauss, Alison, Lonestar, Twain, Shania, Musical Styles, Country, Rock, Type, International BMI songwriters Shania Twain, Tara Lyn Hart (SOCAN) and Julian Austin (SOCAN) each received six mentions to lead the nominations by the Canadian Country Music Association for its annual awards show.


Tara Lyn Hart
Julian Austin

Twain is up for Female Artist and the Fan's Choice Award. Her "Rock This Country" is vying for Single, Video and Song of the Year honors, and the international version of Come On Over is nominated as Top Selling Album. Hart's nominations include Female Artist and the Rising Star Award, along with Album of the Year for her self-titled release. Her "Stuff That Matters" is up for Single of the Year, SOCAN Song of the Year and Video of the Year. Austin was cited in the Male Artist and Fans' Choice categories; Back In Your Life is up for Album of the Year, with the title track under consideration for Single, Song and Video of the Year honors.  
Shania Twain

Other BMI-affiliated nominees are Paul Brandt, John Landry (SOCAN), Daniel Leblanc, Robin Branda, Montgomery Gentry, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar, Stacey Lee, Alison Krauss, Shirley Myers (SOCAN), Adam Gregory, Collee Peterson (SOCAN) and Chad Brock.

Winners will be announced in a two-hour live gala awards show, hosted by Terri Clark and Paul Brandt, at Edmonton's Skyreach Centre on Monday, September 11. This year, the CCMA Awards will be simulcast live on TNN and CMT Canada, marking the first time the show will be telecast live throughout North America.

For more information, visit TNN at www.tnnonline.com or www.country.com.

]]> 2000-08-30T18:00:01-05:00 Chad Brock http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233575 Artists, Brock, Chad, Collins, Jim, Smith, Stephony, Musical Styles, Country, Rock, Musicworld, Hitmaker Chad Brock has never been one to sit around and wait for life to happen. Like the cowboy in his hit, "Lightning Does the Work," Chad "takes the bull by the horns and throws him to the ground." He takes twists of fate and bends them to his liking.

In high school, for example, the Ocala, Florida native signed up for chorus because he "wanted an easy 'A'." But rather than following his original path of least resistance, he believed his chorus teacher when she said he had talent, and he morphed from jock to choral soloist. When she encouraged him to follow his heart, the ace linebacker turned down a football scholarship and moved to Nashville to pursue his dream of becoming a country music star. He dedicated his eponymous debut Warner Bros. to his late chorus teacher, Florence Gabriel Reese.

Brock soared to number one with his debut single, "Ordinary Life," then encored with the title-cut of his sophomore album, "Yes!", which topped the Billboard country singles chart for three consecutive weeks.

Chad co-wrote "Yes!" - the true story of how he met his wife, Martie - with hit tunesmiths Stephony Smith and Jim Collins. Although only two weeks into the relationship, he knew he'd met "The One," and deliberately tempted fate by crafting a marriage proposal into the second verse. Chad and Martie exchanged vows eight weeks later. Just like in the song, "She said, 'Yes!' And [he] said, 'Wow!'"

]]> 2000-07-31T18:00:00-05:00 Just Say ‘Yes!’ http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/232796 Artists, Brock, Chad, Collins, Jim, Smith, Stephony, Musical Styles, Country, Rock A resounding �Yes!� filled the halls of BMI Nashville when the writers, publishers and supporters of the Chad Brock single gathered to mark its 3-weeks-at-#1 achievement (7/18). �Yes!� was written by Brock, Jim Collins and Stephony Smith, and published by Cuts R Us Songs, Inc., EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc., Make Shift Music, McSpadden Music LLC, Singles Only Music, and Starstruck Angel Music. The single is the title track of Brock�s sophomore Warner Bros. release.


Honorees Jim Collins, Chad Brock, Stephony Smith with BMI host David Preston


BMI Award-winning writer Kent Blazy with Jim Collins
Chad Brock shows off his engraved BMI cup to the song�s producers, Buddy Cannon (l) and Norro Wilson


Stephony Smith greets writer guests Roxie Dean, Aimee Mayo, Jamie O�Neal and Chris Lindsey

Photos by Kay Williams

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