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Check out the new BMI MusicWorld digital issue, featuring… Important stories for working songwriters from Billboard, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and more. Geico + Wrinkle Neck Mules: Persevere long enough, and sometimes a stroke of great luck will come your way. This past November, Geico began airing a TV commercial featuring Virginia-based Wrinkle Neck Mules' “Central Daylight Time." Ammar Malik:…


From News, posted 2.06.12
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Nashville’s Road to Bonnaroo competition is back. Eight first-round performers will kick off RTB 2012 on Monday, February 27 at the Mercy Lounge. With tight, three-song sets, Colorfeels, By Lightning, Toy, The Hollywood Kills, Quichenight, Laura Reed, Sam & Tre and Brandon Jazz & His Armed Forces will each vie for a spot at Bonnaroo. Presented by BMI, the Nashville Scene, Mercy Lounge and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival,…


From News, posted 2.06.12
Feb 6 2012 10 Questions: Ammar Malik
Feb 6 2012 Catching Up with Dafnis Prieto, Winner of MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Feb 6 2012 10 Questions: Shawn K. Clement
Feb 6 2012 From the Archives
Feb 6 2012 Songwriter Business News
Feb 6 2012 Indie Meets Mainstream: Geico Features Wrinkle Neck Mules in Latest Spot
Feb 3 2012 Global Leaders Meet in Cannes for midem 2012
Feb 2 2012 Remembering Jean Banks: 1934-2012
Feb 1 2012 Sundance 2012: Rodriguez
Jan 31 2012 Supreme Court Decision Provides for Restoration of Copyright Protection for Foreign Works
Jan 31 2012 Pitbull to Receive BMI President’s Award at 19th Annual BMI Latin Awards
Jan 30 2012 Kenny Chesney Leads List of 2012 ACM Awards Nominees
Jan 30 2012 BMI Live Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Distributing Royalties for Singer-Songwriter Performances
Jan 30 2012 Michael Woodard Wins on Series Finale of Popular Reality Singing Show ‘Majors and Minors’
Jan 28 2012 BMI Bids Farewell to Outstanding Sundance 2012
Jan 26 2012 Save the Date: Grammy Edition of BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” Slated for Feb. 11 in L.A.
Jan 26 2012 WIPO and OAS Release Report on the Economic Contribution of the Copyright Industries
Jan 25 2012 NARM Offers $50 Discount Off Entertainment & Law Course Cost
Jan 25 2012 SF MusicTech Summit & Digital Music Forum Offer BMI Member Discounts
Jan 25 2012 Sundance 2012 Blog: Keaton Simons
Jan 23 2012 Majority of 2012 BRIT Award Nominations Go to BMI Songwriters
Jan 23 2012 Remembering Etta James: 1938-2012
Jan 23 2012 Sundance 2012 Blog: Miriam Cutler
Jan 22 2012 Sundance 2012 Blog: Doreen Ringer Ross
Jan 21 2012 Remembering Johnny Otis: 1921-2012
Jan 19 2012 Sundance 2012 Blog: Michael Bacon
Jan 18 2012 MusicWorld: Skylar Grey, Anthony Hamilton, Sundance & More
Jan 18 2012 Anthony Hamilton Picks Up the Pace with ‘Back to Love’
Jan 18 2012 10 Questions: Skylar Grey
Jan 18 2012 Trailblazer, Defined: Kirk Franklin
Jan 18 2012 One More Reason Sundance Matters: Peter Golub
Jan 18 2012 Kathryn Bostic: A Storyteller Returns to Sundance
Jan 18 2012 T. Griffin Readies ‘California Solo’ for Sundance
Jan 18 2012 Ryan Beveridge Reflects On Sundance Composers Lab
Jan 18 2012 Dutch Phenom Eva Simons Keeps It In-House
Jan 18 2012 Songwriter Business News
Jan 17 2012 Ludovic Bource, ‘The Artist’ Take Golden Globe for Best Score
Jan 13 2012 BMI Honors Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker & Marvin Sapp at 13th Annual Trailblazers
Jan 12 2012 BMI Presents Annual Composer/Director Roundtable at Sundance 2012
Jan 11 2012 Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden & More Saluted as NEA Jazz Masters Celebrates 30 Years
Jan 10 2012 CMA Songwriters Series Expands to U.K. and Ireland with BMI in Feb. 2012
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Josiah Leming
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Of Monsters and Men
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Jhameel
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Shannon LaBrie
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: COYOL
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Tiger Waves
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Tic Tic Boom!
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: DJ Kalkutta
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Is Tropical
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Harriet
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Gothic Tropic
Jan 4 2012 Indie Spotlight: Girl in a Coma
Jan 4 2012 BMI’s January Batch of Indie Features Now Live
Jan 4 2012 2012 Golden Globe Nominations Go to BMI Composers
Dec 27 2011 7th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program Opens
Dec 22 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: John Lennon, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
Dec 20 2011 Remembering Jazz Great Bob Brookmeyer: 1930-2011
Dec 20 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Christmas Time is Here”
Dec 15 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Run-D.M.C., “Christmas in Hollis”
Dec 15 2011 New Digital MusicWorld Issue: Top 7 Videos of 2011 and More
Dec 15 2011 Latin Recording Academy Offers Discounted 2012-13 Membership
Dec 15 2011 BMI Video: 7 Clips from 2011 You Don’t Want to Miss
Dec 15 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown
Dec 15 2011 Crowded Holiday Film Season Keeps Composers Busy
Dec 15 2011 Spotlight: First-Time BMI Songwriting Award Winners
Dec 15 2011 To Appreciate Los Juanes’ Regional Mexican Music, All You Need is Love
Dec 15 2011 Writing and Singing Subversion: Foster the People’s Debut ‘Torches’
Dec 15 2011 Chris Willis, Writing Gospel-Bred Electronica with a Rock Edge
Dec 13 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Clarence Carter, “Back Door Santa”
Dec 8 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas is You”
Dec 7 2011 Remembering Barbara Orbison: 1951-2011
Dec 6 2011 Save the Week: Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival Preps for 17th Year
Dec 6 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Darlene Love, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Dec 5 2011 ‘Raisin’ Score Composer Judd Woldin Dies at 86
Dec 5 2011 BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 15th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Competition
Dec 5 2011 Noted Musicologist David Sanjek Dead at 59
Dec 5 2011 Glenn Frey Discusses Songwriting at SongHall Master Session
Dec 2 2011 Billboard Honors BMI’s Barbara Cane, Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj at Women in Music Event
Dec 2 2011 Kanye West, Adele Lead BMI List of Grammy Nominees
Dec 1 2011 Buffalo Wild Wings Leads the Charge in Offering Sports Programming with Audio
Dec 1 2011 New MusicWorld Digital Issue Features Joss Stone, Wiz Khalifa & More
Dec 1 2011 Joss Stone Talks Songwriting
Dec 1 2011 Mick Schultz: Jeremih’s Go-To Guy Stays on Top
Dec 1 2011 At 19, Jayme Dee Records Major Debut
Dec 1 2011 Benny Camacho Breaks Out with La Original Banda El Limón
Dec 1 2011 Hillbilly Rock: With ‘V,’ Kenny Vaughan Takes the Mic
Dec 1 2011 Sandy Vee on Producing the Perfect Pop Song
Dec 1 2011 James Bond Composer David Arnold Branches Out with London Olympics
Dec 1 2011 With “Love the Way You Lie” and Her Own Album, Skylar Grey Takes Off
Dec 1 2011 ‘Rolling Papers’ Propels Wiz Khalifa’s Rise
Dec 1 2011 With Grammy-Winning “Revolver,” Afrojack Crosses Over
Dec 1 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: Buck Owens, “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”
Dec 1 2011 Post-‘Idol,’ Paul McDonald Continues to Grow
Nov 29 2011 The BMI Holiday Countdown: James Brown, “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto”
Nov 28 2011 Crested Butte Songwriters Festival Brings Hit-Makers Together to Beat Breast Cancer
Nov 21 2011 BMI MusicWorld Launches New Digital Edition
Nov 21 2011 Taylor Swift, Adele & Nicki Minaj Lead BMI Winners at American Music Awards
Nov 17 2011 BMI & Partners Present Los Producers Charity Show at Las Vegas Strip’s Hard Rock Café
Nov 16 2011 Miranda Lambert: Disparate Housewife