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Nov 23 2009 Taylor Swift Takes Home Five American Music Awards
Nov 23 2009 2010 BMI Student Composer Awards Competition Opens
Nov 20 2009 Charles Fox Plans Benefit for LaGuardia Performing Arts High School
Nov 19 2009 Emerging Film Composers Benefit from BMI Scoring Program
Nov 19 2009 Copyright Alliance Expo Spotlights Economic Impact
Nov 19 2009 GreatWorshipSongs.com Contest Call for Entries
Nov 17 2009 5th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship Program Opens
Nov 16 2009 BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition
Nov 12 2009 Taylor Swift Wins Entertainer of the Year and More at 2009 CMA Awards
Nov 11 2009 Latin Grammy Nominees Dazzle at BMI Co-Hosted Latin Grammy Pre-Party
Nov 10 2009 BMI Country Awards 2009 Big Winners
Nov 10 2009 Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson, and More Honored at 2009 BMI Country Awards
Nov 9 2009 BMI Launches Indie Music Page
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Sam Stewart
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Rumspringa
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Mike Del Rio
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Intricate Machines
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Imagine Dragons
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: DJ Skeet Skeet
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Daniel Tashian
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Awesome New Republic
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Crush Club
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Avi Buffalo
Nov 9 2009 Indie Spotlight: Anni Rossi
Nov 9 2009 BMI’s Catherine Brewton Honored by Law Organization
Nov 6 2009 BMI Foundation Opens 22nd Annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship for Aspiring Film Composers
Nov 6 2009 Calle 13 Sweeps 2009 Latin Grammys
Nov 3 2009 D.C. Arts & Humanities Commission Offers Unique Grant Opportunities
Oct 30 2009 Indie Spotlight: Royal Bangs
Oct 30 2009 dublab
Oct 28 2009 ‘We Will Rock You’ Is Most-Played Song at Pro Sports Games for ’08/’09 Season
Oct 27 2009 Indie Sounds Ignite BMI-CMJ Showcase
Oct 24 2009 Grammy-Winning Producer Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis Talks Hits
Oct 24 2009 Alexandre Desplat Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Oct 21 2009 NSAI Honors Swift, Keith, Fleming, Varble and More at Annual Awards
Oct 21 2009 Encompass Honors Maury Yeston
Oct 21 2009 BMI Annual Review 2009
Oct 20 2009 Jazz Foundation Hosts 18th Annual Loft Party
Oct 15 2009 BMI Sounds Off at Next Big Nashville 2009
Oct 14 2009 Musicians Hall of Fame Inducts BMI Pioneers
Oct 14 2009 BMI’s Alison Smith Honored as One of Billboard’s Top 30 Power Players
Oct 13 2009 Billboard Summit and BMI Rally Regional Mexican’s Best
Oct 12 2009 Joe Johnson Wins 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composer’s Competition
Oct 9 2009 Nashville Music Awards Honor Landmark Digital Services, Taylor Swift and More
Oct 8 2009 No Rainy Day Blues for BMI Stage at ACL 2009
Oct 8 2009 New BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Newsletter Online
Oct 7 2009 New York Songwriters Circle Now Accepting Submissions for Songwriting Contest
Oct 7 2009 BMI Boasts Eclectic CMJ Lineup
Oct 6 2009 BMI London Awards
Oct 6 2009 Donovan, Danielle Brisebois, Natasha Bedingfield and More Honored at 2009 BMI London Awards
Oct 6 2009 Dailey and Vincent, Dan Tyminski, Michael Cleveland and More Dominate IBMA Awards
Oct 5 2009 BMI Upgrades Online Catalog Management System for Music Publishers & Songwriters
Oct 2 2009 Celebrate with Stu Phillips Oct. 24 in Los Angeles
Oct 1 2009 BMI Lista Fina de Nominaciones 10a. Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY
Oct 1 2009 Calle 13 Leads List of 2009 Latin Grammy Nominations
Oct 1 2009 Lineup Announced for BMI Panels during Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Conference
Sep 24 2009 Inaugural Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Fest a Rousing Success
Sep 24 2009 Justin Townes Earle, John Fogerty Honored at Americana Music Association Ceremony
Sep 24 2009 Dave Koz Earns Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Sep 24 2009 Let Your Voice Be Heard!
Sep 24 2009 Discounted CMJ Registration Available for BMI Songwriters
Sep 23 2009 Durango Songwriters Expo Offers 10% Discount to BMI Affiliates
Sep 21 2009 Jack Sander Re-Elected Chairman, Cecil L. Walker Re-Elected Presiding Director of the BMI Board
Sep 21 2009 61st Annual Emmy Awards Honor BMI Composers
Sep 17 2009 Insight & Praise Dominate BMI Agenda at 2009 Monitor Latino Conference
Sep 17 2009 Toby Keith to be Honored as NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Decade
Sep 10 2009 2009 BMI Urban Awards: BMI Award-Winning Songs
Sep 10 2009 BMI Honors George Clinton, T-Pain, Lil Wayne and Many More at Urban Awards in New York
Sep 10 2009 Urban, Swift, Johnson & Zac Brown Band Lead BMI 2009 CMA Nominations
Sep 8 2009 Lamont Dozier to Perform at Smithsonian Showcase
Sep 4 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces Fall Workshop Lineup
Sep 3 2009 West Coast Songwriters Festival Slated for Sept. 12 & 13
Sep 2 2009 Allen Reynolds Receives Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award
Sep 1 2009 David F. Bills, Richard A. Garza, Camellia Petty Elected to BMI Foundation Board
Sep 1 2009 California Copyright Conference Launches 09-10 Season with Leiber and Stoller
Sep 1 2009 Tammy Wynette, Kye Fleming Set to Enter Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Aug 31 2009 Noche Mexicana Kicks Off Billboard Regional Mexican Music Summit Oct. 7
Aug 28 2009 BMI Co-Sponsors New Noise Santa Barbara 2009
Aug 27 2009 Pop Songwriting’s ‘Leader of the Pack’ Ellie Greenwich Dies
Aug 25 2009 BMI Tops Previous Year in Revenues with $905 Million in FY 2009
Aug 19 2009 First Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival Scheduled for Sept. 18 & 19
Aug 18 2009 11th Annual Eagle Rock Music Fest Slated for Oct. 3
Aug 17 2009 First Annual Miami Music Festival Slated for Dec. 10-12
Aug 17 2009 Veteran Dan Tyminski Leads BMI Charge in 2009 IBMA Nominations
Aug 13 2009 BMI Foundation Presents Jerry Bock Award To A Talented Musical Trifecta
Aug 13 2009 12th Annual Conducting Workshop Continues Acclaimed BMI Tradition
Aug 13 2009 Showmanship Draws Crowds to BMI’s 2009 Lollapalooza Stage
Aug 12 2009 Applications Now Being Accepted for Composing for the Screen 2009, A Film Scoring Mentorship Program
Aug 12 2009 Nine West’s Vintage America Voices Contest Seeks Songwriters
Aug 10 2009 Donovan to be Named Icon at BMI London Awards
Aug 7 2009 Herbie Hancock to Take Over as LA Philharmonic Creative Chair
Aug 7 2009 Holland-Dozier-Holland Bound for Broadway
Aug 7 2009 SCL & BMI Partner to Profile Live Recording Opportunities for Composers
Aug 6 2009 BMI Offers ‘Ideas y Propuestas’ during Monitor Latino 2009
Aug 4 2009 BMI’s Byron Wright Talks Shop with RollingOut
Aug 4 2009 DeGraws Launch National Underground Records
Jul 28 2009 George Clinton to Become BMI Icon at Urban Music Awards
Jul 24 2009 Billboard Offers BMI Affiliates Discounted Registration to Mobile Entertainment Live!
Jul 24 2009 Billboard Offers BMI Affiliates Discounted Registration to Regional Mexican Music Summit
Jul 24 2009 Billboard Offers BMI Affiliates Discounted Registration to Film and TV Music Conference