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BMI Members Sweep Blues Music Awards
The Blues Music Awards ceremony was held on May 9, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn., and Broadcast Music, Inc. is proud to represent the majority of winners, who claimed 79 percent of this year’s awards. Sponsored by the Blues Foundation, the show, which featured all of the nominees, never once let up in the infectious excitement it brought to the crowd, as blues enthusiasts, and even those new to the genre,…
From News, posted 5.17.13
The Numbers Are In. BMI Writers Take More Than 53% of the 2013 GRAMMYS!
Year after year, we are proud that BMI songwriters have taken home a majority of The GRAMMYS, and 2013 is no exception. This time around, BMI writers claimed an impressive 53+% of the awards. Some of the evening's most memorable highlights include: BMI songwriters Jack Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker winning Song of the Year for “We Are Young;” fun. being crowned Best New Artist; Gotye's infectious track "Somebody That I…
From News, posted 2.13.13
BMI Members Albert King, Public Enemy, and Lou Adler to be inducted into Rock Hall
Legendary bluesman Albert King, Hip-Hop icons Public Enemy, and Lou Adler, co-writer of mega hits “What a Wonderful World” and “Poor Side of Town,” will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April 18, 2013. The ceremony will be held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, the first time since…
From News, posted 12.13.12
BMI Songwriters Take Majority of Americana Honors & Awards Nods
BMI’s roots music torch-bearers earned the majority of the nominations for the 2012 Americana Honors & Awards, unveiled recently by BMI songwriter and actor John C. Reilly. BMI greats Lucinda Williams and Shelby Lynne also performed at the nominee announcement event, which was held in Los Angeles. Jason Isbell and Gillian Welch lead the…
From News, posted 6.21.12
10 Questions: The Scissormen’s Ted Drozdowski
To see Ted Drozdowski play slide guitar so easily like he does, one might think he was a tad bored, like a kid who really ought to have skipped a grade or a dog too long chained to a doghouse. In the dusky bars and blues clubs he frequents with his two-man band the Scissormen, the mutton-chopped Drozdowski keeps himself, and everyone else in the vicinity,…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.28.12
From the Archives
BMI’s songwriting history, in pictures. Jimmie Vaughan, former BMI executive Roger Sovine, B.B. King, former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and Al Schlesinger, former National Chairman of the Board for NARAS, celebrate King’s Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.
From MusicWorld, posted 3.12.12
Remembering Etta James: 1938-2012
Etta James died on Friday, January 20. She was 73 years old. “With the passing of Etta James, we lose one of the most powerful and beautiful voices of blues and soul, and a woman whose spirit was as fierce and unapologetic as her music,” said BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. “James lived a life of both triumphs and…
From News, posted 1.23.12
BMI Offering New Songwriting Workshop
BMI is offering an eight-week songwriting workshop at its New York offices, taught by songwriter Billy Seidman and designed to help hone songwriting skills by focusing on lyric writing, music theory and arranging/productions techniques in contemporary songwriting. The class will feature constructive feedback, stimulating assignments, and literature created especially for the BMI Songwriting Workshop. Classes will meet on Thursdays for eight consecutive weeks starting September 29 —…
From News, posted 8.22.11
BMI, Galaxie Agency & Nashville Blues Society Celebrate Life & Work of Motown Legend Barrett Strong
On Sunday, August 28 at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Nashville, Galaxie Agency, BMI and the Nashville Blues Society will partner to celebrate the life and work of the incomparable soul songwriter Barrett Strong, with all proceeds going directly to Strong to offset care and medical bills. Featuring performances by John Ford Coley, Sarah Buxton, Nick Nixon, Jimmy…
From News, posted 8.22.11
BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season
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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd
From News, posted 7.18.11
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