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Carole King Named BMI Icon at 60th Annual BMI Pop Awards
Global music rights leader Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) honored the songwriters and music publishers behind the year’s most-performed songs on Tuesday, May 15 at the organization’s 60th annual Pop Awards, held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Carole King received the BMI Icon Award recognizing the “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers” she has made through her incomparable catalog as a songwriter and recording artist.…
From News, posted 5.16.12
BMI Brings Nashville Cool to Bonnaroo
BMI will dispatch three of the freshest voices from Nashville’s thriving independent rock scene to the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 4th annual Road to Bonnaroo contest victors By Lightning, Wild Cub, and Fly Golden Eagle each earned slots in the festival’s Great Taste Lounge Brewed by Miller Lite, where they will serve as ambassadors of Nashville’s spit-polished Southern eclecticism. Sponsored by BMI, Mercy Lounge, the Nashville Scene,…
From News, posted 5.23.12
BMI Sets Stage at ACL Fest 2012
BMI will pair homegrown Southern eclecticism with soulful U.K. swagger on its stage at the 11th Annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, scheduled for October 12-14 in Austin, Texas. Nestled in a shady Zilker Park corner, the BMI stage is a perennial favorite, where crowd surfing is harmoniously followed by two-stepping. With widely varying acts hailing from Nashville: Nikki Lane, Colorfeels,
From News, posted 5.22.12
BMI Songwriters Win 62% of 2012 Billboard Music Awards
BMI songwriters scored 62% of the Billboard Music Awards handed out on Sunday, May 20 in Las Vegas. BMI’s commanding majority spanned pop, dance, hip-hop, country and contemporary Christian music wins, reflecting the diversity and unparalleled popularity of the BMI repertoire. With 12 trophies, Adele led the BMI surge, while Lil Wayne followed with four awards.
From News, posted 5.21.12
Remembering Robin Gibb: 1949-2012
Robin Gibb, a beloved longtime member of BMI’s songwriting family, died on Sunday, May 20 in London. He was 62. Along with brothers Maurice and Barry, Robin formed the Bee Gees, and although the band became synonymous with the disco movement they led, the Bee Gees achieved pop music perfection a decade before helping to ignite the 70’s dance craze. During the…
From News, posted 5.21.12
Adele Leads BMI Wins at 57th Annual Ivor Novellos
BMI’s U.K. songwriting family took home top honors at the 57th annual Ivor Novello Awards, a tradition celebrating the most brilliant accomplishments in songwriting and composing in the U.K. each year that has become one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the country’s creative community. Adele earned the Songwriter of the Year title, while “Rolling in the Deep,” which she co-wrote with Paul Epworth, was named…
From News, posted 5.18.12
Songwriter Business News
Important stories for working songwriters: The Future of Music Coalition explains why that while DIY is great, so is building the right team. Digital Music News shares a report on the number of people in the U.S. who self-identify as working musicians – and the stats might surprise you. Anyone can be creative. The Wall Street Journal explains how. Local songwriter shows – like BMI writer Steve…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Remembering Donald “Duck” Dunn: 1941-2012
Longtime BMI songwriter and profoundly influential bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn died Sunday, May 13 while on tour in Tokyo with Stax band Booker T. and the MG’s, of which he was a key member. To learn more about Dunn’s significant career, read the recent tribute published in his hometown paper, the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
From News, posted 5.17.12
10 Questions: LP
When a recent ad campaign by Citi featured “Into the Wild,” an aptly scaled blast of indie-pop fronted by the sweeping vocals of singer/songwriter LP, it sparked a national singalong that she, for one, did not expect. That’s probably because “Into the Wild” is but one of countless demos LP has penned in the last five years as a session-writer for several major labels.…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.10.12
10 Questions: Hector Saldana of the Krayolas
In 2007, the Krayolas—Hector Saldana’s long-defunct troop of Texas twangers—caught an unlikely second wind. That year, the band reissued a heap of their out-of-print recordings, which quickly garnered unexpected buzz on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s “Kick Out the Jams!” with Dave Marsh and “Little Steven’s Underground Garage” and NPR’s “All Things Considered”; in Texas Monthly; at SXSW; and via rock critics Ben…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.30.12
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