May 26, 2004

SOCAN Reps Visit Music City

Executives from Canadian performing rights organization SOCAN visited with their counterparts at BMI during a recent visit to Music City. On the informal agenda were technological advances, affiliation procedures and royalty distribution issues. More than 100 SOCAN members are part of the Nashville songwriting community.

Gathered at the Nashville office are (seated) BMI's Nancy Moore; SOCAN Member Relations & National Policies Director Lynne Foster; SOCAN CEO Andre LeBel, SOCAN National Relations Specialist Marni Thornton; BMI's Nancy Logan and Caroline Davis; (standing) SOCAN songwriter and consultant Eddie Schwartz, BMI's Thomas Cain, Michael Tortora and Joyce Rice; SOCAN Member Management VP Kent Sturgeon; BMI's Patsy Bradley, David Preston, Harry Warner, Perry Howard, LuAnn Davidson and Bradley Collins; and SOCAN Relationship Manager Dan Kershaw. Photo by Brian Tipton

BMI represents more than 500,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 7.5 million works.