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Recent Jeff Cohen News

Norah Jones

BMI singer/songwriter Norah Jones (left) stops for a photo after her recent performance at the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ where she opened for the Dave Matthews band. Seen here with Jones on her tour bus are fellow BMI songwriters Lee Alexander (Jones' bass player) and Jeff Cohen, and BMI's J.W. Johnson (kneeling).


From News, posted 6.30.02

BMI Gathers Songwriters for Red Cross Benefit Show

more BMI Songwriter Julie Gold, her humanitarian hit "From a Distance." BMI Songwriters join together for an encore.


From News, posted 9.20.01

BMI Sponsors DC Songwriters Summit

Songwriters in the nation’s capital came together for a day-long Recording Academy “Songwriters Summit” sponsored by BMI. The day touched off with a publisher’s forum focusing on how writers should approach a publishing deal. Speakers on the publisher's forum included Eric Beall, Zamba Music Publishing; Julia Kirkendall, CD Enterprises; Rebecca Wright, Universal Music…


From News, posted 5.07.01

Jeff Cohen

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Jeff Cohen started working at BMI to help upcoming bands protect their music and insure they collect the royalties they deserved. It is now Jeff himself who is collecting those royalties, writing hit songs featured on both radio and television. Cohen's first big break after leaving BMI to pursue his music career was landing the theme song to the WB show Jack and Jill. The…


From MusicWorld, posted 1.31.01

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