Recent Jeff Cohen Updates
Nashville Tunesmith Cliff Goldmacher Brings Songwriter Workshop to BMI LA
Veteran Nashville songwriter Cliff Goldmacher will be teaching a singer/songwriter workshop on Wednesday, October 26 at BMI Los Angeles. The workshop, being held from 7pm to 9pm at the performing rights organization's offices located at 8730 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, is free and open to participants on an advanced registration basis. Space is limited; participants can request admission by emailing LARSVP@bmi.com. The workshop is…
TV Execs Tune In To Special BMI Performance
For the 10th consecutive year, performing rights organization BMI was a sponsor of the NAB 100 Plus Small Market Television annual conference held recently in Phoenix. The sponsorship included a special performance by BMI singer/songwriter Jeff Cohen on September 10 during a poolside dinner for the 200 conference attendees. Cohen performed some of his hit songs, including the Evan and Jaron smash “Crazy For This Girl,”…
BMI Sponsors Kaua`i Music Festival
BMI was a proud sponsor of the 1st annual Kaua`i Music Festival, a four-day celebration of the art of songwriting. The Festival, which took place June 1-4 on the island of Kaua`i in Hawaii, gave aspiring songwriters the opportunity to learn and improve their craft under the tutelage of some of the best songwriters in the world. The multi-faceted event featured seminar style instruction for small groups of songwriters in…
Bottom Line for Jesse Harris and The Ferdinandos
BMI songwriter Jesse Harris and his band The Ferdinandos recently headlined a spectacular show at New York's famous Bottom Line. Harris, who penned the Norah Jones hit "Don't Know Why," earned his first Grammy Award at the 45th annual ceremony held in New York City on February 23. The song, from the 23-year-old jazz-pop vocalist's multi-platinum debut album, Come Away With Me, earned the…
Kauai Music Festival Adds Grammy Winner Jesse Harris
Grammy winner Jesse Harris has joined the staff of the Kauai Music Festival, set for June 1-4 in Kauai, Hawaii. Harris received 2003 Grammy Song of the Year honors for "Don’t Know Why," recorded by five-time Grammy winner Norah Jones on her multi-platinum project Come Away with Me. In addition to "Don't Know Why," the CD -- named…
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).
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.
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…
Jeff Cohen

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…
