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Rolfe Kent Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & TV Awards
Global music rights leader Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film/TV Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The ceremony saluted the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series, and highest-ranking cable network programs. Rolfe Kent received BMI’s Richard Kirk Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film…
From News, posted 5.17.12
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
Jean Carlos Almonte Wins Peermusic Latin Scholarship
Porfirio Piña, Director of the BMI Foundation's peermusic Latin Scholarship, has announced that Jean Carlos Almonte is the winner of the 9th annual peermusic Latin Scholarship, a competition for original Latin songs and instrumental compositions. Almonte, a native of Dominican Republic and a student at Utah State University, received a $5,000 scholarship for his song, “No Me Puedo Mentir.” The award was…
From News, posted 5.23.12
Remembering Howard Richmond: 1918-2012
Preeminent BMI music publisher and Songwriters Hall of Fame co-founder Howard Richmond has passed away. He was 94 years old. As a music publisher, Richmond was a vital force in the careers of legends such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bart Howard, Shel Silverstein, Huddie Ledbetter and many others. Along with Johnny Mercer and fellow publisher Abe Olman,…
From News, posted 5.22.12
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
Why Adele and Her Songwriting Will Always Matter
Paparazzi flock to the famous. It comes with the territory of globe-spanning celebrity. But Adele Laurie Blue Adkins — arguably the biggest pop artist in the world right now — also draws attention of a much rarer sort. Respected media outlets from 60 Minutes to Vogue, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio have devoted precious airtime and space to monitoring the health…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Tom T. Hall: How the Storyteller Found His Voice
Tom T. Hall was a Roanoke disc jockey the day his phone rang with an offer from Newkeys Publishing to come to Nashville and be a professional songwriter. “They asked, ‘Can you live on $50 a week?’ I said, ‘It’s worked so far,’” says Hall, whose singular songs earned him the nickname “The Storyteller” as well as a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame.…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
At 80, John Williams Is Still Building a Legacy
As much as any composer alive, John Williams has written the musical soundtrack of our lives. Earlier this year, the five-time Academy Award winner turned 80; yet he shows no signs of slowing down. Williams received two more Oscar nominations this year — for his scores for the Steven Spielberg films War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin — which brings his total to 47, the…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Allen Stone, Creating New Soul Music
Allen Stone’s brown-sugar-and-melted-butter voice betrays all of his good intentions not to make music that’s just about sex. Not even his granny glasses, rumpled blond hair and cardigans can camouflage the fact: His voice sounds like sex. His self-titled new album is all quivering crescendos and turn-down-the-bed rhythm, which just leaves the 24-year-old Seattle-based soul singer, who’s been compared to Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Prince,…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
With Third Spanish-language Album, Frankie J Grows Up
It’s been close to a decade since we heard Frankie J’s apologetic whispers on his solo breakout breakup single, “Don’t Wanna Try.” The track was later flipped into a Spanish version “Ya No Es Igual,” garnering notoriety for Frankie in multiple markets. It was a formula that he grew quite fond of, as his second Top 10 single, “Obsession (No Es Amor),” started as a Bachata…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Avicii Joins Frontlines of a DJ Revolution
A Mafia may rule the Swedish house scene, but its undisputed prodigal son is Tim Bergling, the DJ-producer from Stockholm who records as Avicii. And if the sweep of his recent hits — the Etta James-infused thumper “Le7els,” the David Guetta-boosted and Grammy-nominated “Sunshine” — constitute a bellwether, Avicii may soon make his bid as Swedish house’s reigning monarch. Still shy of 23, Bergling is already…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Eddie Palmieri Celebrates more than 50 Years of La Perfecta
He may be 75, but Eddie Palmieri remains many things: still touring, still a pianist of legendary force, still funny. 2011 marked the golden anniversary for Palmieri’s seminal conjunto, or combo, La Perfecta. Awards were accordingly sprinkled throughout the nine-time Grammy winner’s year: BMI presented him a Certificate of Appreciation, and the summer brought an honorary DVD commemorating the Bronx-born pianist and bandleader’s half-century of contributions…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
The Warren Brothers: Staying Diverse and Focusing on the Song
Brett and Brad Warren always write their songs together, and, as the Nashville songwrit-ing duo the Warren Brothers, they have written for Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley and an impressive, steadily growing list of others. “Because we’re brothers, we have a built-in chemistry,” Brett explains. “We’re also brutally honest with each other. It can be refreshing and also taxing to write with us,…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
Amanda Green: New Adventures in Musical Theatre After High Fidelity and Bring It On
Amanda Green has musical theatre in her blood. The daughter of legendary lyricist and playwright Adolph Green (On the Town and Singin’ in the Rain) and Tony-winning actress Phyllis Newman, Green has been surrounded by Broadway her entire life. So it might seem surprising that the in-demand lyricist picked up one of her most valuable lessons for penning lyrics during her stint songwriting in Nashville. When…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
From the Archives
BMI’s songwriting history, in pictures. Former BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and rock-and-roll co-founder Chuck Berry take the stage at the re-opening of Nashville club Exit/In.
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
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