February 7, 2009

“How I Wrote That Song” February 2009

Pictured at the 3rd annual “How I Wrote That Song” panel, sponsored by MySpace February 7 in Los Angeles are BMI’s Catherine Brewton, who co-moderated the discussion; panelists T-Pain, Keri Hilson, will.i.am, and Makeba Riddick; and music correspondent for Access Hollywood and A&R Consultant, Myspace Records Quddus Philippe, who also served as co-moderator. (Photo by Arnold Turner)

Also from Jessica Farren Joins BMI:

Feb 07, 2012
Sixteen-year-old singer/songwriter Jessica Farren recently joined BMI’s songwriting family. Jessica, who was selected for the 2011 Grammy Camp in New York last year, is the daughter of Grammy-winning songwriter/publisher/producer Chris Farren. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams and Leslie Roberts, Jessica Farren and Chris Farren. View Photo

Feb 07, 2012
BMI presented three Million-Air Awards to hit songwriter Thom McHugh on February 3 in Nashville. “Holdin’ Heaven” – Tracy Byrd’s first No. 1 in 1993 – has earned more than 3 million performances; Kenny Chesney’s “Don’t Happen Twice” has accrued more than 2 million; and Trace Adkins’ “More” has received more than 1 million. Pictured celebrating with the awards are BMI’s David Preston, McHugh, Parallel Entertainment’s Tim Hunze and BMI’s Clay Bradley. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Music publishers and experts come together for the “Publishers as an Early Ally in an Artist’s Career” panel at midem. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Marcus Johnson leads a session during CISAC’s new writers’ workshop, entitled “Tips on Rights Management: What Are Your Rights as an Artist?” View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
BMI’s Richard Conlon addresses the audience at the cloud music panel during midem 2012. Pictured are moderator Emmanuel Legrand, a journalist and consultant; Scott Bagby, head of strategic partnerships at Rdio; Richard Conlon, BMI Senior VP of Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media; and SACEM VP Thierry Desurmont. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Gerardo Ortiz performs tracks off of Entre Dios y el Diablo -- Versión Dios at a party held to celebrate the album in Beverly Hills. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Regional Mexican star Gerardo Ortiz celebrated the release of Entre Dios y el Diablo--Versión Dios at a party hosted by his label, Sony Latin, on January 31 in Beverly Hills. BMI songwriter Ortiz also dominated the first-ever Billboard Mexican Music Awards, held in October. Pictured are manager Enrique Ortiz; Kevin Ortiz; BMI’s Marissa Lopez; Gerardo Ortiz; and Jennifer Bull, Marketing Manager, Sony Latin. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Pictured at “An Evening with Charlie Fox” are BMI’s Anne Cecere and BMI songwriter and composer Charlie Fox. View Photo

Feb 03, 2012
Grammy- and Emmy-winning BMI songwriter/composer Charlie Fox headlined the Society of Singers’ benefit dinner – “An Evening with Charlie Fox” – at Café Cordiale in Sherman Oaks on Monday, January 23. The Songwriter Hall of Fame member has written such songs as Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly,” Barry Manilow’s “Ready to Take a Chance Again” and Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name,” in addition to composing theme songs to the television shows Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Wonder Woman, Love Boat and many more. Pictured at An Evening with Charlie Fox are Wendy Garfinkel, Director of Programs & Development, the Society of Singers; Fox; BMI’s Anne Cecere; and Judy Varley, Executive Director, the Society of Singers. View Photo

Feb 02, 2012
Ryan Beaver performs “Under the Neons” at BMI in Nashville. View Photo

Feb 02, 2012
BMI invited singer/songwriter Ryan Beaver to perform a set of original songs on a sunny afternoon, January 31 in the organization’s Music Row lobby. Based in Austin, Texas, Beaver is currently on tour and co-writing while in Nashville. Pictured are BMI’s Penny Everhard, Ryan Beaver, and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Feb 02, 2012
Nettwerk One Music/Revelry Music Group recently welcomed BMI songwriter Neil Mason to their songwriting family. Mason, drummer for the Cadillac Black, just finished tours with Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Only two months into the deal, Mason’s songs have been placed in CSI: Miami and The Vampire Diaries. Pictured are BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Revelry Partner Greg Gallo, Revelry Partner Greg Beeckman, Revelry Partner AJ Burton, Mason, Nettwerk One Music's Mark Jowett and BMI’s Bradley Collins. View Photo

Feb 01, 2012
Rodriguez finishes his set at Snowball. View Photo

Feb 01, 2012
Rodriguez delivers a set full of the working-class poetry that made him a star in South Africa. View Photo

Feb 01, 2012
Rodriguez takes the stage for a surprise performance at BMI’s Snowball. View Photo

Feb 01, 2012
Rodriguez ignites the crowd at BMI’s Snowball during Sundance 2012. View Photo

Feb 01, 2012
Outlets including the LA Times and Hollywood Reporter are praising Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary that traces Detroit singer/songwriter Rodriguez’s incredible story. Rodriguez was a surprise performer at BMI’s 8th annual Snowball during Sundance 2012. View Photo

Jan 31, 2012
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) presented a screening of Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Thursday, January 5 at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theatre. After the screening, the SCL hosted a Q&A session with BMI composer Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor, the Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning team behind the film’s music. Pictured are BMI’s Lisa Feldman, Ross, Reznor, Jeff Jernigan, BMI’s Ray Yee, SCL’s Laura Dunn and SCL President Dan Foliart. View Photo

Jan 30, 2012
BMI celebrated the hard work of the team behind two Lady Antebellum No. 1 hits on Monday, January 23 in Nashville. Both “We Owned the Night,” co-written by Dallas Davidson and Lady A’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, and “Just a Kiss,” co-written by all three members Lady Antebellum and Davidson, were huge hits for the group last year. Although Davidson has written his fair share of No. 1 songs, “We Owned the Night” and “Just a Kiss” mark his first – and second – trips to the top with Lady Antebellum. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams; Davidson; Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood; and EMI Music Publishing’s Ben Vaughn. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Beatriz Luengo performs at BMI’s “Noche Bohemia,” an intimate, invite-only event co-presented by Sony Music and Jack Daniels on January 25 in New York. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
BMI, Sony Music and Jack Daniels presented “Noche Bohemia,” an intimate, invite-only event featuring a performance by Beatriz Luengo, January 25 in New York. Beatriz, a native of Madrid, Spain, performed acoustic interpretations of songs from her recent album Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas. Pictured at the event are BMI’s Porfirio Piña and Luengo. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Co-writer Richard Marx and Keith Urban share a laugh at the “Long Hot Summer” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Richard Marx and Keith Urban perform their No. 1 single “Long Hot Summer” with talented fans Leslie Strong and Patrick Woolam. Urban invited Strong and Woolam after he spotted the two performing the song on YouTube. Strong delivered an impressive cover on guitar, while Woolam offered his own inspiring take on the song with guitar and vocals. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Keith Urban thanks the team behind the No. 1 song “Long Hot Summer.” Pictured are producer Dann Huff, co-writer Richard Marx, Urban, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
BMI celebrated the team behind Keith Urban’s anthemic No. 1 hit “Long Hot Summer” at a party held on January 25 at Nashville’s Cabana. Co-written by Grammy-winning Richard Marx and Urban, the song marks Keith’s thirteenth trip to the top of the charts. Pictured at the No. 1 party for “Long Hot Summer” are Mike Sistad, producer Dann Huff, co-writer Richard Marx, Keith Urban, BMI’s Jody Williams, Universal Music Publishing Group’s Pat Higdon, and Capitol Nashville’s Mike Dungan. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Pictured at the “Long Hot Summer” No. 1 party are co-writer Richard Marx, Patrick Woolam, Leslie Strong, and Keith Urban. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Co-writers Liz Rose and Lee Brice pause for a photo at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Caitlin Rose and manager Aaron Hartley examine Rose’s mom’s No. 1 silver cup at the BMI party celebrating Liz Rose’s fourth No. 1 hit, “Crazy Girl.” View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
The Eli Young Band, celebrating their first No. 1 song, is interviewed by CMT reporter Terry Bumgardner. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Former Curb Records a&r exec and award-winning BMI songwriter Doug Johnson congratulates his protégé Lee Brice on another chart-topping song at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Curb President Mike Curb, songwriter/Curb Recording artist Lee Brice, Republic Nashville’s National Director of Promotion Matthew Hargis, and Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta share a laugh at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Ole Music shows the love as Senior Creative Director Arthur Buenahora hands out iPads to the hitmakers at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Republic Nashville president Jimmy Harnen took his “work like apes” motto all the way, inviting an alleged primate to hand out the wares for the label’s first No. 1 hit, “Crazy Girl.” View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Ole Music’s Gilles Godard praises the team behind Eli Young Band’s No. 1 hit “Crazy Girl” View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Pictured at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party are Eli Young Band’s James Young and Jon Jones, co-writers Liz Rose and Lee Brice, and Eli Young Band’s Mike Eli and Chris Thompson. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Co-writer Lee Brice thanks his supportive family and peers at the “Crazy Girl” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 27, 2012
Well-wishers and behind-the-scenes teams had multiple reasons to celebrate at BMI during the “Crazy Girl” No.1 party on Monday, January 23 in Nashville. Co-written by hit songwriters Liz Rose and Lee Brice, the song was Billboard’s most-played country song of 2011, as well as the first No. 1 for both Eli Young Band and their label, Republic Nashville. Rose now has four No. 1 hits to her credit, while “Crazy Girl” marks Brice’s second chart-topper as a songwriter. Pictured are Sony / ATV Tree’s Terry Wakefield, Eli Young Band’s James Young, co-writer Lee Brice, Cake Taker Music’s Gilles Godard, co-writer Liz Rose, Eli Young Band’s Jon Jones and Mike Eli, producer Mike Wrucke, Eli Young Band’s Chris Thompson, Cake Taker Music’s Arthur Buenahora, Mike Curb Music’s Drew Alexander, and BMI’s Leslie Roberts. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's composer/director roundtable at Sundance 2012 are composer Andrew Hollander (Sleepwalk with Me); BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and co-director Seth Barrish (Sleepwalk with Me). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's 2012 composer/director roundtable during Sundance are Searching for Sugar Man director Malik Bendjelloul; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and The First Time director Jonathan Kasdan. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Composer/director Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) shares his unique point of view at BMI's composer/director roundtable. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are composer/musician Gingger Shankar and BMI’s Ray Yee. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Director Malik Bendjelloul (right) pauses for a photo with his film Searching for Sugar Man's subject, Rodriguez (left), at BMI’s Zoom dinner. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are musician Rodriguez; director Malik Bendjelloul (Searching for Sugar Man); BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donovan. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's composer/director roundtable are composer Cliff Martinez (Arbitrage) and composer/Sundance Composers Lab advisor Blake Neely; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and composers Michael Bacon (Slavery by Another Name) and Miriam Cutler (Ethel). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Black Rock director/actor Katie Aselton; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and Black Rock composer Peter Golub pause for a photo at BMI's composer/director roundtable. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI’s Zoom Sundance dinner are composer David Poe; BMI’s Alison Smith and Samantha Cox; and composer Ronit Kirchman. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donovan ends the show with a powerful performance. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Sundance attendees fill the room for BMI’s Snowball 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are music agent John Tempereau; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and Arbitrage composer Cliff Martinez. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
BMI’s Alison Smith pauses for a photo with composers Scott Wilk and Miriam Cutler (Ethel) at Zoom. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are composers Mark Orton and Enis Rottoff; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; composer/Sundance Composers Lab advisor Blake Neely; and publicist Ray Costa. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are photographer/director Bob Gruen; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and manager Toby Mamis. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
BMI’s Ray Yee; composer/musician Gingger Shankar; and composer David Laing enjoy the annual BMI dinner at Zoom. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are director Jessica Yu; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and producer Elise Pearlstein. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are music supervisor Tiffany Anders; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and composer T. Griffin (California Solo). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are Woodstock Film Festival Co-Director Meira Blaustein; Ethel composer Miriam Cutler; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; journalist Vera Anderson; and music agent Kevin Korn. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's composer/director roundtable at Sundance 2012 are (back row) composer Cliff Martinez (Arbitrage); director Craig Zobel (Compliance); composer Michael Bacon (Slavery by Another Name); composer/Sundance Composers Lab advisor Blake Neely; composers Miriam Cutler (Ethel) and Ryan Beveridge (Mosquita y Mari); Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations, BMI; composer Andrew Hollander (Sleepwalk with Me); co-director Seth Barrish (Sleepwalk with Me); composer/director Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty); composer T. Griffin (California Solo); and director Marshall Lewy (California Solo); (front row) directors Malik Bendjelloul (Searching for Sugar Man) and Jonathan Kasdan (The First Time); actor/director Katie Aselton (Black Rock); composers Peter Golub (Black Rock) and Heather McIntosh (Compliance); and director Aurora Guerrero (Mosquita y Mari). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Zack Heckendorf kicks off BMI’s Snowball 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are composer Craig Owens; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and composer Scott Will. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI’s Snowball are BMI’s Tracie Verlinde and Alison Smith, Rodriguez, and BMI’s Samantha Cox and Ray Yee. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donovan pauses for a photo before performing at BMI’s Snowball during Sundance 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Musician Zack Heckendorf poses for a photo at BMI’s Snowball. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI’s Snowball are BMI’s Alison Smith and Tracie Verlinde, musician Zach Heckendorf, and BMI’s Samantha Cox and Ray Yee. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Part of the Mosquita y Mari team gathers for a photo at the 2012 BMI composer/director roundtable. Pictured are director Aurora Guerrero; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and composer Ryan Beveridge. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI’s annual Sundance dinner at Zoom are Compliance composer Heather McIntosh; film producer Cotty Chubb; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and film executive Matt Dentler. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom during Sundance 2012 are composer David Poe; producer/songwriter Sam Bisbee; and BMI’s Alison Smith and Samantha Cox. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Rodriguez’s surprise performance ignites the crowd at BMI’s Snowball 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donovan and BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross pause for a photo at BMI’s Snowball during Sundance 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross and director/photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (About Face) enjoy BMI’s dinner at Zoom during Sundance. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are composer Scott Wilk; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; composer Miriam Cutler (Ethel); and BMI’s Alison Smith. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at the BMI composer/director roundtable are composer Andrew Hollander (Sleepwalk with Me); BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and co-director Seth Barrish (Sleepwalk with Me). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Dawes’ Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith pose for a photo at BMI’s Snowball. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Dawes captivates the audience at BMI’s Snowball. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's composer/director roundtable, an annual Sundance favorite, are Compliance director Craig Zobel; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and Compliance composer Heather McIntosh. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Director Craig Zobel (Compliance) and BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross huddle for a photo at Zoom. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Panelists discuss what goes into creating a successful film score at BMI's composer/director roundtable at Sundance 2012. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI's composer/director roundtable at Sundance 2012 are composer T. Griffin (California Solo); BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and director Marshall Lewy (California Solo). View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are manager Toby Mamis; photographer/director Bob Gruen; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; record executive Jon McHugh; and film producer Eilene Kahn Power. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Shown during BMI's composer/director roundtable at Sundance are California Solo composer T. Griffin; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and California Solo director Marshall Lewy. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at BMI’s Snowball are composer/violinist Lili Haydn; 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Donovan; and BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross. View Photo

Jan 26, 2012
Pictured at Zoom are writer/director Ron Nyswaner; Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; and publicist Judy Arthur. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Merilou Salazar and Jessie Meehan of Where She Is compete at the Best Live Band competition during the OC Music Awards. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Nicole Vaugh performs at the “Best Live Acoustic” competition on January 10, one of the weekly showcases in the 11th Annual Orange County Music Awards. Winners will be unveiled on Saturday, March 3 at The Grove of Anaheim, CA. For more information, visit www.ocmusicawards.com. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Headshine deliver a strong set at the “Best Live Acoustic” showcase on January 10, part of the 11th Annual Orange County Music Awards. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Bauer and Caleb Blacksher of We Are The Arsenal perform at the Best Live Band competition on January 17 during the OC Music Awards. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Jessie Meehan and Glen Chu of Where She Is perform at the Best Live Band competition on January 17 during the OC Music Awards. View Photo

Jan 25, 2012
Ryan Terrigino of We Are The Arsenal delivers at the Best Live Band competition on January 17 during the OC Music Awards. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Mac Davis performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Dean Dillon performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Dean Dillon, Mac Davis, and Robert Earl Keen perform at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Robert Earl Keen performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Tyler Hansen performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Kristy Lee Cook performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Pictured at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival are BMI’s Clay Bradley, Tate Rogers, Robert Earl Keen, Dean Dillon, and BMI’s Mark Mason. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Host Storme Warren shows off a special edition autographed BMI guitar at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Steve Snyder performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Rodney Clawson performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Jake Owen performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Nicolle Galyon performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Jan 23, 2012
Marti Frederiksen performs at the inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival. View Photo