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MusicWorld: songwriter news, Q&A’s, advice & more
Check out the new issue of BMI MusicWorld, featuring… Important stories for working songwriters from Wired, Rolling Stone, Billboard and more. Sandy Vee: “You’re a beatmaker? Cool. Just pick up a guitar or bass, and learn. You will need something else because we’re talking about music, not just beats." Xenia: "Being on ‘The Voice,’ especially having someone like
From News, posted 2.21.12
BMI to Present Counting Crows at SXSW 2012
Counting Crows will headline BMI’s Friday-night show at Auditorium Shores with opening bands Diamond Rugs and Tender Mercies during SXSW 2012 in Austin on March 16. An annual favorite of both SXSW attendees and Austin music fans, the evening is free and open to the public. Gates open at 6 p.m. San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Adam Duritz and guitarist/producer David Bryson co-founded Counting Crows in 1991, and proceeded to assemble one of…
From News, posted 2.16.12
Mark Mothersbaugh to Discuss Distinguished Career with BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross at SXSW Film 2012
Q&A slated for March 13 at Austin Convention Center Iconic multi-media composer and rock pioneer Mark Mothersbaugh and Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations for BMI, will come together for an in-depth conversation about music in film, television, gaming and the myriad other areas of Mothersbaugh’s expertise on Tuesday, March 13 at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. The anticipated Q&A is slated for 11…
From News, posted 2.15.12
Grammy Winners & Nominees Share Songwriting Secrets at BMI’s ‘How I Wrote That Song’
BMI presented “How I Wrote That Song”, its annual pre-Grammy event, today at The Key Club in West Hollywood. The panel featured RZA, the Grammy-winning founder of the Wu-Tang Clan; Joel and Benji Madden, co-founders of Good Charlotte; Rev Run, the Grammy-winning hip-hop icon; DJ Khaled, a multiple Grammy-nominee/producer/artist; and RedOne, a Grammy-winning songwriter/producer. The…
From News, posted 2.13.12
BMI Songwriter/Artists Win 68% of Grammys; Adele Takes Home Six
The 54th annual Grammy Awards belonged to BMI songwriters, who earned almost 70% of the year's 78 trophies – resounding proof of the strength of the BMI repertoire. Adele took home Grammy gold in every category in which she was nominated. She won six trophies in all, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. Adele is a member of British performing right society PRS for…
From News, posted 2.13.12
10 Questions: Ammar Malik
Ammar Malik is a guitar-toting songwriter from Virginia who, at 24, also happens to be one of pop’s hottest guns for hire. His involvement behind Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” sparked a pivotal camaraderie with that song’s featured vocalist, Adam Levine. That chemistry helped produce “Moves Like Jagger,” the massively infectious Maroon 5 single that needs no introduction. Taking stock—and a…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.06.12
Sundance 2012: Rodriguez
When Rodriguez took the stage to perform at BMI’s 8th annual Sundance Snowball, he was every bit the awe-inspiring rock poet first introduced in his 1970’s recordings. The only difference is now, everyone knows it. Born in 1942 in Detroit to Mexican immigrants, Sixto Diaz Rodriguez released his first single in 1967, and followed with two albums on Sussex/A&M, 1970’s Cold Fact and the following year’s Coming…
From News, posted 2.01.12
Remembering Etta James: 1938-2012
Etta James died on Friday, January 20. She was 73 years old. “With the passing of Etta James, we lose one of the most powerful and beautiful voices of blues and soul, and a woman whose spirit was as fierce and unapologetic as her music,” said BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. “James lived a life of both triumphs and…
From News, posted 1.23.12
Remembering Johnny Otis: 1921-2012
Legend Johnny Otis died on January 19. He was 90 years old. Otis was many things -- songwriter, band leader, musician, talent scout, dj, activist, preacher, author -- but those labels only hint at the scope and power of his versatility and vision. He had an incomparable knack for spotting and nurturing artistic genius, and is credited with guiding the careers of soul and r&b pioneers such as…
From News, posted 1.21.12
MusicWorld: Skylar Grey, Anthony Hamilton, Sundance & More
Check out the new BMI MusicWorld digital issue, featuring… Anthony Hamilton: “This new album came in sections. I was in a space where I wanted to change it up a bit. I was in a moving mood; I wanted to feel like it was traveling.” Skylar Grey: “I don’t go out and specifically take a song and say, ‘I wanna do something like this’—because…
From News, posted 1.18.12
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