Rams Head Presents, BMI and The Florida Keys Tourist Development Council hosted the 27th annual Key West Songwriters Festival this past weekend (5/03 – 5/07) that brought together over 250 BMI multi-genre creators to share some of their biggest hits throughout 50 venues across the island, including multiple offerings at… Read more...
Rams Head Presents, BMI and The Florida Keys Tourist Development Council are proud to announce the 27th annual Key West Songwriters Festival line-up. In what has become a yearly tradition, the festival brings music lovers and music makers together to see over 250 songwriters perform some of their biggest hits… Read more...
The California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns held their annual INNspire Conference & Marketplace in person this year at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego and BMI helped make it an event to remember. Award-winning BMI songwriter James Slater was the featured entertainment at their closing beach party… Read more...
BMI proudly paid tribute to the best in songwriting for its 69th Annual BMI Country Awards. The top songwriters, publishers and administrators of the previous year’s most-performed Country songs were celebrated across all BMI digital and social channels. Songwriter/producer Jesse Frasure was named Songwriter of the Year, “One of Them… Read more...
Back by popular request for his second Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) Convention, BMI songwriter James Slater took the crowd thru a musical ride with a compelling performance of his hits, as well as some new music. His set included the GRAMMY-nominated “In My Daughters Eyes” (Martina McBride), “Open Season… Read more...
BMI provided the musical entertainment at the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters (OAB) annual convention held April 4, 2019 in Oklahoma City. Two-time GRAMMY-nominated BMI singer-songwriter James Slater entertained broadcasters from across the state by telling the stories behind the songs and performing “High Cost Of Living” (recorded by Jamey Johnson),… Read more...
Last week, songwriter Alejandro Sierra stopped by the BMI Nashville office with mentor James Slater, a fellow BMI writer, to affiliate with BMI and visit with Mason Hunter, AVP Creative, Nashville. A local university student, Sierra, who moved to Nashville at age 14 from Quito, Ecuador, has found himself rising… Read more...
BMI was on hand recently (8/18) to help a Hall of Fame songwriter raise money for important causes back in his hometown of Indian Lake, Ohio. Each year award-winning BMI songwriter Even Stevens travels home to host “The Nashville Hitmakers,” a songwriter round that benefits the Indian Lake Watershed Project,… Read more...
WORKSHOPS Jason Blume Songwriting Workshop: Nashville BMI’s popular Songwriters’ Workshop Series in Nashville is held monthly under the tutelage of hit songwriter and best-selling author Jason Blume. When: March 15, April 12, 2016, 12:30 - 4:30 PM. Where: BMI’s Nashville offices (10 Music Square East, Nashville, TN)… Read more...
BMI is pleased to announce the initial lineup for the 21st Annual Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association’s Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI. Set for May 4-8, 2016, the festival will feature top country hitmakers alongside up-and-coming talent in the most iconic venues of beautiful Key West. “This is… Read more...
Captured at 2011 BMI Country Awards
