The 1st annual Downtown St. Petersburg Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI and Cox Media Group, was a huge success in attracting thousands of music lovers to the west coast Florida community. The inaugural festival, which took place November 1-3, featured 35 BMI songwriters performing in more than 100 shows at… Read more...
Music and beer joined forces at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America®, held May 1-3 at Music City Center in Nashville, TN. On the first day of the conference, BMI participated in a seminar entitled “Pulling Back the Curtain on Music Licensing.” The panel, which was comprised of BMI’s… Read more...
From November 29 thru December 2, the third annual BMI Maui Songwriters Festival will combine the lush landscapes and local flavor of Maui with the international acclaim of country music’s best scribes. This one-of-a-kind festival puts a spotlight on the art of songwriting with intimate sets from an all-star line-up.… Read more...
BMI’s David Claassen was on hand to celebrate the July 4 holiday in the company of BMI songwriters The Sweet Tea Project at the Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Resort & Club. Claassen and the band, helmed by Ed Roland of Collective Soul, were in town for a songwriters’ workshop that… Read more...
Earlier this month, BMI songwriters Ed Roland of Collective Soul and Faye Webster took part in the grand opening of River Oaks Film Studios in Savannah, GA. River Oaks started out as a massive warehouse before the 20,000-square-foot space was transformed into a state-of-the-art sound stage. The overall project is… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. award-winning songwriter and leader of the platinum-selling rock band Collective Soul, Ed Roland, performed at Cox Media Group’s (CMG) Employee Giving Rally, held Monday, October 13, 2014, at Cox’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA. CMG is an integrated broadcasting, marketing, publishing and digital media company. Roland, an Atlanta… Read more...
As front men for Better Than Ezra and Collective Soul, Kevin Griffin and Ed Roland helped create grunge’s alter-ego. The sunnier side of 90’s rock was built by Griffin-penned BTE hits such as “Good,” “Desperately Wanting,” “In the Blood,” and others, as well as Collective Soul’s “Shine,” “The World I… Read more...
Presented by BMI, Perennial Favorite Slated for April 27-May 1 The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, is exploding, surpassing even the biggest dreams of its founders and longtime supporters. The 2011 lineup is unprecedentedly deeper: genre-hopping singer/songwriters Raul Malo, Marshall Chapman, and Robert Earl Keen;… Read more...
The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, will make paradise even sweeter during the event’s 16th annual installment in its island namesake. Benefiting the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, the festival will feature more than 100 top-tier performing songwriters. Anchor sponsor BMI will continue its widespread… Read more...
Ashley Monroe stopped by the BMI offices in Los Angeles to greet and serenade staffers with a handful of songs from her catalogue of hits. Some of Ashley’s well crafted work can be heard on Carrie Underwood’s new album, Carnival Ride; The Little Willies, which included Norah Jones; and Kellie… Read more...
