BMI’s AVP, Creative, Mason Hunter presented 90s alternative-rock band Collective Soul with three Million-Air certificates on stage during their show at the Ryman Auditorium on Monday, March 2. Cumulatively, their songs “The World I Knew,” “Shine” and “December” have racked up over nine million broadcast performances, totaling roughly sixty-three hours… Read more...
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...
Magnets & Ghosts, the brainchild of Collective Soul’s Dean Roland and songwriter/producer Ryan Potesta, is new age alt-rock at its finest. Ranging in influence from The Black Keys to Pink Floyd, the duo creates a captivating soundscape that explores emotional depths through lyrics and music. Mass, their 2011 full-length, features head-banging tracks… Read more...
I’ve always had a special connection to Sundance because my late grandpa David Rayfiel and festival founder Robert Redford were extremely close friends and associates. My grandpa David wrote The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor, Out Of Africa, and many other films starring Redford. Admittedly this is… 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...
