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Skip Ewing Celebrates With a New Christmas Album

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From MusicWorld, posted 11.19.21 Songwriter and artist Skip Ewing released his first Christmas album, Following Yonder Star, more than 25 years ago. For years, playing Christmas shows was a regular part of his touring itinerary, a yearly ritual he missed last year due to the COVID pandemic. Fortunately, Ewing made good use of the… Read more...


Tips for Writing Songs About Anything…But Love

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From MusicWorld, posted 6.19.19 At my BMI Nashville Songwriters’ Workshops, I screen and critique songs from each attendee. When I find songs that I believe are competitive with those being written by today’s top hitmakers, I forward them to ten music publishers who have agreed to listen. After the last BMI Workshop, I forwarded… Read more...


BMI Mourns the Loss of Celebrated BMI Composer Patrick Williams

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From News, posted 7.26.18 BMI is saddened by the news that Emmy, GRAMMY and BMI Richard Kirk Award-winner Patrick Williams passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Among the legendary projects on Williams’ unsurpassed resume were scores for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Streets of San Francisco, Columbo,… Read more...


BMI and Entercom’s 94.1 The Wolf Bring Nashville Songwriters to Memphis for Songwriters Festival

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From News, posted 5.14.18 BMI partnered recently (4/17) with Entercom’s 94.1 The Wolf to present the 3rd annual Songwriters Festival at The Halloran Centre for Performing Arts and Education in Memphis, TN. Headlining the event were award-winning BMI singer-songwriters Trent Tomlinson, Marshall Altman and Matt Warren, who collectively have written chart-topping songs for Brett… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its 2017 Dove Award Winners

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From News, posted 10.19.17 BMI has many, many affiliates to be proud of in the Christian music genre – from our multitude of prestigious Dove nominees to the winners who brought home trophies Tuesday night. Congratulations to all on jobs well done! Here’s the final list of BMI winners: SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-ARTIST)… Read more...


BMI Congratulates its 2017 Dove Award Nominees

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From News, posted 10.13.17 The GMA Dove Awards has honored several BMI songwriters and composers with nominations for their outstanding achievements and excellence in Christian Music. The 48th annual ceremony for the prestigious accolades will be held October 17 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville. Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will exclusively air the… Read more...


BMI Writers Honored With 2015 Dove Award Nominations

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From News, posted 10.06.15 BMI congratulates its 2015 Dove Award nominees including for KING & COUNTRY, which leads the BMI pack with six nods and Matt Maher and Chris Tomlin each with four nominations. The theme of the 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Allen… Read more...


Chris Willis, Writing Gospel-Bred Electronica with a Rock Edge

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From MusicWorld, posted 12.15.11 The word “songwriter” typically conjures a loner with a guitar or piano, or maybe two or three tunesmiths ensconced in a room at a publisher’s office in Nashville or L.A. But for Chris Willis and other creative sparkplugs of the dance and electronic music realm, it’s a wildly different game,… Read more...


2010 BMI Christian Music Awards Honor Genre’s Most-Played Songs

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From News, posted 4.21.10 Steven Curtis Chapman, tobyMac, Chris Stevens, Jason Walker & Universal Music Publishing Win Top Honors BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed songs on Christian radio and television during the annual Christian Music Awards tonight at the company’s Music Row offices in Nashville. By contributing two… Read more...


BMI Congratulates Inaugural Musicians Hall of Fame Inductees

From News, posted 11.30.07 BMI proudly sponsored the after party for the inaugural Musicians Hall of Fame induction ceremony held Monday, November 26 in Nashville. After honoring the members of the A Team, the Blue Moon Boys, The Tennessee Two, the Funk Brothers, The Memphis Boys and the Wrecking Crew at the Schermerhorn Symphony… Read more...


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