The Minnesota Broadcasters Association’s annual conference, held recently in Stillwater, MN, featured a performance by an award-winning BMI songwriter with local roots. Emily Shackelton, who is a Biwabek native, performed some of her biggest country hits for the audience of radio and TV executives from her home state. While at… Read more...
BMI is saddened by the news that singer-songwriter Jamie O’Hara passed away yesterday. Highly decorated for the GRAMMY-winning megahit “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days),” which was recorded by The Judds in 1986, O’Hara was also the scribe behind Ronnie McDowell’s smashes “Wandering Eyes” and “Older Women.” Early… Read more...
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced that it will induct BMI songwriters Larry Gatlin, Dwight Yoakam, Marcus Hummon and Kostas to its prestigious hall of fame on Monday, October 14, at the Music City Center. The new inductees will join the 213 existing members of the elite organization,… Read more...
Jake Scott is a Los-Angeles–based singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who, in college, had the kind of success a student musician only dreams of: His debut EP, Of Life and Longing, peaked at number four on the singer-songwriter charts and was featured in the number four slot on the Billboard Heat-Seekers… Read more...
BMI partnered with the outgoing Board Chair of the Ohio Restaurant Association to create a special day for his colleagues at White Castle during their annual company meeting held recently (6/21/18) in Nashville. Lending their expertise were award-winning BMI songwriters Greg Bates and George Ducas, who enthusiastically led a songwriting… Read more...
Last night the National Association of Broadcasters presented BMI singer/songwriter Sara Evans with its prestigious 2018 Service to America Leadership Award at the NAB Education Foundation’s Celebration of Service to America Awards, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. As the NABEF’s highest individual honor, the Service… Read more...
BMI partnered with the Tavern League of Colorado recently (4/29) to provide the musical entertainment at the trade association’s annual Bar & Restaurant Expo. The event, which was held at the Cowboy Lounge in Denver, is designed to connect vendors and sponsors with the decision makers from locally owned bars,… Read more...
BMI was asked to make a presentation at the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show held recently (3/7/16) in Las Vegas that gave bar and nightclub owners an inside look at the music licensing process and a better understanding of how they can legally use music in their establishments.… Read more...
BMI singer-songwriter George Ducas took the spotlight at the recent New Mexico Restaurant Association’s Hospitality Industry Awards Dinner in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ducas, the writer behind country hits “Beer Run” (Garth Brooks & George Jones), “A Real Fine Place to Start” (Sara Evans) and “Just Call Me Lonesome” (Radney Foster),… Read more...
BMI proudly partnered recently (Sept 11-12) with the historic Sacajawea Hotel and Cherry Creek Radio with support from the Montana Lodging and Hospitality Association to present the 1st annual Sacajawea Songwriters Festival in scenic Three Forks, Montana. The two-day festival featured a songwriter’s clinic and a local songwriting competition, as… Read more...
