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Whether they’re using their music to speak out against injustice or bravely sharing their rawest emotions, BMI’s latest group of indie artists is refreshingly unapologetic and unafraid. Husband-and-wife duo Elephant Heart’s mesmerizing tracks chronicle both their love story and international travels, and indie-pop singer Dylan Dunlap and EDM up-and-comer Tim…
BMI Supports Composer Patrick Williams’ Live Recording Session For New Album
Renowned arranger/composer and BMI Richard Kirk Award recipient Patrick Williams recently hosted two invitation-only live recording sessions March 25 and 26 for his highly anticipated upcoming album, Home Suite Home. Held at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA, BMI’s Vice President, Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross attended in support of the composer,…
Cash Money’s Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams and Ronald ‘Slim’ Williams and Top Songwriters Honored at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
Celebrities, media and music industry tastemakers converged at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on August 22 to watch Broadcast Music, Inc. present the BMI Icon Award to Cash Money Records' Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. The star-studded event,…
Patrick Williams, Back with a Big Band
As a boy growing up in the early 1940s, Patrick Williams would drift to sleep listening to lullabies of a bolder sort: the high-kicking jazz orchestra recordings of bandleaders like Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Jimmie Lunceford. “My parents would leave me in the crib with these big band records…
Festival Miami Celebrates 25 Years of Diverse Musical Offerings
The 25th Annual Festival Miami, presented by University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, opened South Florida’s art season October 9 and concluded November 3. BMI was represented at the festival, which comprises a four-week series that contains a blend of artistically and culturally diverse music and educational opportunities. Festival…
Mancini Institute to Honor Composer John Williams
Academy Award-winning BMI composer John Williams will be honored by the Henry Mancini Institute (HMI) at its 10th Anniversary Concert and Gala Celebration, set for June 17 at Hollywood's famed Kodak Theatre. Williams will receive the prestigious Hank…