BMI honored Billy F Gibbons, founding member of ZZ Top, with its coveted Troubadour Award during a private reception at BMI’s Nashville location on Monday, September 18. BMI’s President and CEO Mike O’Neill alongside Nashville’s VP of Creative Clay Bradley presented the prestigious accolade to Gibbons for his profound impact… Read more...
It’s that time of year again for sun, sand and songwriters. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association’s 19th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival kicks off Wednesday, May 7, and continues through Sunday, May 11. The lineup this year is stronger than ever with Sara Evans, Anders Osborne, Kacey Musgraves, Robert… Read more...
The lineup for the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association’s 19th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival, which will be presented by BMI, will again feature many of music’s most beloved songwriters heading to the southernmost point of the U.S. for five days of one-of-a-kind showcases and concert events dotting venues across… Read more...
The Better Angels Music Key West Songwriters Festival has announced red-letter additions to its 2012 lineup, set for May 2-6. The names on the growing bill continue and expand the festival’s tradition of elevating songwriters, from marquee performers to behind-the-scenes hit-makers. Most of the stacked schedule is free, including more… Read more...
BMI songwriters and artists overwhelmingly dominate the list of 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees, announced Thursday, January 26. BMI has historically represented the majority of country music’s leaders – from Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Porter Wagoner, to Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard – and a… Read more...
Nominees for the 45th annual CMA Awards were announced Tuesday, September 6, and the nods read like a roll call of BMI’s contemporary country vanguard. In fact, BMI songwriter/artists account for the overwhelming majority of the list. Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, the Band Perry, Zac Brown Band and Blake Shelton… Read more...
BMI hosted a VIP-filled reception to celebrate the release of Matraca Berg’s new album, The Dreaming Fields, on Tuesday, May 24. BMI’s writer/publisher lobby was transformed into an intimate listening space, where Berg bewitched an audience of peers and longtime supporters with a patently soulful set. The acclaimed CD marks… Read more...
Warner Bros. is currently offering a 15% discount off the purchasing price of the two-volume The Original Songwriter Demos, released earlier this year. BMI songwriters and publishers may take advantage of the deal by buying the album through through OriginalSongwriterDemos.com. Enter the code SONGWRITER when prompted. A thoughtfully… Read more...
Whether you enjoyed your history classes in school or not, chances are you’ve spent a little bit of time thinking about the past. Everyone likes a little historical exploration, whether it’s from the comfort of a couch, watching Indiana Jones whip his way to treasures of a long-forgotten era, or… Read more...
BMI hosted an assembly of Music Row’s elite Monday, November 24 for a celebration of one already esteemed writer’s triumphant transformation into song writer. Holly Gleason co-penned Kenny Chesney’s no. 1 hit “Better as a Memory” under the pseudonym Lady Goodman, prompting industry-wide speculation as to the true identity of… Read more...
