BMI and ASCAP held a music licensing session at the Tavern League of Wisconsin’s (TLW) 84th spring conference on April 2, in Appleton, WI. The presentation included an overview of the music licensing process, the service that BMI and ASCAP provide to TLW members, and the importance of songwriters getting… Read more...
Just when it seemed that the career of Florida rockers Shinedown couldn’t get any more massive, along came The Sound of Madness. The group’s third studio album for Atlantic, which came out last year to immediate acclaim by critics and fans alike, has been certified gold, while its second single,… Read more...
BMI’s New York Writer/Publisher Relations department hosted its first “Who’s Next: Writers on the Rise” event on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Redeye Grill in Manhattan. The packed media reception featured Josiah Bell, Dave Katz, Claude Kelly, Lady GaGa, Lanz, Matthew Mayfield, Curtis Richardson, Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik, Brent Smith… Read more...
Pounding out over 200 concerts a year is probably one of the quickest ways for a group to either make it or break it: You’re either demonstrating some pretty solid chops as a band to be reckoned with, or you’re exposing yourselves as never-will-be’s. For the four members of melodic… Read more...
Shinedown frontman Brent Smith stopped by the BMI New York office recently to say hello and talk about the band's latest Atlantic Records release, Us and Them. The follow-up to their 2003 platinum debut Leave a Whisper, the new album's first single "Save Me" is currently #1 on Billboard's Mainstream… Read more...
