BMI partnered with Beasley Media and WJBR-FM in Wilmington, Delaware recently (11/14) to present the 1st annual Whiskey, Wine & Writers showcase featuring two hitmakers from Nashville. BMI songwriters Dave Fenley and Frank Myers put their story telling and musicianship on display in front of an enthusiastic audience of music… Read more...
BMI songwriter Frank Myers journeyed back to his home state of Ohio recently (9/6) to entertain Cleveland area members of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association at their annual Stars of Industry Awards luncheon held at the Crowne Plaza Playhouse Square, a long time BMI licensee. The hoteliers gather annually… Read more...
BMI teamed up with the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association recently to present a music licensing seminar for Tampa Bay area bars, hotels and restaurants. The workshop, entitled “Essentials of Music Licensing,” was held at the Chart House in Tampa and was designed to educate bar, restaurant and hotel executives… Read more...
BMI songwriter and producer Allen Reynolds recently received the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award during the organization’s annual gala August 23 in Nashville. The prestigious honor recognizes “music trailblazers who exemplify the highest quality of leadership and leading by example.” Reynolds certainly fits the bill. He cut his teeth with… Read more...
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame will induct BMI songwriter Kye Fleming and the late BMI artist/songwriter Tammy Wynette on Sunday, October 18 at the organization’s annual ceremony in Nashville. One of country music’s preeminent female vocalists, Tammy Wynette also made landmark contributions as a songwriter. In addition to co-penning… Read more...
Singer, producer and longtime BMI songwriter Delaney Bramlett died Saturday, December 27 in Los Angeles. He was 69 years-old. Revered as one-half of Delaney & Bonnie, the duo which he cofounded with his then wife Bonnie Lynn O’Farrell, Bramlett influenced icons including Eric Clapton and George Harrison through his skilled… Read more...
When Her late producer and record-label chief Owen Bradley called Loretta Lynn “the female Hank Williams,” he was referring to her striking originality as a writer-artist. True, her clarion-call voice is one of country music’s most distinctive. But what truly sets Read more...
BMI saluted the premier country music songwriters, artists and publishers at its 2004 Country Awards, staged last night (11/8) at the BMI offices on Music Row in Nashville. Kitty Wells, Casey Beathard; Toby Keith, Loretta Lynn; Universal Music Senior VP/GM Pat Higdon; BMI President Emeritus Read more...
Award-winning songwriter Jim McBride recently visited BMI's Joyce Rice and Paul Corbin in Nashville to sign a writer agreement with the performing rights organization. McBride was a full-time postman and part-time songwriter until 1981, when he began to pursue his songwriting career exclusively. His first hit came that year with… Read more...
Everyone knows that songwriters should flock to Nashville if they’re writing for the country market, New York to pen Broadway scores and other recording centers for different genres. Someone forgot to give Hugh Prestwood that advice before he left El Paso, Texas for New York City, and,… Read more...
