BMI songwriter Tim James, who has won multiple awards for his craft including a GRAMMY, was the featured entertainment at the 2023 Marriott Attorney Summit held recently in Bethesda, Maryland. The gathering attracted Marriott lawyers from across the globe, including the Intellectual Property legal team which is responsible for handling… Read more...
BMI is partnering with Gigmor and the New York State Brewers Association (NYSBA) to bring the “Taste of Nashville” Tour to breweries across upstate New York. Hitting cities from Clifton Park to Hamilton and everywhere in between, the tour kicks off on Tuesday, August 23 and wraps up on Saturday,… Read more...
BMI brought singer-songwriter Randy Montana to perform at the New York State Restaurant Association’s (NYSRA) annual membership summit held recently (09/22/19) at Long Island Spirits in Baiting Hollow, NY. Montana entertained the crowd performing his recent #1 song “Beer Never Broke My Heart” (Luke Combs), along with “Can’t Turn You… Read more...
At my BMI Nashville Songwriters’ Workshops, I screen and critique songs from each attendee. When I find songs that I believe are competitive with those being written by today’s top hitmakers, I forward them to ten music publishers who have agreed to listen. After the last BMI Workshop, I forwarded… Read more...
BMI and longtime partner the Massachusetts Restaurant Association teamed up recently (3/4) to provide the musical entertainment at “The Toast,” the annual party that takes place after day one of the New England Food Show. BMI songwriter and Vermont native Jamie Lee Thurston entertained more than 200 restaurant owners and… Read more...
BMI and the Boca Raton Resort & Beach Club launched the inaugural New Sounds of Nashville experience this Labor Day weekend in South Florida with a series of exclusive events and writing camps. Designed to be an intimate, weekend-long experience that highlights the journey from writing the song to a… Read more...
BMI was on hand recently (3/17) to help support Beasley Media executive Bob Morency’s effort to raise money in honor of his daughter Meggan, who passed away in 2003 due to injuries sustained while riding in an equestrian event. Morency, who is Beasley’s market manager in Boca Raton, Florida, created… Read more...
BMI songwriter Jamie Lee Thurston entertained the Kentucky Broadcast Association on October 6th during their annual convention. The Lexington, KY performance saw Thurston showcase tunes including “15 Minutes,” recorded by Rodney Atkins, and “I Ain’t Got It All That Bad,” recorded by Montgomery Gentry. As an added treat, BMI songwriter… Read more...
Many of the writers whose songs I listen to at my workshops work long and hard on their lyrics, striving to find unique, fresh ways to tell their stories and express their concepts. But they sometimes forget that we’re not writing poems, but songs—and if we hope to create songs… Read more...
There is nothing more compelling than hearing songwriters talk about and play their own music in front of a crowd. So, who better to bring to the BMI congressional briefing on songwriter rights than songwriters? Armed with the 2012 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, Luke Laird, and multi-GRAMMY nominated… Read more...
Captured at 2012 BMI Country Awards
