BMI proudly celebrates the 69th Annual BMI Pop Awards, recognizing the songwriters, publishers and administrators of the previous year’s most-performed pop songs in the United States across radio and digital streaming platforms. All winners were announced in a special online celebration and on BMI’s social channels, including the recipients of… Read more...
For most of us, 2020 will rank as one of the most tumultuous years of our lifetime. The restrictions, losses, and fears caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the emotions stirred up in the political and social arenas, touched virtually everyone—and creative people were hit extra hard. Songwriters, musicians,… Read more...
Raised on soul and R&B, Rozzi Crane is a singer/songwriter with a swelling, soulful voice and a talent for disarmingly intimate lyric-writing. These attributes caught the attention of Maroon 5 singer/songwriter Adam Levine, who signed her to his label, 222 Records. From there, Crane steadily gained a reputation as a… Read more...
MusicWorld rocked with unbeatable tips in 2019. Here are our top 10! Not a subscriber to MusicWorld? Sign up now!5 Things to Do in the First 30 Seconds of Your Song During a recent song critique, I turned off the recording after listening to the… Read more...
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” (African Proverb) Not every great song is the result of collaboration, but a look at recent hits by artists such as Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Keith Urban, Imagine Dragons, Luis Fonsi, P!nk, Adam Levine,… Read more...
BMI is very proud to congratulate its own VP of Worldwide Creative, Barbara Cane, on being recognized by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) with the Lifetime Service Award, to be presented at the NMPA’s annual meeting next month at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. Cane joins an… Read more...
BMI helped kick off the 2019 Restaurant Leadership Conference in Phoenix recently (4/7/19) with an inspired performance by the soulful BMI pop singer-songwriter Rozzi. The California native, who was first discovered by Adam Levine, performed in front of 2000 restaurant owners and executives gathered for the opening session of the… Read more...
Although it was more than sixteen years ago, I still recall chatting with a twenty-something guy who stood in front of me in line as we waited to attend the taping of the David Letterman Show. The guy was excited because his brother Adam would be performing on the show,… Read more...
Hotel Association executives who gathered recently in Denver, had the opportunity to experience the extraordinary voice and songs of BMI singer-songwriter Rozzi. The 2018 International Society of Hotel Associations’ winter conference, held at Le Meridien (12/2-12/4), featured a performance from the Small Giant Recording artist who played a number of… Read more...
Tonight, BMI proudly honored acclaimed film composer Harry Gregson-Williams with the BMI Icon Award at the 2018 BMI London Awards. Guests including Liam Payne, James Arthur, Natasha Bedingfield, Tinie Tempah and Trevor Rabin attended the awards at London’s Dorchester Hotel for an evening of celebration for UK and European songwriters,… Read more...
Captured at BMI Pop Awards 2006
