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BMI is proud to support the Song Arts Academy five-week Songwriter’s Summer Workshop intensive starting Monday, July 3 on Zoom. Taught by SAA Founder, Billy Seidman, author of The Elements of Song Craft, the workshop is endorsed by hit-producers and songwriters such as Daniel Tashian, (Kacey Musgraves) and Ian Kimmel,…
BMI Supports Song Arts Academy’s New Songwriters Workshop Intensive Starting May 2
BMI is proud to support the Song Arts Academy four-week Songwriter’s Workshop intensive starting Tuesday, May 2 on Zoom. Taught by SAA Founder, Billy Seidman, author of The Elements of Song Craft, the workshop is endorsed by hit producers and songwriters such as Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves) and Ian Kimmel…
BMI is proud to support the Song Arts Academy four-week Songwriter’s Workshop intensive starting Tuesday, February 21 on Zoom
Taught by SAA Founder, Billy Seidman, author of The Elements of SongCraft, the workshop is endorsed by hit producers and songwriters like Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves) and Ian Kimmel (BTS, H.E.R. Anderson .Paak) as a proven learning destination for songwriters wanting to seriously improve their lyric, melody writing and song-concept…
BMI Supports Song Arts Academy’s First Workshop of 2023 Starting January 17
BMI is proud to support the Song Arts Academy Songwriters four-week workshop intensive starting Tuesday, January 17 on Zoom. Taught by SAA Founder, Billy Seidman, author of The Elements of Song Craft, the workshop is endorsed by hit producers and songwriters like Daniel Tashian, (Kacey Musgraves) and Ian Kimmel, (BTS,…
Daniel Tashian on Inspiration, Curiosity & Collaborating With Songwriting Legend Burt Bacharach
Daniel Tashian was already on a roll. An accomplished songwriter/producer and multi-instrumentalist, Tashian — the son of Barry and Holly Tashian, the celebrated bluegrass duo — started making music early on, landing a deal with Elektra Records at the age of 19. He formed the Nashville-based band The Silver Seas…
BMI Congratulates its 2020 ACM Nominees
The nods are out for the 55th annual ACM Awards with BMI songwriters poised to win big again this year. Leading the pack are Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett, who each received a resounding five nominations. Blake Shelton and Luke Combs were also awarded four and three nods, respectively, with…
BMI Songwriters Take the Stage and the Trophies at 2019 ACM Awards
BMI proudly congratulates our affiliates who took home the majority of Academy of Country Music Awards last night in Las Vegas. The star-filled evening also featured unforgettable performances by members of the BMI family who commanded the stage, including Keith Urban, Brooks and Dunn, Luke Combs, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde,…
SXSW Indie Spotlight: Lily & Madeleine
Despite having already built of a loyal and vocal following over the course of three albums, sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz – a.k.a. Lily & Madeleine – felt a change was in order. Uprooting from their native Indianapolis and moving to New York City, the sisters decided to write their…
BMI Congratulates its 2019 ACM Nominees
The Academy of Country Music has again this year honored BMI affiliates with the majority of ACM award nominations. The highly anticipated show will broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 7, from 8:00-11:00PM ET/(delayed PT) on CBS. A well-deserved congratulations to all! Here’s the…
BMI Congratulates its 2019 GRAMMY Nominees
BMI is exceptionally proud to congratulate its many affiliates nominated for awards by the Recording Academy at the 61st GRAMMY Awards, scheduled to be held on February 10, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Nominations for the music industry’s most prestigious accolades were announced on December 7. In…