As I waited backstage for my name to be called, I was surprised at how calm I felt. I was about to step in front of a live audience of thousands while TV cameras broadcast my performance to millions of viewers who would watch me compete for more than $10,000.… Read more...
At the beginning of my career, I had a song go on hold for a female country music star whose singles regularly went to #1. The head of her record label said my song was a “must-cut” situation, and I was faced with a daunting decision: should I buy a… Read more...
BMI made the trip to Deadwood, South Dakota recently (10/3) to help the International Idea Bank close out its 2017 Fall Conference with a performance by BMI Indie singer-songwriter Amie Miriello. The annual gathering of radio executives from across the country is designed to help station owners and operators exchange… Read more...
On a recent jaunt to New York City to perform at the famous world music club S.O.B’s, Tatiana Klauss wowed the Manhattan audience with her powerful pipes, hook-rich songs and hard-rocking stage moves. Even the jaded New York critics were impressed; at a mere 17 years of age, Tatiana Klauss… Read more...
"They say that rock is dead," sings Courtney Love on "Mono," the first single from her solo bow, the sardonically titled America's Sweetheart (Virgin). "And it's probably true." Still, that doesn't stop this punk diva from refusing to go gently, alternatively swaggering and caterwauling,… Read more...
BMI composer Anthony Marinelli scored the music for the documentary "Mayor of the Sunset Strip," based on Los Angeles DJ/rock persona Rodney Bingenheimer, a.k.a. "Rodney on the ROQ." Bingenheimer has reigned over the Los Angeles music scene for over two decades. A constantly evolving fixture as a… Read more...
The success of the recently released Nirvana compilation, simply titled Nirvana, is merely the latest manifestation of the seminal trio's ongoing influence. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994 simultaneously ended the group's existence and elevated Cobain and the band to mythical status. But, as the new disc demonstrates, Nirvana's posthumous… Read more...
