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BMI award-winning songwriter Danny Myrick shared his stories and songs with the hotel & lodging association executives in attendance at the 2022 International Society of Hotel Associations Winter Conference held recently in San Diego. Myrick was the featured entertainment at the closing dinner which took place at the historic Hotel…
BMI Songwriter Helps Wisconsin Restaurant Association Debut New Conference for its Members
Award winning BMI songwriter Dylan Altman was the featured entertainment at the 1st annual Restaurant Insights Summit Live! held recently in Green Bay and presented by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association. Altman, who has written number one songs for Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw and Jake Owen, performed for the large group…
GRAMMY-Nominated BMI Songwriter Entertains California Innkeepers
The California Association of Boutique & Breakfast Inns held their annual INNspire Conference & Marketplace in person this year at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego and BMI helped make it an event to remember. Award-winning BMI songwriter James Slater was the featured entertainment at their closing beach party…
BMI Songwriter Joins Panel at Ohio Arts Professionals Conference
Award-winning BMI songwriter Jason White helped educate artists, agents, and venue executives on the intricacies of copyright law as it pertains to music licensing and public performances during the Ohio Arts Professionals Network (OAPN) annual conference held recently in Cleveland. The Ohio native joined the panel organized by BMI to…
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Casting Your Songs
While a film or TV show’s casting director is tasked with finding the right actors for a given role, those of us who create and represent songs have the job of identifying the ideal artists for our songs. Whether you are a songwriter pitching your own material or a music…
Nashville Hitmaker Helps BMI Show Support for Oregon Hospitality Industry
BMI partnered with the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association to provide the musical entertainment at the hospitality association’s “Industry Night Out,” held recently at the Punch Bowl Social in Portland. The reception, which was held in conjunction with the Northwest Food Show, provided an opportunity for Oregon restauranteurs who were…
“Amazed” Songwriter Aimee Mayo Shares Her Unexpected Journey to Hitmaker
Aimee Mayo’s life story sounds like a movie plot. She endured a volatile childhood growing up in Gadsden, Alabama, changing schools 11 times before fourth grade. Her father shot himself when she was 8 years old; he survived, and after Mayo’s parents divorced, her mother married an abusive man. She…
BMI Mourns the Loss of GRAMMY-Winning Songwriter Jamie O’Hara
BMI is saddened by the news that singer-songwriter Jamie O’Hara passed away yesterday. Highly decorated for the GRAMMY-winning megahit “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days),” which was recorded by The Judds in 1986, O’Hara was also the scribe behind Ronnie McDowell’s smashes “Wandering Eyes” and “Older Women.” Early…
BMI Brings Music to Hospitality Minnesota’s Fall Conference
BMI helped Hospitality Minnesota wrap of the first day of its Fall Conference recently (11/10) with a virtual performance by one of its awarding-winning country songwriters. BMI songwriter Jason White entertained the group of Hospitality Minnesota executives along with RV park, resort and campground owners from across the North Star…
BMI Hitmaker Closes out Virtual Conference for Media Finance Execs
As has become tradition, BMI provided one of its award-winning songwriters to perform at the closing luncheon of the annual Media Finance Focus conference presented recently (8/27) by the Media Financial Management Association. As a result of the pandemic, this year’s conference was held virtually over July and August, and…