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Story songs are essentially short stories set to music. Like short stories, effective story songs are tasked with conveying a great deal of information with a relatively small number of words. While many songs include elements of a story, the following components are almost always included in strong story songs:…
BMI Congratulates its 2022 Dove Award Winners
The 2022 Dove Awards ceremony, which was broadcast Friday night, honored several talented BMI songwriters with prestigious awards. You can catch highlights from the show at doveawards.com. Congratulations to all! Here’s the list of BMI winners: Song of the Year “Believe for It” (Writer) CeCe Winans…
Toby Keith to be Honored with BMI Icon Award at the 2022 BMI Country Awards
BMI will celebrate the extraordinary career of Toby Keith by presenting him with the BMI Icon Award at the company’s 70th annual BMI Country Awards, to be held at BMI’s Nashville office on November 8, 2022. BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill will host the ceremony with Clay Bradley, BMI…
What Makes a Song Iconic?
“Great means incredibly well crafted, easily memorable, with a universally relatable sentiment and a sense of authenticity—“from the heart” as they say. Iconic means touching a cultural nerve, standing the test of time and instantly recognizable by many people - that holds true even if it’s not widely considered…
BMI Congratulates its 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
BMI is once again very proud of its affiliates whose induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced on Wednesday. Of this year’s class, BMI congratulates groundbreaking rapper Eminem, Dave Stewart of innovative pop duo Eurythmics and legendary singer/songwriter and BMI Icon Dolly Parton for their well-deserved…
Songwriting Legends Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller To Be Honored as BMI Icons at 70th Annual BMI Pop Awards
BMI is thrilled to celebrate the best in songwriting at the 70TH Annual BMI Pop Awards. Legendary music creators Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller will be honored as BMI Icons, celebrating their indelible and timeless contributions to the art of songwriting. BMI’s Pop Song of the Year, Songwriter of…
Duets and Featured Artists: The Hot Trend in Recordings
It would be hard to look at a list of current hit songs without noticing a trend: the growing use of featured artists. A featured artist is one who makes a guest appearance on another artist’s recording to create a collaboration. What’s the difference between a duet and a song…
Hotel Association Executives Treated to Performance by Singer Songwriter Sam James
BMI songwriter and Republic recording artist Sam James brought his talents to the 2021 Fall Meeting of the International Society of Hotel Associations held recently in Scottsdale at the Mountain Shadows Resort. A participant in both NBC’s The Voice and Songland, James told stories and performed songs from his rich…
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…
Emerging BMI Artist Takes Center Stage at Media Finance Conference
BMI singer-songwriter Willa Amai provided finance executives from the broadcast and cable industries an afternoon to remember, when the 16-year-old budding pop superstar told the stories behind the songs from her debut album and performed a handful of her favorites at the Media Financial Management Association’s Media Finance Focus Conference,…
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Captured at 2020 BMI Country Awards