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Fresh off two incredible performances at Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA, Channel Tres has been having quite the moment. Hailing from Compton, Channel developed his love of music at an early age, experiencing a wide selection of musical styles as a child. Having since realized his ambition to become…
BMI Indie Spotlight: Arden Jones
20-year-old Arden Jones is a California native who has music in his blood. Growing up in a family of musicians, writers, and performers, it’s only natural that he chose that path too, and he impressively taught himself guitar, piano, mandolin, and stand-up bass at an early age. He also found…
BMI Indie Spotlight: Huron John
Huron John is a self-taught songwriter, producer, and visual artist hailing from Chicago. Born John Wallace Conradi, the 21-year-old strives for a direct and personal connection to his audience via a hands-on approach to all creative aspects of his work. Fusing a wide range of influences from artists he idolized…
BMI Indie Spotlight: Sherwyn
Sherwyn is an artist and producer putting his own spin on funk and rock and roll. The Nashville-bred, Los Angeles-based talent has produced for artists like Mac Miller, Duckwrth, HONNE, and Teddy Swims, and is now stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist with an undeniable flair. So far,…
BMI Composers Mentor Sundance Lab Fellows Online
BMI continued its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab, which worked in collaboration with Skywalker Sound to present an online version of the Lab that this year brought together Fellows Aaron Parks, Ariel Marx, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Cora (Yi-Huan) Chung, DeAndre Allen-Toole and Sultana Isham.…
BMI Continues its Support of Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab
BMI proudly continues its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab in collaboration with Skywalker Sound. The prestigious program returns this year with a new reimagined digital format on Sundance Co//ab from July 27–August 14, 2020. BMI composers Aaron Parks, Ariel Marx and Jeff…
Indie Spotlight: Lauren Sanderson
A self-described “rebel with a cause,” Lauren Sanderson rang in the new year by releasing her debut album, Midwest Kids Can Make It Big. With songs that range from sensual (“But I Like It”) to cathartic (“To the People I Hurt”), the Indiana native uses her LP to teach us…
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…
Mac Miller: Mac Miller wins the BMI Social Star Award at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards
Captured at 2012 BMI Urban Awards