BMI was saddened to learn of the death of Thom Bell, who passed away Thursday at his home in Bellingham, Washington at the age of 79. An influential figure in contemporary American pop and soul music and one of the preeminent architects of the Philadelphia Sound, Bell was already a… Read more...
The 2022 New England Brew Summit was capped off recently by a high energy performance from the Adam Ezra Group at Liquid Riot Bottling Company in Portland, Maine. A long time BMI licensee, Liquid Riot hosted the Summit After Party and BMI brought in the Boston-based band to pay tribute… Read more...
The Met brothers, Adam, Jack, and Ryan (hence the band name, AJR), got their start busking on the street in NYC and self-releasing music before landing deals with Warner and later S-Curve Records. The Ivy League indie-pop trio has released five EPs and five albums, toured with Demi Lovato, Train,… Read more...
An indie-pop band of brothers with an Ivy League pedigree, AJR stands for Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, a Columbia University alum, junior and freshman, they’re packing rooms across the country with their contagious energy and irresistible tracks. They got their start a decade ago busking in the streets of… Read more...
This year’s Eastern States Retail Association Conference featured an appearance by BMI singer-songwriter Toby Lightman. The New York-based artist, who has opened for the likes of Prince, Rob Thomas, Gavin DeGraw and Train and appeared on the Today Show, Late Night With Conan O’Brian and the Late Show with David… Read more...
Her soulful voice may very well evoke Beyoncé and Rihanna, but 16-year-old Hailey Knox has a sound all her own. And like most stars of her generation, she didn’t wait for a record label to create an audience for her; she amassed one independently by doing inventive covers on Read more...
Singer-songwriter-producer Dernst Emile II, aka D’Mile, expressed his musical talents early. At the age of six, he ably performed pieces from the book, Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises. From there, he mastered the acoustic, bass and electric guitars and drums. His classical training (instilled by his father, Dernst… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. writers have a lot to celebrate following the announcement of the 2015 GRAMMY nominations. The winners will be revealed during the 57th annual GRAMMY awards, held in the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live February 8, 2015 on CBS. BMI writers are present in nominations… Read more...
Toby Lightman’s expansive musical history is featured on many of TV’s top shows, including Bones, One Tree Hill, Vampire Diaries, 90210 and movies such as What’s Your Number and P.S. I Love You. From her major label debut in 2004 to her current independent spirit, Lightman has mastered her own… Read more...
What is the soundtrack to fun? With summer in full swing, it’s an important question and one that Jonathan Keyes is intent on answering via his new collaborative project, the Blind Scuba Divers. Much like Beastie Boys, Keyes’ project contains a high dose of YOLOism in each BPM. With titles… Read more...
