BMI today paid tribute to the top UK and European songwriters, composers and music publishers of the most-performed songs of the previous year with the 2020 BMI London Awards. Honourees for Song of the Year, Million-Air Awards, Top 30 Pop Songs and Film, TV & Visual Media were celebrated across… Read more...
Last week, Atlanta’s best and brightest turned out in full force for the annual BMI Atlanta holiday party. The festitivites were sponsored by Hennessy, who provided signature cocktails for the private dinner, held at culinary gem Cape Deutch, featuring a selection of the restaurant’s most popular dishes.… Read more...
Inspired by the passion of vintage soul and the emotional uplift of gospel, New Jersey native Davie cut his musical teeth singing in churches in a traveling gospel band. His vocal prowess led him to Los Angeles, where he found work singing back-up for artists like Chris Brown, Cee-Lo Green… Read more...
Curtis Harding once described his music as ‘slop n’ soul’ – a name that’s as unusual as it is entirely fitting. Harding, whose intoxicating albums Soul Power (2014) and Face Your Fear (2017) blend soul, rock, blues, funk, punk and more, is himself a pastiche of wildly diverse influences: as… Read more...
BMI will present the Know Them Now Showcase, an evening dedicated to shining a spotlight on some of the industry’s hottest unsigned and emerging talent, on Thursday, April 6, at Terminal West (887 West Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA). The show begins at 8 PM with doors opening at 7… Read more...
BMI proudly presented its 2016 BMI Country Awards last night, honoring the prolific songwriting career of BMI President’s Award winner Kenny Chesney, as well as the Country Songwriter, Song and Publisher of the Year. The 64th annual event, which is the genre’s oldest awards ceremony, also celebrated the songwriters and… Read more...
BMI proudly honored internationally-celebrated songwriter Sting as a BMI Icon today at the 2016 BMI London Awards. Music industry guests including Hozier, Rudimental, Snow Patrol, Disciples and Wayne Hector filled London’s Dorchester hotel to celebrate the UK and European songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed songs of 2015 on… Read more...
Atlanta soul musician Curtis Harding’s debut, Soul Power, powerfully connects with anyone searching for meaning. The reverb-drenched lyrics on top of steady beats and an electric guitar wail bring the listener deep into the music’s story. Harding’s own story is as compelling. His childhood was spent as a gospel singer,… Read more...
With so many artists and producers writing or co-writing their own material, there seem to be fewer opportunities than ever for writers and music publishers to pitch and place songs. It’s become increasingly important to think outside the box when writing and promoting material—and that includes looking beyond our own… Read more...
Ten years ago, if you’d told Rob Kleiner — whose recent production credits include Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Sia and The Weekend — that he’d be an in-demand pop songwriter and producer, he might not have believed you. “It wasn’t that I didn’t like writing pop music,” the BMI songwriter/producer explains from… Read more...
