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Award-winning BMI songwriter Randy Sharp participated in a presentation on music licensing that BMI made recently (12/7) at the California Craft Brewers Association Fall Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country in Santa Rosa. The 3-time GRAMMY award winner and native Californian thanked the audience of craft brewers…
BMI Writers Honored With 2015 Dove Award Nominations
BMI congratulates its 2015 Dove Award nominees including for KING & COUNTRY, which leads the BMI pack with six nods and Matt Maher and Chris Tomlin each with four nominations. The theme of the 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Allen…
BMI Writers Honored With ACM Nominations and Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. writers were honored with nominations in nearly every category of the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards. Powerhouse Miranda Lambert has nominations in an astounding seven categories, including Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, while Luke Bryan has four nods, including Entertainer of…
12 Days of BMI Holiday Songs
Here at Broadcast Music, Inc., we love the holiday season, because we have an excuse to play some of our favorite festive tunes by BMI songwriters - from classics like Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” to Mariah Carey’s greatest gift to the world, “All I Want For Christmas…
BMI Writers Owen, Steele, Jennings and Martine Honored at NaSHOF
On Sunday, October 13, 2013, friends, family and music industry notables celebrated the induction of Broadcast Music, Inc.’s legendary songwriters Jeffrey Steele, Layng Martine Jr., Will Jennings and Randy Owen into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Among other chart-busters, Steele’s work includes “The Cowboy in Me,” “Everytime I Hear…
GRAMMY Winners & Rock Hall of Famers Celebrate “Muscle Shoals” at BMI Snowball
BMI and the Sundance Film Festival presented the 11th annual Sundance Snowball music showcase in Park City, Utah on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. This year’s Snowball was held at the Sundance House presented by HP and celebrated the music documentary “Muscle Shoals,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.…
Kenny Chesney Leads List of 2012 ACM Awards Nominees
BMI songwriters and artists overwhelmingly dominate the list of 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees, announced Thursday, January 26. BMI has historically represented the majority of country music’s leaders – from Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Porter Wagoner, to Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard – and a…
BMI Country Family Captures Majority of 2011 CMA Nominations
Nominees for the 45th annual CMA Awards were announced Tuesday, September 6, and the nods read like a roll call of BMI’s contemporary country vanguard. In fact, BMI songwriter/artists account for the overwhelming majority of the list. Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, the Band Perry, Zac Brown Band and Blake Shelton…
BMI @ SXSW: 25 Years and Counting
In 1986, BMI found a kindred spirit in a baby music festival with big ideas. 25 years later, the SXSW Music and Media Conference sets the industry standard, and anchor sponsor BMI is still one of the festival’s most dedicated supporters. At its core, SXSW’s and BMI’s relationship is one…
Buddy Guy Leads List of 2011 Blues Music Awards Nominees
BMI blues-slingers accounted for 91 percent of the 2011 Blues Music Awards nominations, announced yesterday. 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Buddy Guy proves there’s more where that came from, leading the list of nominees with five nods including B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for…