BMI Hosts Latin Songwriting Master Class

BMI hosed a Latin music “How I Wrote That Song” panel at the Billboard Latin Music Conference on Tuesday, April 8. The panel featured leading songwriters in Latin music, including Pablo Castro (Tigres del Norte), Bruno Danzza (Jenni Rivera), Espinoza Paz (el Potro de Sinaloa), Ramón González Mora (Conjunto Primavera), Luigi Giraldo (Kumbia All Starz) and Gustavo Laureano (La Secta), and was moderated by BMI Assistant Vice President, Latin Music, Delia Orjuela.

In addition to sharing the stories behind their hit songs, the songwriters performed excerpts from those tunes. “How I Wrote That Song” is a panel series initially created by BMI in Los Angeles and is held annually during Grammy Awards week.

Songwriters Pablo Castro, Ramón González Mora, Gustavo Laureano, Espinoza Paz, Bruno Danzza and Luigi Giraldo

BMI Director, Latin Writer/Publisher Relations & Media Licensing, Puerto Rico, Joey Mercado; songwriters Pablo Castro, Ramon Gonzalez Mora, and Gustavo Laureano; BMI AVP, Latin Music, Delia Orjuela; and songwriters Espinoza Paz, Bruno Danzza and Luigi Giraldo

BMI Associate Director, Latin Writer/Publisher Relations, Miami, Jake Cavazos; songwriters Pablo Castro, Gustavo Laureano and Luigi Giraldo; BMI AVP, Writer/Publisher Relations, Latin Music, Delia Orjuela; BMI Director, Latin Writer/Publisher Relations, New York, Porfirio Pina; songwriters Ramón González Mora and Espinoza Paz; BMI Director, Latin Writer/Publisher Relations & Media Licensing, Puerto Rico, Joey Mercado; and (front) songwriter Bruno Danzza.