Busta Rhymes To Be Honored as a BMI Icon at The 2022 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
Evening Also Celebrates the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriters, Producers and Music Publishers on Wednesday, September 7 in Miami, FL Read more...
BMI Honors Songwriter/Producer D’Mile For His Creative Brilliance
BMI paid tribute to Oscar and GRAMMY award-winning songwriter and producer Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II at Catch LA in West Hollywood, this past weekend, in honor of D’Mile’s groundbreaking artistry, creative vision and brilliant contributions to the future of music. Already a seasoned music creator, D’Mile started his production career working… Read more...
BMI Indie Spotlight: POINTS
Al Sherrod “A-Rod” Lambert, better known as POINTS, is a multiplatinum GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper. He started his career in 2010 by working with Jamie Foxx and Mary J. Blige and has since established himself as a bona fide hitmaker for artists like Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson, Rick… Read more...
Library of Congress Inducts 10 BMI Musical Works into National Recording Registry
Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, today named 25 recordings worthy of preservation for all time in the National Recording Registry based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the country’s recorded sound heritage. Of the 25, BMI is very proud to announce that ten are BMI registered works. “The National… Read more...
5 Tips for Songwriting Success in Today’s Music Industry
I taught my first songwriting class at Los Angeles’ Pierce College in 1991. Back then, if my car radio were tuned to a pop station, it was likely I would hear chart-topping artists such as Michael Jackson, Wilson Phillips, Janet Jackson, Michael Bolton, Poison, and Roxette. During that same era, if… Read more...
Indie Spotlight: OK MAYDAY
Born and raised in Virginia Beach, brothers David and Kelly Bollmann, Stephen Lee, and Matthew Osborn joined forces to create their band, OK MAYDAY. The quartet has created a balance of Super Bowl Halftime Show-worthy pop, synth-sparked indie, and shoegazing guitar rock, working with the likes of Keri Hilson, producer Paul… Read more...
Superstar Janet Jackson Named BMI Icon at The 2018 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
“I Feel It Coming” Named Song of the Year; Metro Boomin Earned Songwriter of the Year & Producer of the Year and Universal Music Publishing Received Publisher of the Year Read more...
BMI Mourns the Loss of Joe Jackson, Patriarch of the Jackson Family
BMI is saddened to have learned of the passing of Joe Jackson on Wednesday, June 27, at age 89. Profoundly instrumental to the legacy of some of BMI’s most prominent and celebrated affiliates, Jackson launched his family’s musical journey in 1964 with the formation of the Jackson 5, featuring his sons… Read more...
Superstar Janet Jackson to be Named a BMI Icon at the 2018 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
Evening celebrates the previous year’s top R&B/Hip-Hop songwriters, producers, music publishers and administrators on Thursday, August 30 in Atlanta, Georgia Read more...
BMI Brings Out Multi-Platinum HitMakers for ‘Producer Talk Panel’
BMI’s LA office hosted a ‘BMI Producer Talk’ panel on Wednesday, August 17, for an enthusiastic crowd. Moderated by radio host and media personality, Abby De La Rosa, the panel featured hit-making producers Andrew “Pop” Wansel and Warren “Oak” Felder of Pop & Oak (Alicia Keys, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj), Dwayne… Read more...