How to Comp Your Way into a Great Recording
Tips for building a composite or “comped” master take using “best” sections culled from multiple versions of the same performance Read more...
BMI Bulletin Board: August
Workshops, conference, contest and festival opportunities for songwriters and composers. Read more...
BMI Supports Song Arts New Fall Songwriting Workshop, Starts September, 12 - Apply Now!
BMI is proud to support its members at Song Arts Academy’s Fall Workshop Intensive starting Wednesday, September, 12. SAA is a proven and unique learning destination taught by NYU Steinhardt, New School Songwriting faculty member, and Berklee NYC consultant Billy Seidman. Past writers trained in the SAA “Advanced Song Craft Method™”… Read more...
BMI Partners with Warner-Chappell Music, Warner Music Group for Fifth Annual ‘Write On’ Song Camp
BMI was proud to partner with Warner/Chappell Music, and additionally this year Warner Music Group, for the fifth annual songwriting camp held on July 28 and 29 at the Atlantic Records Studio in Los Angeles. The “Write On” song camp provided a unique opportunity for an array of songwriters, producers and… Read more...
Award-Winning Conductor/Composer Lucas Richman Completes BMI’s 21st Annual Conducting Workshop
Eight skillful film & TV composers completed a two-week workshop culminating in a finale performance at Nathan Barr’s Bandrika Studio on July 21st Read more...
Curtis Mayfield’s Family Turning a New Page on His 60-Year Music Legacy
As part of African American Music Appreciation Month in June, the Apollo Theater took the opportunity to highlight musician and BMI songwriter Curtis Mayfield with a special Apollo Theater Study Guide. Get on Board! pays tribute to Mayfield’s life and music and highlights songs that he wrote during the… Read more...
How to Write a Song That’s Fun to Listen to—and Fun to Sing
When it was suggested I write about songs that are fun to sing, the jukebox in my brain instantly thought of “The Name Game” (recorded by Shirley Ellis, written by Lincoln Chase and Shirley Elliston). Anyone of a certain age remembers plugging his or her name into the formula,… Read more...
BMI Bulletin Board: July
Workshops, conference, contest and festival opportunities for songwriters and composers. Read more...
BMI Names Alex Flores Senior Vice President, Creative
BMI is very pleased to welcome Alex Flores as BMI’s new Senior Vice President, Creative. Flores will be based out of BMI’s Los Angeles office, and will report to Mike Steinberg, Executive Vice President, Creative & Licensing, beginning August 6. Flores will oversee the Creative teams in BMI’s six offices in… Read more...
NYU/BMI TV Scoring Workshop Features Award-Winning Composers
Mentored by BMI composers Mac Quayle (American Horror Story, Mr. Robot), Chad Fischer (Scandal, Private Practice) Blake Neely (Arrow, Supergirl), Peter Nashel (Iconoclasts, I, Tonya) and Nathan Barr (Americans, True Blood), who taught via Skype, aspiring composers in this year’s NYU/BMI Television Scoring Workshop were immersed in all aspects of scoring… Read more...