Recent Licensing News

From News, posted 8.16.19. BMI brought country music artist, songwriter and comic host Joe Denim to perform at the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB) 71st annual convention, held at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, TN on August 6. Denim performed his #1 hit, “Pray for You” and “Together We’re A Ten,” along with some impressive… Read more...

From News, posted 8.16.19. The 12th year of Rising Through the Ranks, held on August 14, was highlighted by a stunning performance from BMI songwriter and Warner Music Nashville recording artist Ashley McBryde at the annual dinner hosted by BMI for members of the RTTR Class of 2019. Rising Through the Ranks, which is a… Read more...

From News, posted 7.26.19. Hospitality and lodging professionals from across the state came together for the first annual South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (SCRLA) Marketing & Operations Conference, held recently (07/23) at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC. BMI singer-songwriter and South Carolina native, Lewis Brice, kicked off the day performing “Best Ex-Ever,”… Read more...

From News, posted 7.25.19. The focus was on food and music at the 2019 Restaurant Directions Conference in Los Angeles recently (7/21), when BMI brought an Emmy award-winning composer and an up and coming BMI singer-songwriter to the annual gathering of restaurant owners and executives. Iconic BMI composer Snuffy Walden and LA-based pop-jazz artist Sara… Read more...

From News, posted 7.25.19. BMI partnered with the Vermont Brewers Association recently (7/19) to provide the musical entertainment at their 2019 Brewers Festival after-party, held in Burlington. The Nashville-based BMI band The Minks delivered a blistering performance in front of more than 100 owners and operators of craft breweries from across the state gathered at… Read more...

From News, posted 7.22.19. For the 5th year in a row, BMI partnered with the Texas Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (TRAEF) to present their “Lone Star Bash,” the official opening party for the TRA Marketplace and TRAEF’s major annual fundraiser held July 14 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. BMI artist, songwriter and Texas native… Read more...

From News, posted 7.18.19. BMI was in San Marcos, Texas recently (7/12-13) to help educate brewers from the Lone Star State on how to license the music offered in their taprooms and brewpubs. BMI joined Libby Brennan of St. Elmo Brewing and Carlos Russo of Aqua Brew on a panel entitled “Demystifying Music Licensing,” which… Read more...

From News, posted 7.16.19. BMI honored two restaurant association executives recently for their years of service to the hospitality industry and their long time support of BMI songwriters: National Restaurant Association President and CEO Dawn Sweeney, and Texas Restaurant Association CEO Richie Jackson, who are both retiring from their positions. In appreciation for work they… Read more...

From News, posted 7.15.19. BMI singer-songwriters Ryan Follese and Nash Overstreet of the pop band Hot Chelle Rae delivered a sizzling set of some of their biggest hits in front of state restaurant association executives from across the country as well as National Restaurant Association execs attending the 2019 Council of State Restaurant Associations Summer… Read more...

From News, posted 7.02.19. This year’s Florida Association of Broadcasters annual convention (6/26-27) was highlighted by a performance from Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville artist Ingrid Andress, courtesy of BMI. The BMI songwriter performed at the convention’s opening night dinner in front of a large group of radio and TV executives from across the sunshine state,… Read more...