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Mar 28, 2012 Evan P. Donohue charms the crowd at round two of BMI’s Road to Bonnaroo 2012. View Photo

Mar 28, 2012 Keegan Dewitt of round two winners Wild Cub performs at Mercy Lounge during round two of the Road to Bonnaroo 2012. View Photo

Mar 28, 2012 Static Revival performs at round two of BMI’s Road to Bonnaroo 2012. View Photo

Mar 27, 2012 BMI hosted a party and screening for the documentary Big Shoes: Walking and Talking the Blues, which follows Nashville-based blues group the Scissormen on their tour of the Midwest in February 2010, on Thursday, March 22. Directed by filmmaker Robert Mugge, the film is being released in conjunction with the Scissormen’s new live album by the same name. Pictured are… View Photo

Mar 26, 2012 Students, artists, and industry professionals engaged in the discussion on copyright issues during the Protect Athens Music conference in Athens, Ga. View Photo

Mar 26, 2012 BMI’s David Claassen was recently invited to participate in a panel on copyright issues at the Protect Athens Music conference held at local music venue The Melting Point. In addition to Claassen, the panel, which was organized by David Barbe of the University of Georgia Music Business Program and Protect Athens Music, featured experts from different aspects of the entertainment… View Photo

Mar 26, 2012 Joe Galante fields questions at a Q&A session presented by Young Entertainment Professionals and BMI at the latter’s Nashville office. View Photo

Mar 26, 2012 BMI and Nashville’s Young Entertainment Professionals hosted an intimate Q&A with industry heavyweight Joe Galante on Thursday, March 22 at BMI’s Nashville offices. Moderated by Music Row’s David Ross, the discussion allowed attendees to pick the brain of one of the music industry’s most esteemed executives. Pictured are (back row) YEP Board member BMI’s Penny Everhard, Music Row’s Eric Parker… View Photo

Mar 23, 2012 BMI executives met with senior staff from the recently established copyright society of Georgia, the country just north of Turkey and south of Russia, in a delegation sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The wide-ranging briefing covered the history and operations of both BMI and the Georgian Copyright Association (GCA), including licensing and legal frameworks, representation of writers and… View Photo

Mar 23, 2012 BMI songwriter Shannon Wright recently signed with Razor and Tie Music Publishing. Since moving to Nashville in 2002, Wright and her husband Adam have toured alongside Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, and Little Big Town and have performed on the Grand Ole Opry more than 30 times. Pictured are Razor and Tie's Craig Balsam and Lisa Johnson, Wright, BMI’s Leslie Roberts,… View Photo