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Sep 14, 2011 Tasso Smith, Alice Katz, Simon Katz and Nik Hughes of the band Youngblood Hawke deliver a fierce set at Soda Bar during BMI’s showcase at San Diego Music Thing on September 9. The evening’s lineup also included The New Division, DWNTWN, Chairs Missing and Eli James. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Alice Katz, Sam Martin, Benji Vanderbroek and Simon Katz of the band Youngblood Hawke perform at Soda Bar, as part of BMI’s showcase at San Diego Music Thing on September 9. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Pictured at the 2011 Ten Out of Tenn kick-off party are Ten Out of Tenn’s Amy Stroup and Trent Dabbs. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Members of Ten Out of Tenn perform songs from their latest release, Volume 4. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Ten Out of Tenn, a Nashville collective of top-tier indie talent, recently kicked off their fourth annual tour at BMI with a party and special performance from eight of its ten members. The Ten Out of Tenn tour, which starts in Knoxville on Wednesday, September 12, runs through October 1 with dates all across the eastern U.S. Their latest album,… View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Pictured at the 2011 Ten Out of Tenn kick-off party are Ten Out of Tenn’s Andrew Belle and Jeremy Lister. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 BMI’s Fred Cannon presents a $10,000 prize to Bobby Avey, winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Pictured at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 25th Anniversary International Jazz Piano Competition and Gala Concert are Tom Carter, President of the Thelonious Monk Institute; BMI’s Fred Cannon; BMI composer Herbie Hancock, Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute; and BMI composer Bobby Avey, winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition. View Photo

Sep 14, 2011 Herbie Hancock and Bobby Avey, winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute 2011 International Jazz Composer’s Competition, pause for a photo at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s 25th Anniversary International Jazz Piano Competition and Gala Concert. View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 BMI toasted the team behind Blake Shelton’s four-week no. 1 hit “Honey Bee” at a shindig co-hosted by BMI and Warner Music Nashville at the latter’s offices on September 8. Written by longtime friends Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, the tongue-in-cheek ballad is the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s fourth consecutive no. 1 single and the ninth of… View Photo