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Jan 19, 2012 Finish Ticket takes the stage at the Viper Room during BMI’s first On the Verge showcase in L.A. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 Rimpau closes out the launch of On the Verge at the Viper Room. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 BMI launched new showcase series BMI Live Presents: On the Verge on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. Another facet of BMI’s dedication to developing and supporting artists and songwriters in all genres, every step of the way, On the Verge will host hand-picked selections of music’s freshest new voices in rock, pop and indie… View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 Pictured at the inaugural installment of BMI Live Presents: On the Verge are Finish Ticket’s Jon Devoto, Symeon Tzvetkov, Alex DiDonato, BMI’s Chiara Kramer, Finish Ticket’s Brendan Hoye, Michael Hoye, BMI’s Tavi Shabestari and Finish Ticket’s Chris Arellano. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 BMI’s Chiara Kramer, Lemmo’s Mike Lemmo and BMI’s Tavi Shabestari mug for the camera at the January 17 launch of new showcase, BMI Live Presents: On the Verge. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 The New Limb help kick off BMI’s new showcase series, BMI Live Presents: On the Verge. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 Brantley Gilbert thanks his family and co-writers at the “Country Must Be Country Wide” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 BMI celebrated the team behind Brantley Gilbert’s No. 1 “Country Must Be Country Wide” on Tuesday, January 17 in Nashville. Co-written by veteran Mike Dekle and rising star Colt Ford, the hit became a self-fulfilling prophecy as it blanketed airwaves across the nation, topping charts in October of last year. Although the song marks Gilbert’s first No. 1 as a… View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 Co-writers Colt Ford and Mike Dekle field reporters’ questions at the “Country Must Be Country Wide” No. 1 party. View Photo

Jan 19, 2012 Co-writer Colt Ford delivers an emotional thank-you speech at the “Country Must Be Country Wide” No. 1 party. View Photo