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Jun 28, 2011 The latest installment of BMI’s Symmetry Live, held on June 16, featured a set by Nashville native and Atlanta transplant JC. The event doubled as a CD release party for the R&B songwriter/crooner’s new album of hot-buttered soul, EARCANDY. Pictured are BMI’s Byron Wright, JC, and BMI’s David Claassen. View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 BMI singer/songwriter Alexys delivered a strong performance during recent showcase in Los Angeles, as industry executives and other admirers mingled and enjoyed her killer set. Young but already seasoned, Alexys has performed with Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman on the Oscars telecast as well as at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Pictured are the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency’s Sam Schwartz, Rahman, Alexys,… View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 Brother Trouble delivers a strong set at BMI’s Nashville offices. View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 Charismatic duo Brother Trouble performed a recent acoustic set at BMI’s Nashville offices. In just a few short years, the pair—comprising brothers Mark and Jason Sutton—has gone from playing Music City honky tonks to opening for Kenny Chesney on his Poets & Pirates Tour. Their current single “Summer’s Little Angel” is generating a healthy buzz. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams,… View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 Keb’ Mo’, Dickey Lee and Allen Reynolds were unable to attend the BMI Film/TV Awards earlier this year, so the three recently stopped by BMI’s Nashville office to pick up their crystals. Keb’ Mo’ earned two trophies: one for Mike & Molly, and the other for Memphis Beat, while Lee and Reynolds each received crystals for composing Memphis… View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 BMI partnered with Silverstein Properties to present the “7 World Trade Center” Festival, a series of free summer performances each Friday from June 24 to July 15, in the public park in front of 7 World Trade Center. Pictured June 24 after the first installment are Silverstein Properties’ Dara McQuillan, singer/songwriter Lauren Pritchard, BMI’s Charlie Feldman, singer/songwriter Anna Rose and… View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 Lauren Pritchard performs a stirring rendition of TLC’s “Waterfalls,” June 24 at the first installment of the BMI & Silverstein Properties 7 World Trade Center Festival. View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 BMI partnered with Silverstein Properties to present the 7 World Trade Center Festival, a series of free summer performances each Friday from June 24 to July 15, in the public park in front of 7 World Trade Center, which houses BMI’s New York headquarters. Pictured June 24 at the first installment of the Festival is self-described “rock kid” Anna Rose. View Photo

Jun 28, 2011 Indie film Natural Selection enjoyed a packed screening at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival. The 2011 SXSW film awards darling features a score by BMI composer iZLER. Pictured at the LA screening are iZLER, lead actress Rachael Harris, BMI’s Chad Irvin, the film’s director/writer Robbie Pickering and producer Brion Hambel. View Photo

Jun 24, 2011 The Society of Composers and Lyricists staged the “Creating Music for Dramatic Television” seminar at the American Film Institute’s Los Angeles Campus on Tuesday, June 22. Pictured are participants composer Daniel Licht (Dexter), BMI’s Ray Yee and composer Christopher Lennertz (Supernatural). View Photo