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Mar 15, 2010 Graham Russell, co-vocalist of pop/rock group Air Supply, was recently honored with a BMI Million-Air certificate recognizing the more than 3 million performances of “All Out of Love,” which Russell co-wrote. Barbara Cane, BMI Vice President/General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles presented the award at BMI’s Los Angeles offices. Air Supply, comprising Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, are celebrating the… View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 BMI brought award-winning singer/songwriter Kevin Griffin, lead singer of the band Better Than Ezra, to perform at Dave and Buster’s National GM meeting, held recently in Las Vegas. In addition to belting out Better Than Ezra hits including “Good” and “Desperately Wanting," Griffin also performed “Collide,” the chart-topping pop song he wrote for Howie Day. Pictured after Griffin’s performance are… View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 Austin group The Rocketboys stopped by BMI’s recent Writer’s Retreat in Atlanta. Held March 5 at DARP studios, the retreat’s creative hive included producers J-Lack, J Hart and Dallas Austin, while the band also collaborated with recording artist and top-line writer JC and singer/songwriter Elisha Hoffman. Pictured are The Rocketboys’ Daniel Wheeler and Alex Bhore; JC; BMI’s David Claassen; The… View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 The legendary Statler Brothers joined IBMA Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent and an invitation-only crowd at the release party for Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers, held at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville on February 3. The new CD, featuring bluegrass versions of 12 of the Statlers' best-loved songs, is available exclusively… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Members of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association met with policymakers during their recent board meeting in Washington to learn about current legislative and regulatory issues. Board members also shared individual views formed by their respective roles in the country music industry. Pictured are CMA Board Member and BMI VP Jody Williams; CMA Board President-Elect Gary Overton;… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Pictured at the annual Oscar nominees party hosted by the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) are BMI’s Ray Yee, Michael Crepezzi and Linda Livingston; composer Alexandre Desplat, whose music for Fantastic Mr. Fox was nominated for Original Score; Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett, whose co-written composition “The Weary Kind,” the theme song from Crazy Heart, garnered the Original Song… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Academy Award winners T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham enjoy the SCL Oscar nominees party in Los Angeles. View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 To celebrate the Non-Commissioned Officers’ recent Road to Bonnaroo win, BMI treated the band to lunch at Nashville hotspot Lime on Wednesday, March 10. The group, known as the “Non-Coms” to their growing fanbase, secured the one of four Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival slots up for grabs during the first installment of the 2010 Road to Bonnaroo competition, held… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 BMI composer Kurt Farquhar created the original score for film Lifted, which was recently screened in Los Angeles. Pictured at the screening are (front row) Lifted director/screenwriter Lexi Alexander; actor Uriah Shelton, who plays Henry Matthews in the film; BMI’s Linda Livingston; and composer Kurt Farquar; (back row): actor Dash Mihok, who plays William Matthews in the film. View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Comedic folk-rock duo Garfunkel & Oates stopped by BMI’s Los Angeles offices on February 26 to perform a short set. The pair is currently touring throughout the country and were recently voted one of the top 12 funniest female comedians by Comedy.com. Pictured are BMI’s Casey Robison and Barbara Cane, Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome, Kate “Oates” Micucci, and BMI’s Tavi Shabestari… View Photo