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Mar 15, 2010 BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross pauses for a photo with SXSW Film Festival Director Janet Pierson at the SXSW BMI Film Dinner at Manuel's. View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 boxViolet performed as BMI’s Pick of the Month on February 22 at the Echo in Los Angeles. What started as boy-girl duo Luke Ehret and Margo Paige has expanded to include drummer Sean Johnson, and the band has placements in television programs including Without a Trace, Psych, Charmed, and Dawson’s Creek. Pictured after the showcase are BMI’s Tavi Shabestari and… View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 Pictured at BMI’s Los Angeles offices during Graham Russell’s Million-Air presentation are BMI’s Tracie Verlinde, Claudia Billen, Michael Crepezzi, Maria Elena Perez, Phil Shrut, Chad Irvin, and Angelica Mejia; Air Supply’s Graham Russell; BMI’s Barbara Cane; Air Supply’s Russell Hitchcock; and BMI’s Marlene Meraz, Delia Orjuela, Casey Robison, Marissa Lopez, Doreen Ringer Ross, Nicole Plantin, Andrew Serri, Joni Baker and… View Photo

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