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Nov 19, 2009 Composers Shyam Vai and David Maurice wait intently for their compositions to be recorded at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” participants Ela Orleans, Patrick Sasso, and Kerry Mussey convene during the program’s final project recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Members of America's premier post-classical string quartet ETHEL rock the BMI-sponsored "Composing for the Screen" recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Emerging film composer Stephen Frost puts the final touches on his composition at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Composer Rick Baitz instructs emerging film composers Gervasio Goris and Neil Shah during the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Longtime Music Row publisher Mark Brown and songwriter Stephen Allen Davis recently stopped by BMI to affiliate their new publishing venture, Molet Music. While the two were in the organization’s Music Row offices, BMI’s Jody Williams surprised the Grammy-nominated Davis with a Million-Air certificate recognizing more than 3 million performances of his composition “Stand Beside Me,” recorded by Jo Dee… View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Margot MacDonald performs in the Copyright Alliance "Coffee Shop," accompanied by Jonathan Ifergan of Chicago band Color Radio. The Coffee Shop was part of the Copyright Alliance Expo held recently in D.C. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Pictured at the third annual Copyright Alliance Expo are BMI jazz composer/artist Marcus Johnson, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), BMI songwriter/artist Margot MacDonald, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), and BMI Senior Vice President, Government Relations Fred Cannon. View Photo

Nov 18, 2009 Thomas Rhett Akins, son of BMI Award-winning songwriter Rhett Akins, recently joined the BMI family. Just last week, Akins, Sr. took home a 2009 BMI Country Award for Brooks & Dunn’s “Put a Girl In It,” and Thomas is auspiciously preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps. Pictured are BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Thomas Rhett Akins, and Rhett Akins. View Photo

Nov 18, 2009 Pictured at the BMI-sponsored “An Evening of Respect: A Musical Tribute to the Immortal Otis Redding” in Atlanta are Ray J and BMI’s Byron Wright. In addition to memorializing the late BMI legend, the event serves as a benefit for the Otis Redding Singer/Songwriter Camp, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and scholarships for students at Mercer University Law School. View Photo