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Oct 08, 2010 BMI and the Harry Fox Agency co-hosted Licensing 101 in BMI’s Los Angeles office on Thursday, September 30. The workshop leaders explored several topics, including the growing opportunities for licensing music, how royalties are collected, and more. Harry Fox’s Adam Tully and Jessie Lema also took the time to explain the ins and outs of the Agency, and left time… View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Bobby Braddock thanks friends and family for their continued support after five decades of hit-making. View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 BMI hosted a champagne toast celebrating genre-defining songwriter Bobby Braddock on Tuesday, October 5. BMI presented more than 16 million performances’ worth of Million-Air Awards to the honky-tonk poet: “I Wanna Talk About Me” and “Time Marches On” have both surpassed 3 million performances; the iconic “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Texas Tornado,” and “Old Flames Have New Names” have… View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Bobby Braddock is flanked by daughter Lauren Braddock Havey, his grandson, and his son-in-law Jim Havey at BMI and Sony/ATV’s champagne toast celebrating over 16 million performances of his songs and 5 decades of consecutive #1s View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Pictured with Bobby Braddock at a champagne toast celebrating over 16 million performances of his songs and 5 decades of consecutive #1s are Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Jeff Hanna, songwriter Matraca Berg, Braddock, singer, songwriter and author Marshall Chapman, and the Tennessean’s Peter Cooper. View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson salutes legendary songwriter Bobby Braddock during an intimate reception at BMI on October 5. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 BMI’s Tavi Shabestari, co-headliner Fences and BMI’s Tracie Verlinde pause for a photo at BMI’s October Pick of the Month in Los Angeles. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 The Silver Lake Lounge filled up fast for BMI’s October 4 installment of its Pick of the Month series. The showcase featured dynamite sets from The Head and the Heard and Fences. Pictured are members of The Head and the Heard relaxing with (third from left) BMI’s Tavi Shabestari, Tracie Verlinde and Casey Robison. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) isn’t until April, but leaders are already coming together to plan next year’s full slate of events. Pictured at a recent JAM Task Force meeting are (standing) Marty Ashby, Executive Producer, MCG Jazz; John Hasse, Curator of American Music, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Joann Stevens, Program Manager, Jazz Appreciation Month Initiatives, National Museum… View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 For the fourth consecutive year, BMI treated all of Next Big Nashville’s artists, journalists, industry executives and VIPs to a catered, low-key brunch at local hot spot Cabana on Saturday, October 2. Co-sponsor Avenue Bank joined BMI this year in providing a much-needed recharge for those involved in the busy four-day festival. Pictured are Leadership Music’s Katie Plauche Morris, BMI’s… View Photo