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Dec 15, 2009 Before performing a special holiday showcase at Sony Nashville, beloved American Idol season 8 contestant Danny Gokey took a break from rehearsing to officially join the BMI family. Gokey will make his Grand Ole Opry debut on January 8 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams, Mission Management’s Tracy McGlockin, Danny Gokey, Mission Management’s Rendy Lovelady,… View Photo

Dec 15, 2009 Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter Kia Shine and singer/songwriter Michael Tolcher recently stopped by BMI’s Atlanta office to collaborate and make good use of the BMI Atlanta Writer Room. Pictured are Tolcher, BMI’s Byron Wright, Shine, and BMI’s David Claassen. View Photo

Dec 14, 2009 Singer/songwriter Sarah Jane Madrid recently signed with BMI. Madrid, who will soon attend Belmont University, stays busy, performing three times a week at various Nashville venues. Pictured are BMI’s Mark Mason, producer Bil VornDick, Sarah Jane Madrid, and BMI’s Bradley Collins and David Preston. View Photo

Dec 14, 2009 The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held a Master Class December 3 in New York where students showcased new works: Phoebe Kreutz, Dan Israel and Adam Mathias presented “The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project; and Blake Hackler and Peter Chernyak presented “The Wasp Woman.” Pictured are writers Adam Mathias and Dan Israel; composer and Master David Maltby; composer and… View Photo

Dec 11, 2009 BMI recently saluted Lee Brice and Billy Montana, co-writers of Garth Brooks’ chart-topping smash “More Than a Memory” during an intimate dinner party in Nashville. The only country song ever to debut at #1, the song has accumulated more than one million performances. Pictured are BMI’s Bradley Collins, Curb Music’s Drew Alexander, BMI songwriters Lee Brice and Billy Montana, with… View Photo

Dec 11, 2009 The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) and BMI co-hosted a screening of new film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus on Wednesday, December 9 at Sony Pictures Studio in Los Angeles. The screening was followed by a Q&A session with the film’s elite composing team, Mychael and Jeff Danna. Starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell,… View Photo

Dec 10, 2009 BMI’s Byron Wright (right) recently caught up with Young Jeezy (left) to hand deliver the hip-hop star’s BMI Urban Awards, celebrating his first #1, “Love in This Club,” recorded by Usher and #1 single “Put On,” featuring Kanye West. Young Jeezy also received a Billboard Award recognizing the chart-topping success of “Put On.” On the road in September as part… View Photo

Dec 10, 2009 Continuing an annual tradition, BMI provided the entertainment for the Clear Channel Broadcast Accounting Holiday Party, held recently in San Antonio. Award-winning songwriters Rodney Clawson and Dylan Altman were tapped to perform, joining an impressive list of past participants including Jack Ingram, Jeffrey Steele, KingBilly, Wynn Varble, and more. Clawson’s growing catalog of hits includes chart-toppers “I Saw God Today,”… View Photo

Dec 10, 2009 Co-writer Dave Pahanish enjoys a toast with his friends at the “American Ride” #1 party on Wednesday, December 2 in Nashville. View Photo

Dec 10, 2009 BMI honored Dave Pahanish and Joe West, co-writers of Toby Keith’s #1 hit “American Ride,” on Wednesday, December 2. The song, praised for its witty inclusion of touchy pop-culture issues, is Keith’s 27th trip to the top of the charts, as well as the second chart-topper for both West and Pahanish. Pictured are BMI’s Clay Bradley, Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy… View Photo