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May 27, 2010 Jose “El Mello” Perdomo was unable to attend the BMI Latin Awards held earlier this year, so BMI caught up with the hitmaker to present a 2010 BMI Latin Award for song “Cancion de Amor,” performed by Don Omar, which the esteemed songwriter/producer wrote. Pictured are BMI’s Porfirio Piña and Perdomo.  View Photo

May 27, 2010 BMI hosted a guitar pull at its Music Row office in Nashville as part of the 2010 Media Financial Management Conference on Monday, May 24. More than 300 broadcasters were treated to a slew of country hits performed by a virtual who’s who of Nashville songwriters: Luke Laird (“Hillbilly Bone,” “Temporary Home”), Lee Thomas Miller (“In Color,” “The Impossible”) and… View Photo

May 27, 2010 Pictured at the Country Throwdown Tour launch party on May 25 are BMI’s Jody Williams, Bluebird Café’s Erika Wollam Nichols, 4Fini’s Sarah Baer, and BMI’s Beth Mason. View Photo

May 27, 2010 Artists, songwriters, and industry executives mingle at Cabana during the inaugural Country Throwdown Tour launch party on May 25. View Photo

May 27, 2010 4Fini’s Sarah Baer, the tour’s co-producer, welcomes guests to the BMI-hosted Country Throwdown Tour party at Cabana on May 25. View Photo

May 27, 2010 BMI hosted a party at Nashville hotspot Cabana on Tuesday, May 25 to celebrate the launch of the inaugural Country Throwdown Tour. The tour kicked off May 14 and concludes June 20, marking the first multi-city, multi-act country run of its kind. Headlined by contemporary masters of twang including Jamey Johnson and Montgomery Gentry, the lineup also features a BMI-sponsored… View Photo

May 26, 2010 BMI Icon and legendary artist/songwriter Whisperin’ Bill Anderson was the featured keynote speaker at the Media Financial Management Conference held in Nashville on May 24. Anderson was interviewed by award-winning songwriter Bobby Tomberlin, who spoke with the legend about his long, illustrious career in Nashville, as well as his thoughts about the future of the music industry. The MFM conference… View Photo

May 26, 2010 The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its spring Smoker, a semi-annual showcase of new songs from the Workshop, May 20 at The Actors Temple Theatre in New York. Eleven new musicals were presented at the spring Smoker, which is modeled after the informal social gatherings held at Cambridge University. Pictured at the showcase are (back row) Stuart McMeans,… View Photo

May 25, 2010 Pictured at DRINKSHOP Live!, presented by BMI May 20 in Atlanta, are (back row) Clubhouse Productions’ Kurt Denny; Like Candy Red’s Todd Shay, Brett Vargason, and Tom Michael; and BMI’s David Claassen; (front row) Like Candy Red’s Hailey, Bree and Lyndee Collier. View Photo

May 25, 2010 Like Candy Red deliver a strong set at DRINKSHOP Live!, presented by BMI’s Atlanta office. View Photo