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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

Mar 11, 2010 To celebrate the Non-Commissioned Officers’ recent Road to Bonnaroo win, BMI treated the band to lunch at Nashville hotspot Lime on Wednesday, March 10. The group, known as the “Non-Coms” to their growing fanbase, secured the one of four Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival slots up for grabs during the first installment of the 2010 Road to Bonnaroo competition, held… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 BMI composer Kurt Farquhar created the original score for film Lifted, which was recently screened in Los Angeles. Pictured at the screening are (front row) Lifted director/screenwriter Lexi Alexander; actor Uriah Shelton, who plays Henry Matthews in the film; BMI’s Linda Livingston; and composer Kurt Farquar; (back row): actor Dash Mihok, who plays William Matthews in the film. View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Comedic folk-rock duo Garfunkel & Oates stopped by BMI’s Los Angeles offices on February 26 to perform a short set. The pair is currently touring throughout the country and were recently voted one of the top 12 funniest female comedians by Comedy.com. Pictured are BMI’s Casey Robison and Barbara Cane, Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome, Kate “Oates” Micucci, and BMI’s Tavi Shabestari… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 BMI hosted a “Lunch and Listen” songwriting workshop in Atlanta during which writers and artists tapped from an array of genres, from pop and country to r&b and hip-hop, mingled and performed. Held over the weekend March 5 and 6, the event also laid the groundwork for future collaborations, as participants paired up and made plans to co-write together. Pictured… View Photo

Mar 09, 2010 BMI’s Clay Bradley presents the traditional BMI signature Takamine guitar to Ashley Monroe in honor of her very first #1. View Photo

Mar 09, 2010 Reynsong Publishing’s Ree Guyer Buchanan presents a trophy to producer Michael Knox during the party celebrating the chart-topping success of “The Truth,” held March 8 at BMI in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 09, 2010 Co-writer Ashley Monroe expresses her gratitude after earning her first chart-topper. View Photo