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Jan 15, 2010 Pictured at the 11th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Luncheon are BMI Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations Wardell Malloy; BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations Catherine Brewton; 2010 Most Performed Gospel Song of the Year writer Derrick Starks; 2010 Trailblazers honoree Donnie McClurkin; co-host Yolanda Adams; and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. View Photo

Jan 14, 2010 Pictured at the BMI-hosted private screening Combustion Music documentary The Songwriter Sessions on January 12 are (front row): BMI’s Jody Williams, Combustion songwriter Will Bowen, Sony/ATV songwriter Scott Stepakoff, Combustion Music Publishing’s Stephanie Greene, Combustion songwriter Matthew West, BMI’s Beth Mason, Combustion Music Publishing’s Ashley Hertzog, Capitol Records’ Melissa Fuller, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Major Bob songwriter Shane Stevens, Capitol Records’… View Photo

Jan 14, 2010 BMI hosted a screening of the documentary The Songwriter Sessions, produced by Combustion Music Publishing, on Tuesday, January 12 in Nashville. The musically rich film features live, in-studio performances by Combustion songwriters Blair Daly, Gordie Sampson, Ashley Gorley, Matthew West, and Will Bowen. Pictured at the screening are BMI’s Beth Mason; Combustion Music Publishing’s Chris VanBeklom, Stephanie Greene, and Chris… View Photo

Jan 13, 2010 Opher Yisraeli stopped by BMI’s Los Angeles office on January 12, 2010, to meet with BMI Performing Rights executives. Praised for his recent achievements in the industry, Yiseraeli is the founder of Songs to Your Eyes Production Music Library, which boasts over 20,000 cues and enjoyed a 45% sales increase in 2009. Songs to Your Eyes also recently opened a… View Photo

Jan 13, 2010 13-year-old singer/songwriter Jack Skuller recently joined the BMI family. The promising young artist recently inked a recording contract with Bar None Records. Pictured are Skuller and BMI’s Charlie Feldman. View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 Independent producer Melike Amjarv, BMI’s Richard Conlon, DataRevenue.org’s Max Davis, the Screen Actors Guild’s Mark Friedlander, and Loeb & Loeb’s Larry Kenswil discuss music rights in the digital media world during the “Content Distribution: Artists and Rights Holders – P2P for Content Creators” panel at the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) P2P Media Summit. The panel was part of a… View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 Independent producer Melike Amjarv, BMI’s Richard Conlon, and DataRevenue.org’s Max Davis listen to the Screen Actors Guild’s Mark Friedlander’s point-of-view during the “Content Distribution: Artists and Rights Holders – P2P for Content Creators” panel at the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) P2P Media Summit. The panel was part of a side conference during the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show was held… View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show was held in Las Vegas, NV January 7-10, and Richard Conlon, BMI Vice President, New Media Licensing & Business Development, discussed music rights in the digital media world at one of the event’s side conferences. Conlon spoke on the “Content Distribution: Artists and Rights Holders – P2P for Content Creators” panel at the Distributed Computing… View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 Sergio George discusses his craft at BMI’s How I Wrote That Song panel, staged during the Miami Music Festival and Conference in December 2009. Moderated by BMI’s Catherine Brewton, the conversation also featured insight from hit-makers Dallas Austin, Jim Jonsin, Cool & Dre, and A.B. Quintanilla. View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 Jim Jonsin and Dallas Austin pause for a photo before contributing to BMI’s How I Wrote That Song panel, held during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo