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Nov 24, 2009 Big Sean performs at BMI’s Know Them Now: New Faces of Hip-Hop showcase, held November 18 at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Composer John Celentano prepares his sheet music at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Composers Shyam Vai and David Maurice wait intently for their compositions to be recorded at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” participants Ela Orleans, Patrick Sasso, and Kerry Mussey convene during the program’s final project recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Members of America's premier post-classical string quartet ETHEL rock the BMI-sponsored "Composing for the Screen" recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Emerging film composer Stephen Frost puts the final touches on his composition at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Composer Rick Baitz instructs emerging film composers Gervasio Goris and Neil Shah during the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Longtime Music Row publisher Mark Brown and songwriter Stephen Allen Davis recently stopped by BMI to affiliate their new publishing venture, Molet Music. While the two were in the organization’s Music Row offices, BMI’s Jody Williams surprised the Grammy-nominated Davis with a Million-Air certificate recognizing more than 3 million performances of his composition “Stand Beside Me,” recorded by Jo Dee… View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Margot MacDonald performs in the Copyright Alliance "Coffee Shop," accompanied by Jonathan Ifergan of Chicago band Color Radio. The Coffee Shop was part of the Copyright Alliance Expo held recently in D.C. View Photo

Nov 19, 2009 Pictured at the third annual Copyright Alliance Expo are BMI jazz composer/artist Marcus Johnson, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), BMI songwriter/artist Margot MacDonald, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), and BMI Senior Vice President, Government Relations Fred Cannon. View Photo