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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

Jan 11, 2010 Cool & Dre discuss their hit-making strategy at BMI’s How I Wrote That Song panel, held during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 A.B. Quintanilla III participates in BMI’s How I Wrote That Song panel, held during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 A.B. Quintanilla III, Sergio George, Jim Jonsin, Cool & Dre and Dallas Austin discuss writing hit songs at BMI’s How I Wrote That Song panel, held during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo

Jan 11, 2010 The Band Perry took a break from recording their debut album to celebrate their signing with BMI. The trio, originally from Mobile, Alabama, moved to Tennessee several years ago to launch their career. Since the move, the group has performed on the Grand Ole Opry and broken into the Billboard Top 40 with their debut single, “Hip to My Heart.”… View Photo

Jan 08, 2010 BMI presented Million-Air certificates to singer/songwriter Doc Promus’ daughter, Sharyn Felder, and son, Geoffrey Felder, recognizing their fathers’ compositions that have reached more than one million performances: “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “This Magic Moment” have both earned more than 6 million performances, while “Can’t Get Used to Losing You,” “Suspicion,” “Little Sister,” and “ A Teenager in… View Photo

Jan 08, 2010 Hundreds of coats, blankets, hats, scarves and gloves were collected for donation to charities for the homeless at the BMI’s holiday party last month in Atlanta. The items were delivered to The Harvest Center and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for distribution. Pictured are BMI’s Andre King and Brittany Hall. View Photo

Jan 08, 2010 BMI’s David Claassen, featured performer Alexander's Ryan Alexander and BMI’s Brandon Haas pause for a photo at the BMI Pop/Rock Showcase at Transit Lounge during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo

Jan 08, 2010 Rising star Alex Cuba wows the crowd at the BMI Pop/Rock Showcase, held during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo

Jan 08, 2010 BMI’s Jessica Roffe; featured performer Fancy Me Yet’s Alex Darren, Natasha Jeanne and Chris Bernard; and BMI’s Mark Barron and Joey Mercado enjoy the BMI Pop/Rock Showcase at Transit Lounge during the Miami Music Festival in December 2009. View Photo