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Jun 12, 2009 State of Man’s James Beale, BMI’s David Claassen, State of Man’s John Stringer, Thomas Panza and Chris Love and sound engineer Bram Bessoff smile for the camera at BMI’s rock showcase on June 4 at Vinyl in Atlanta. View Photo

Jun 12, 2009 Adam Johnson (guitar), Carly Kane, Ben Bugna (drums), David Norwood (guitar) and Jon Daw (bass) of Stellate perform songs from their new EP I Get a Rush at BMI’s rock showcase on June 4 at Vinyl in Atlanta View Photo

Jun 12, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s rock showcase on June 4 at Vinyl in Atlanta are showcase performers State of Man’s John Stringer, Stellate’s Carly Kane, The Greater Vavoom’s Shangri-La and Crowfield’s Tyler Mechem, with BMI’s David Claassen and Kay Clary. View Photo

Jun 11, 2009 BMI staffers pause for a photo with the Lovell Sisters after the trio performed an inspired acoustic set before heading to Bonnaroo. Pictured are BMI’s Mark Mason and Clay Bradley; The Lovell Sisters’ Rebecca Lovell, Jessica Lovell and Megan Lovell; and BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Bradley Collins, and Beth Mason. View Photo

Jun 11, 2009 On their way to Bonnaroo Wednesday, June 10, the talented Lovell Sisters wowed employees at BMI’s offices in Nashville with a performance that featured a variety of songs, including an original tune, a traditional spiritual, and a Jimi Hendrix cover. Pictured are Rebecca Lovell, Megan Lovell, and Jessica Lovell of the Lovell Sisters. View Photo

Jun 11, 2009 Hip-hop singer, songwriter and producer Novel and pop-rock singer/songwriter Michael Tolcher recently took advantage of the writer room in BMI’s Atlanta offices, where the two sat down to co-write. Pictured are BMI’s Dave Claassen, Novel, Catherine Brewton, Michael Tolcher and BMI’s Byron Wright. View Photo

Jun 11, 2009 Marcus Johnson, Bruce Lehman, Katri Sipila, Serona Elton, Allison Demas, Scott A. Bearby participate in the "Promoting the Values of Copyright-A Win-Win Situation for All?" panel at the World Copyright Summit on June 10. View Photo

Jun 11, 2009 Robin Gibb, singer/songwriter from the Bee Gees and President of CISAC, wraps up the World Copyright Summit highlighting the key role of creators as Eric Baptiste, Director General, CISAC looks on at the Ronald Reagan Center, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 10. View Photo

Jun 10, 2009 BMI's Brandon Bakshi (left) and Eg White (PRS) celebrate White’s Songwriter of the Year win at the prestigious Ivor Novello ceremony, held May 21 at the Grosvenor House in London. View Photo

Jun 10, 2009 Jazz-pop troubadour Jamie Cullum performed during the Music Matters Asia Pacific music forum in Hong Kong on June 4. Shown are BMI's Brandon Bakshi, Jamie Cullum (PRS), and PRS’s Liam Donnelly. View Photo