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Mar 04, 2016 Electronic rock group KiND gets the crowd dancing at the first round of Road to Roo. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Songstress Jess Nolan performs with her band at round one of Road to Roo. Their high-energy and soulful songs were enough to make them advance to the next round. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Playing loud and furious rock, Heavy Sole turns up the volume at the Road to Roo competition, snagging a spot in the next round of the battle of the bands. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Pictured: (L-R): Lightning 100’s Brittney Farrow, MillerCoors’ Kim Juodaitis, songwriter Carla Cappa, Det Distributing Company’s Elise McCracken, AC Entertainment’s Neeley Rice and BMI’s Mark Mason. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Carla Cappa of CAPPA shows off her fine-tuned indie-pop skills during the first round of Road to Roo. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 BRUNS bring their signature rock and roll sound to the stage at Acme Feed and Seed in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Pictured: (L-R): The crew involved with the creation of the #1 song gather together, including Sony ATV’s Josh Van Valkenburg, manager Lindsay Marias, Arista Nashville’s Randy Goodman, BMI songwriters Cam and Tyler Johnson, BMI’s Jody Williams, Sony ATV’s Troy Tomlinson, Creative Nation’s Beth Laird, Pulse Recording’s Scott Cutler and BMI’s Bradley Collins. Missing is BMI co-writer Jeff Bhasker. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Avenue Bank’s Ron Cox and American Red Cross’ Brenda Black pose with BMI songwriters Cam and Tyler Johnson after the party. Avenue Bank, BMI’s partner in #1 parties, gives a charitable donation in the songwriters’ names to an organization of their choice. Cam selected the Red Cross. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 BMI’s Jody Williams presents Cam with a custom Epiphone guitar, given to writers who have just scored their first #1 country hit. Tyler Johnson, looking on from the left, also received the signature guitar. View Photo

Mar 04, 2016 Cam addresses the crowd at the #1 party for her hit “Burning House,” thanking those involved with the track and offering words of encouragement to women in country music. View Photo