2010 Photo Archive
BMI songwriters Kyle Logan, Melinda Ortner, and Sunny War each delivered strong performances during the December installment of BMI’s Acoustic Lounge showcase in Los Angeles. Held monthly at Genghis Cohen, Acoustic Lounge features auspicious up-and-comers and is free and open to the public. Pictured are Kyle Logan, BMI’s Tracie Verlinde, Melinda Ortner, Sunny War and BMI’s Marissa Lopez. View Photo
Colton Entertainment’s Rebecca Lynn Howard recently joined the BMI family. A recording artist as well as a songwriter, Howard has had songs recorded by Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless, John Michael Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood and other headliners. Pictured are (back row) BMI’s Mark Mason, Beth Laird, Jody Williams, Leslie Roberts, Thomas Cain and Perry Howard; with (front row) Colton Entertainment’s Doug… View Photo
On Tuesday, December 7, BMI honored Rick Giles, Gilles Godard, and Tim Nichols, the co-writers of Terri Clark’s “I Wanna Do It All,” with BMI Million-Air certificates recognizing more than one million performances of the song. Debuting in 2003, Terri Clark’s rowdy escapist tune peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart. Pictured are Giles, Godard, Nichols,… View Photo
BMI and The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) presented a screening of Summit Entertainment’s and producers Alain Sarde’s and Robert Benmussa’s film The Ghost Writer on Thursday, December 2 at the Clarity Theatre in Beverly Hills. The screening was preceded by a Q&A with the film’s composer Alexandre Desplat. Moderated by SCL President Dan Foliart, the discussion delved into… View Photo
BMI recently welcomed the Rej3ctz to its growing family of songwriters. The West Coast trio is the force behind “Cat Daddy,” a smash-turned-dance-craze featuring Chris Brown. The video for the song has already generated almost 11 million views since its world premiere on worldstarhiphop.com. Learn more about the Rej3ctz via TheRej3ctz.com. Pictured are Rej3ctz’s MoWii, BMI’s… View Photo
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, the Songwriters Congressional Caucus Co-Chair, welcomed the crowd to the 4th BMI “Hungry for Music” showcase in D.C. Pictured are Congresswoman Blackburn and Margot MacDonald, BMI Youth Ambassador DC. View Photo
Gordon Daniels brings down the house with his reggae band Lucky Dub at BMI’s “Hungry for Music” showcase, held November 18 at the Hard Rock Café in D.C. View Photo
Ryan Hammer performs at BMI’s “Hungry for Music” showcase, held November 18 at the Hard Rock Café in D.C. View Photo
BMI “Hungry for Music” showcase host Margot MacDonald rocks the November 18 edition of the series. View Photo
Jim and Ashley Cash of Woven Green deliver a strong set at BMI’s “Hungry for Music” showcase, held November 18 in D.C. View Photo