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Oct 17, 2011 Phil Hummer & the White Falcons perform at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Kenny Vaughan performs at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 During the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference, BMI gave roots music lovers an irresistible reason to rise and shine: Kenny Vaughan and Phil Hummer & the White Falcons roared through sets on Thursday morning, the second day of the festival. One of Nashville’s premier guitarists, Vaughan is a longtime member of Marty Stuart’s band, the Fabulous Superlatives. Sugar Hill… View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Phil Hummer & the White Falcons are pictured at BMI’s Thursday Throwdown during the 2011 Americana Music Festival and Conference. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 BMI’s Dan Spears spoke to the National Association of Licensing Compliance Professionals (NALCP) at the organization’s annual conference, held in Philadelphia on October 13. Following Spears’ presentation, BMI award-winning songwriter Hugh Prestwood performed a stacked set that included his no. 1 hit “The Song Remembers When.” NALCP includes executives from the hospitality industry who are responsible for both liquor and… View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 BMI hosted a fundraiser for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) at the organization’s New York headquarters on October 14. Music industry leaders mingled and got better acquainted with the senator, who is a strong proponent of creators’ rights. Pictured are the American Society of Media Photographers’ Gene Mopsik, BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, Senator Leahy, and BMI’s… View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 Criteria Entertainment’s Gabby De Anda and Diana Rodriguez, V for Volume, BMI’s Delia Orjuela (center) and Marissa Lopez (third from right), and Criteria Entertainment’s Jose Marquez huddle for a photo at BMI’s Otoño Alternativo. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 The Tender Box commands the stage at BMI’s Otoño Alternativo. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 BMI’s Delia Orjuela and Marissa Lopez (far right) hang out with Bocatabu during BMI’s Otoño Alternativo. View Photo

Oct 17, 2011 BMI launched its new Otoño Alternativo showcase series at the King King in Hollywood on Wednesday, October 12. The first installment featured singer/songwriters Bocatabu, Radaid, The Tender Box, V For Volume, and Gustavo Galindo, who have all made significant waves in Latin music while capturing fans in alternative and mainstream pop and rock worlds. Pictured at the show are (l-r):… View Photo