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Aug 27, 2012 BMI hosted a rooftop party for the team behind Brantley Gilbert’s latest No. 1 hit, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” on August 22. The song, which is Gilbert’s fourth No. 1 as a songwriter and second as an artist, is the first No.1 for co-writer and New Orleans native Jim McCormick. Pictured are (back row) BMI’s Clay Bradley,… View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 Music Row toasted the crew behind the Eli Young Band’s latest No. 1 hit “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” on Monday, August 20 at CMA. Originally recorded by Will Hoge in 2009, the song – co-written by Hoge and Eric Paslay – is Hoge’s first trip to the top of the charts and Paslay’s second No. 1. For the… View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 Co-writers Will Hoge and Eric Paslay (front) pose with the Eli Young Band at the “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” No. 1 party. View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 Co-writers Will Hoge and Eric Paslay show off their new hardware at the “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” No. 1 party. View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 Will Hoge and his son celebrate at the “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” No. 1 party. View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 After the performance, BMI surprised Varble with Million-Air performance certificates for "Waiting on a Woman" by Brad Paisley, "A Little More Country Than That" by Easton Corbin, and "When You Need My Love" and "Sounds Like Life To Me" by Darryl Worley, all of which have earned more than one million performances each, as well as “Have You Forgotten” –… View Photo

Aug 22, 2012 BMI invited singer/songwriters Wynn Varble and Matt Caldwell to perform at the opening reception of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention held recently in Murfreesboro. Caldwell is a Texas native who is working on his debut EP and will be featured this fall on the national TV show Troubadour TX, while Varble is a BMI Country Award-winning songwriter and… View Photo

Aug 10, 2012 Curb Publishing celebrated the recent five-times platinum status of Garth Brooks’ Ultimate Hits collection by presenting plaques to the three pens behind mega-hit album track “More Than a Memory.” Co-written by Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs and Billy Montana, “More Than a Memory” was the first and still remains the only song ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard… View Photo

Aug 10, 2012 Singer/songwriter Austin Webb recently stopped by BMI’s Nashville offices to join the BMI songwriting family. Webb also recently inked deals with Red Vinyl Publishing and Stream Sound Records. Pictured are Lisa Boult, Mike Wilson, BMI’s Penny Everhard, Byron Gallimore, Eric Gallimore, Webb, Matthew Beckett, Emma Robinson, Dave Brooks, and BMI’s David Preston. View Photo

Aug 09, 2012 Doug McCormick performs at BMI Presents at 12th & Porter. View Photo