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Aug 15, 2011 Joanna Cotten performs at Hammerhead’s Bar & Grill during the 2011 Sandestin Music Festival, sponsored by BMI. View Photo

Aug 15, 2011 The Pernikoff Brothers perform at the Village Events Plaza in the Village of Baytowne Wharf during the 2nd annual Sandestin Music Festival. View Photo

Aug 10, 2011 In what has become an annual tradition, BMI presented a selection of Music Row’s finest tunesmiths at the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB) summer convention, held at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, TN. BMI hit songwriters Dylan Altman (Tim McGraw’s #1 “Watch The Wind Blow By” and Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”), Andrew Dorff (Martina McBride’s “Ride” and Ronnie… View Photo

Aug 09, 2011 BMI recently celebrated another career milestone for Grammy-winning songwriter Tim Nichols. His latest BMI Million-Air Award recognizes more than one million performances of Chris Young’s “The Man I Want to Be,” ensuring that his entire award-winning songwriting catalog has now accumulated more than 30 million performances. The 2005 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year is the pen behind contemporary standards… View Photo

Aug 09, 2011 Singer/songwriter Lacy Green recently visited BMI’s Nashville offices during a brief break from her radio tour in support of her debut single, “For the Summertime.” While in Music City, the 22-year-old North Carolina native also sat down for a series of writing sessions with producer and acclaimed BMI singer/songwriter Ronnie Bowman. Pictured are AristoMedia’s Jeff Walker, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Lacy… View Photo

Aug 08, 2011 BMI proudly honored the Ronnie Dunn during an August 4 celebration at the organization’s Music Row offices. Since arriving in Nashville back in 1988, the Oklahoma native has become one of country music’s most successful songwriters, amassing a catalog that includes standards he wrote exclusively like “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “Neon Moon,” and “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind,” as well as… View Photo

Aug 05, 2011 New BMI songwriter Cory Hunt stopped by organization’s Music Row office with his manager Chris Keaton. Hunt, who recently graduated from Appalachian State University, balances his time between writing in Nashville and touring throughout Virginia and the Carolinas. Pictured are BMI’s David Preston, Corey Hunt, and Chris Keaton. View Photo

Jul 28, 2011 Twelve-year-old Kelsey Klingensmith stopped by BMI’s Nashville office on Wednesday, July 27 to illustrate her songwriting chops. The Moville, Iowa native recently joined BMI’s growing family of songwriters. She has written and recorded more than 14 songs, including “Life in You,” which led to her winning the Bill Riley Talent Show at Iowa’s Cherokee County Fair. Pictured are Klingensmith and… View Photo

Jul 26, 2011 BMI presented a collection of Million-Air awards to songwriter Danny Wells with at the organization’s Music Row offices on July 14. The versatile Nashville hit-maker was honored for George Strait’s “Check Yes or No,” which has accumulated 5 million performances; Rascal Flatts’ “These Days,” which has earned 2 million; and Craig Morgan’s “Little Bit of Life,” which has amassed more… View Photo

Jul 22, 2011 Universal Music Group Nashville’s Joe Fisher, Don Poythress, Easton Corbin and Wynn Varble pose for a photo at the BMI-hosted party celebrating Corbin’s breakout year. Poythress and Varble co-wrote Corbin’s chart-topping debut single, “I’m A Little More Country Than That.” View Photo