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May 04, 2010 BMI’s Marissa Lopez recently visited Del Records to welcome members of Grupo Escolta, Goyo Gastelum, Johnny Javier Oliva Santivanez, Jesus Otoniel Angulo Perez and Del Publishing to the BMI family. The pivotal group of artists, songwriters, and publishing executives have made and will undoubtedly continue to make waves on charts of the growing Latin and Regional Mexican music communities. Pictured… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 Shown enjoying the NAB convention in Las Vegas are BMI Board Chairman Jack Sander, Graham Nash, Colbie Caillat, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 Pictured at the NAB convention in Las Vegas are (back row) BMI Board members Mark Pedowitz, Amador Bustos and G. Neil Smith; Colbie Caillat; Willie Nelson; BMI Board member Susan Davenport Austin; Toby Keith; and BMI Board members Philip A. Jones, Ken Elkins, and N. John Douglas; (front row) BMI Board member K. James Yager; Graham Nash; BMI President &… View Photo

Apr 20, 2010 BMI celebrated the achievements of its songwriters at the National Associations of Broadcasters convention held in Las Vegas April 12-14. BMI’s Board of Directors hosted a broadcast industry dinner at the Wynn Encore resort, where Willie Nelson was presented with a special citation from the BMI Board. BMI songwriters Colbie Caillat, Toby Keith and Graham Nash also were honored for… View Photo

Apr 12, 2010 BMI recently celebrated the launch of Adolfo and Omar Valenzuela (Los Twiins) new eponymous reality series. Songwriters and music producers, the Valenzuela brothers are known for creating many of Latin music’s most popular hits, as well as producing Thalia, Banda El Recodo and DJ Flex. The highly anticipated show takes an unprecedented look at Regional Mexican music made in the… View Photo

Mar 30, 2010 Machete/Universal Latino duo Chino y Nacho recently joined the BMI family. The Venezuela natives are currently enjoying a career-launching hot streak: They made their Los Angeles debut with a performance at Calibash 2010, and the pair’s “Mi Niña Bonita” is currently sitting in the #2 slot on the Billboard Latin Rhythm chart. Pictured at Calibash are Ignacio Mendoza, aka Nacho;… View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 BMI recently hosted an invitation-only preview of Ozomatli’s upcoming album, Fire Away. The culture-crossing troupe delivered the live sneak-peak at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills, performing a crowd-pleasing mix of old favorites and tracks from the new album, including “It’s Only Paper,” “Love Comes Down,” “45,” “Malagasy Shock,” and more. Slated for release on April 20, Fire Away is… View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 Ozomatli offers a live preview of their new album Fire Away, slated for release April 20. View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 Ozomatli delights the industry crowd during the BMI-hosted preview of the band’s new album, Fire Away. View Photo

Mar 23, 2010 Josh Suntag, Southwest Airlines' Whitney Eichinger, BMI's Marissa Lopez, Gustavo Galindo and BMI's Porfirio Piña enjoy the BMI/Billboard Acoustic Brunch. View Photo