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Mar 18, 2010 BMI's Dave Claassen (far left) catches up with Ponderosa at the BMI Howdy Texas Party. View Photo

Mar 18, 2010 Producers and songwriters from the Atlanta region convened at BMI on March 16 for an exclusive listening session featuring Tynisha Keli’s new album, The 5th Element. Produced by Tha Corna Boyz, the new album is the follow-up to her 2009 release The Chronicles of TK and is set to release internationally in June 2010. Pictured are Tha Corna Boyz’ Pierre… View Photo

Mar 17, 2010 Indie trendsetters Travis Porter recently joined the BMI family. Via their own label, Porter House Music Group, the trio is currently climbing the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart with their hit record “Go Shorty Go.” In the midst of a stacked touring schedule, Travis Porter is also currently finalizing an agreement with a major label. Pictured at BMI’s Atlanta offices are Travis… View Photo

Mar 15, 2010 Austin group The Rocketboys stopped by BMI’s recent Writer’s Retreat in Atlanta. Held March 5 at DARP studios, the retreat’s creative hive included producers J-Lack, J Hart and Dallas Austin, while the band also collaborated with recording artist and top-line writer JC and singer/songwriter Elisha Hoffman. Pictured are The Rocketboys’ Daniel Wheeler and Alex Bhore; JC; BMI’s David Claassen; The… View Photo

Mar 08, 2010 SRP/SRC/Universal Records recording artist Shontelle arrives at BMI’s Industry Insider – “How I Produced the Record,” held March 4 in New York. View Photo

Mar 08, 2010 Oakland, CA singer/songwriter Selau performs at BMI presents DRINKSHOP Live! showcase. View Photo

Mar 08, 2010 Michael Tolcher performs a combination of new songs and past singles during BMI presents DRINKSHOP Live! in Atlanta. View Photo

Mar 08, 2010 Pictured at BMI presents DRINKSHOP Live! at the W Atlanta Downtown on Thursday, March 4 are Colton Entertainment’s Doug Colton, Billy Falcon, Selau, Elisha Hoffman, BMI’s David Claassen and Michael Tolcher. View Photo

Mar 08, 2010 Billy Falcon performs songs from a new album that he co-wrote with Bon Jovi during BMI presents DRINKSHOP Live! at the W Atlanta Downtown on Thursday, March 4. View Photo

Feb 24, 2010 On February 20, BMI’s Dave Claassen pulled artist/songwriter Michael Tolcher and songwriter/producer Graham Marsh away from their current project at Maze Studios to attend the W Atlanta Buckhead Hotel’s one-year anniversary party, where they were joined by engineer/songwriter Chase Glover. Maze Studios has housed a slew of Atlanta’s top sessions for Gnarls Barkley, Trances Arc, and more. Pictured are Glover,… View Photo