Photos

Mar 16, 2011 Dale Watson performs at BMI’s annual SXSW Howdy Texas Party at Stubb's on March 15, 2011, in Austin. View Photo

Mar 16, 2011 BMI’s Hanna Pantle and Mark Mason smile for the camera at BMI’s annual SXSW Howdy Texas Party at Stubb's on March 15, 2011, in Austin. View Photo

Mar 16, 2011 Bill Plympton and Laurent Rejto pause for a photo at Manuel's during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 16, 2011 KCRW's Gemma Dempsey, BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, and Ole Songs’ John Anderson pause for a photo at Manuel's during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Jeff Malmberg, director of Marwencol, which was named Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2010; BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross; director Ron Mann, and Richard Abramowitz enjoy Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Jimmy Quill, BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross and Michael Des Barres pause for a photo at Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Composer Kurt Farquhar, Warner Brothers Pictures Carter Armstrong, and composer Laura Karpman pause for a photograph after the Sound Decisions panel at SXSW 2011. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Something Ventured composer Laura Karpman and BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross participate in the Sound Decisions: A Reality Check on Using Music in Film panel during the 2011 SXSW Film Festival at the Austin Convention Center March 13, 2011, in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 MPCA Music Publishing's Cara Mia Harris, BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, IFP's Rose Vincelli, BMI's Anne Cecere, WAMU's Jen Hitt and film producer Scott Macaulay enjoy Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 BMI's Anne Cecere and Darren Briggs pause for a photo with Live Nation's Joanne Marzan at Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo