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Dec 17, 2015 BMI 2015 Country Songwriter of the Year Rodney Clawson performs with BMI songwriter and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro at the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival pool party. The festival treated listeners to performances by unique pairings of top songwriters. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 BMI band Loving Mary rocks the stage at Charley’s Restaurant & Saloon Show, part of the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 BMI songwriter and member of band Loving Mary, Marti Frederiksen, captivates the crowd at the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival Charley’s Restaurant & Saloon show. The band released a live EP in October of 2015 that received high praise. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 Charley’s Restaurant & Saloon’s Jonathan Herman, Sirius XM host Storme Warren, Tom Leis Music’s Bubba Tomlinson and BMI’s Mark Mason pose for a photo at the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. Bubba was presented with a custom Maui Songwriters Festival ukulele from Bohemian Guitars. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 BMI songwriter Lily Meola sings to the crowd at the Charley’s Restaurant & Saloon Show at the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. Her debut album is currently in the works. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 Performing a slew of singles released in the fall, BMI songwriter Maggie Rose, with Andrew Mactaggart (L) and Sarah Tomek (R) commands audience’s attention in the Botero Lounge at the Grand Wailea during the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. Maggie’s most recent video for her single “Same Sky” gives dreamy imagery to the upbeat track. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 Strumming the guitar during the Botero Lounge performance at the Grand Wailea show at the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival, BMI songwriter Greylan James performs his single “If I Was Elvis.” The 19-year-old has toured around the U.S. and is working on releasing more original tracks. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 Legendary BMI songwriters Jeffrey Steele, Bob DiPiero and Rhett Akins perform at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center during the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. The men have written hits for country artists ranging from Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to BMI Country Icon Vince Gill. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 BMI’s Mark Mason, Sirius XM’s Storme Warren, BMI songwriters Rhett Akins, Jake Shimabukuro and Bob DiPiero, BMI’s Mary Loving, BMI songwriter Jeffrey Steele and manager Van Fletcher are pictured backstage at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center before Jake’s sold out show. View Photo

Dec 17, 2015 BMI award-winning songwriters Nicolle Galyon and Rhett Akins rock the BMI Maui Songwriters Festival. With Nicolle on piano and Rhett on guitar, the duo treated the crowd to a selection of their hits during the kickoff party. View Photo