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Mar 16, 2012 BMI's Traci Verlinde (far left), Tavi Shabestari (kneeling, right) and Casey Robison (far right) pause for a photo with Youngblood Hawke at BMI’s Thursday night SXSW showcase. View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 New York Rivals perform at BMI’s Thursday night SXSW showcase. View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 BMG Chrysalis’ Taylor Lindsey and Darrell Franklin recently dropped by BMI’s Nashville office to officially sign their newest songwriter, BMI member Steven Lee Olsen. An alumnus of the CMT on Tour Live Show, Olsen has written songs for Craig Morgan, the Judds, Melissa Lawson, and Swedish Idol winner Kevin Borg. Pictured are BMI’s Penny Everhard, Lindsey, Franklin, BMI’s Jody Williams… View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 Jesse Malin wows the crowd at BMI’s SXSW songwriting panel. View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 BMI presented an illuminating discussion on the art of songwriting Thursday, March 15 at SXSW with some of the nation’s most revered writers. Led by BMI’s Jody Williams, the panel featured songwriters John Doe, Todd Snider, and Jesse Malin, who also performed a number of their original songs after the conversation. BMI's Ari Surdoval (far left) and Jody Williams (far… View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 Legendary songwriter and artist John Doe performs during BMI’s SXSW songwriting panel. View Photo

Mar 16, 2012 Todd Snider performs a song from his new album Agnostic Fables and Stoner Hymns during BMI’s SXSW songwriting panel, "How to Track and Capture Wild Roots Songs of North America.” View Photo

Mar 15, 2012 Bruce Springsteen performs with Alejandro Escovedo at the Austin Music Awards at Austin Music Hall during SXSW Music Festival. View Photo

Mar 15, 2012 BMI's Mark Mason and Jody Williams huddle for a photo with Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson backstage at the Austin Music Awards at Austin Music Hall during SXSW. During the Awards Show, Williams and BMI’s Mark Mason presented Taylor Muse of Quiet Company with the Songwriter of the Year Award. View Photo

Mar 15, 2012 Joe Ely and Bruce Springsteen perform with Alejandro Escovedo at the Austin Music Awards at the Austin Music Hall during SXSW. View Photo