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Mar 15, 2011 Clear Blue director Lindsay MacKay, composer Nathaniel Smith, and producer S. Brent Martin pause for a photo at Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Composer Kurt Faquhar, BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, composer Laura Karpman, and Warner Brothers Pictures' Carter Armstrong pause for a photo at Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 An audience member participates in the Q&A section of the Sound Decisions panel during the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Evolution Music Partners' Seth Kaplan and Warner Brothers Pictures Vice President Carter Armstrong comment during the Sound Decisions panel at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Dayna Goldfine, the producer/director of Something Ventured, addresses attendees of the Sound Decisions panel during SXSW 2011 in Austin. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 Laura Karpman, Carter Armstrong, Dayna Goldfine, BMI’s Doreen Ringer Ross, and Seth Kaplan gather for a photograph before 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. Ringer Ross moderated the discussion. View Photo

Mar 15, 2011 BMI's Anne Cecere, filmmaker Bill Plympton, and KCRW's Gemma Dempsey pause for a photo at Manuel's on March 13 during SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX. View Photo

Mar 11, 2011 Jessie Jo Dillon, daughter of BMI award-winning songwriter Dean Dillon, recently came aboard as a BMI songwriter and inked a deal with Revelry Music Group/Nettwerk One Music. Pictured are, back row (l-r): BMI’s Jody Williams, Leslie Roberts, and Clay Bradley; Revelry consultant Greg Beeckman; Nettwerk One Music’s Blair McDonald; Revelry/Partner’s Greg Gallo; and BMI’s Bradley Collins.Front row (l-r): Revelry/Partner’s AJ… View Photo

Mar 11, 2011 Already a member of a legendary country family, Jesse Keith Whitley, the son of Lorrie Morgan and the late Keith Whitley, recently joined the BMI family. Currently touring with his mother, Jesse recorded his debut single “Kentucky Thunder” with James Stroud in early 2011. View Photo

Mar 08, 2011 BMI and Big Machine Records recently toasted the team behind Rascal Flatts’ #1 hit “Why Wait” at a party held in downtown Nashville. Co-written by BMI writers Tom Shapiro and Jimmy Yeary, “Why Wait” is the second chart topper for the pair - they also co-wrote Joe Diffie’s “In Another World” in 2001 – and marks a monumental 25th #1… View Photo