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BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year’s Top Film, Television, & Cable Music

David Newman Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement; Mike Post Receives Classic Contribution Award BMI honored the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series, and highest ranking cable network programs tonight at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Film/TV Relations Vice President Doreen Ringer Ross, the black-tie…
Key West Songwriters Festival Slated for April 29 – May 3
The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival will invade the venues of its paradisiacal namesake April 29 through May 3, 2009, offering eclectic show lineups that introduce crowds to the faces, voices and stories behind the songs. The festival features more than 100 top songwriters and revolves around five days and nights of more than 20 free concerts, staged at an array of the island’s most popular drinking holes and…
BMI’s UK Stars Honored at Annual Ivor Awards
Some of BMI's biggest British songwriters and composers were among the winners at the 48th annual Ivor Novello Awards presented on May 22 at Le Meridien Grosvenor House in London. The Ivor Novello Awards, presented by the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters in association with the PRS, are internationally respected as the premier award ceremony honoring British songwriters and composers and their contributions to the music industry.…
David Byrne: At the Head of his Class

"As an adolescent I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a scientist or an artist," David Byrne recently stated. "I eventually opted for art school because, A) the graffiti in the halls was better and, B) I wouldn't have to go through at least four years of boring shit before I had the opportunity to do anything bordering on the creative." It's not hard to understand…
Sophisticated Soul Sounds Score for Thom Bell

From his groundbreaking '60s productions with the Delfonics to his acclaimed '70s work with the Spinners, the O'Jays and the Stylistics, Thom Bell's elegant r&b songs and arrangements have retained their champagne effervescence and timeless appeal. Combining urban melodies with semi-classical styling, Bell ranks as one of pop music's most sophisticated composers. Considered a principal architect of the influential "Philly Soul" sound, Bell is arguably best known…
