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Keith Gattis & Adam Hood Kick-Off ‘BMI Presents’ at 12th & Porter
BMI will launch a free and fresh showcase series Tuesday, October 21 dubbed BMI Presents at 12th & Porter. Slated for 6 p.m. every other month, the recurring showcase will highlight the lifeblood of the Nashville music community: songwriters. Tapped by BMI in recognition of their current potency or potential, the artists featured will reflect the diverse hive of creators impacting today’s country charts and the evolving Music Row hit-making…
From News, posted 10.15.08
Key West Songwriters Festival Mixes Roots Music Royalty with Mainstream Songwriting Elite
Lineup Includes Robert Earl Keen, Raul Malo, Kim Richey & Jeffrey Steele The 13th Annual Hog's Breath Key West Songwriters Festival looms enticingly on the horizon. Presented by Cherry Heart Music and proudly supported by charter sponsor BMI, the event is slated for April 30 through May 4 in Key West, Florida. The festival revolves around five days…
From News, posted 4.23.08
Jim Beavers Celebrates First No. 1 at BMI
BMI helped songwriter Jim Beavers toast his first no. 1 hit, "Watching Airplanes," Thursday, March 6 amidst a crowd of friends, peers and family. Recorded and co-produced by Bakersfield country-cool artist Gary Allan, co-written by Jonathan Singleton and co-produced by Mark Wright, the wistful tune resonated with a broad spectrum of listeners. A former industry executive and university professor, Beavers is…
From News, posted 3.17.08
Rodney Atkins Leads BMI 2008 ACM Award Nominations
Big & Rich, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert & Taylor Swift Also Boast Multiple Nods BMI affiliates staked claim to the majority of the 2008 Academy of Country Music award nominations announced Tuesday, March 4 in Nashville. Reigning Top Female Vocalist Carrie Underwood helped announce the nominees live during CBS' The Early Show broadcast, which also featured live performances…
From News, posted 3.08.08
BMI Salutes ‘Don’t Blink’ Co-Writer Casey Beathard
BMI hosted a lively party in its Music Row lobby on Tuesday, January 15 for serial hit maker Casey Beathard and the rest of the creative hive behind Kenny Chesney’s multi-week no. 1 hit, “Don’t Blink.” Beathard, who co-penned the tune with Chris Wallin, also co-wrote George Strait’s current chart-climber “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls,” Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus' "Ready, Set,…
From News, posted 2.03.08
Elevation Music Publishing Welcomes George Teren
Newly-formed Elevation Music Publishing recently added BMI award-winning songwriter George Teren to its writing staff. Teren, whose recent No. 1’s include “When I Get Where I’m Going” and “Ladies Love Country Boys,” has received six BMI Country Awards and multiple Million-Air honors for his hits recorded by artists including Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson and Gary Allan.
From News, posted 9.30.07
Trent Summar
Not that labels in music matter much — at least they shouldn’t — but Trent Summar has an evocative and altogether hard-to-resist term for the music he makes: Farm rock. That probably says it well enough. But in case further explanation helps, we’re talking about that intersection where Chuck Berry rock and George Jones country converge. We’re talking about love songs that veer off the beaten path with honest slices…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.12.06
‘Desperately’ Seeking Million-Air
BMI songwriters Bruce Robison and Monte Warden were the guests of honor at a celebratory dinner honoring one million performances of their George Strait hit, "Desperately." Published by Moonkiss Music, the #1 song was included on Strait's 2003 release, Honkytonkville. Pictured after…
From News, posted 3.28.06
Country Vets, New Faces Among ACM Nominees
BMI superstars Brooks & Dunn continue to solidify their position as one of the top country acts of all time with another five Academy of Country Music Award nominations, announced March 8. The pair is up for Entertainer, Top Vocal Duo, Single Record, Song and Video of the Year for "Believe."
From News, posted 3.13.06
Pat McLaughlin
Pat McLaughlin is well known around Nashville, and in the nationwide musicians’ circle, as one soulful dude. And a humble one, too, because he downplays that endemic respect by saying that practically anybody who tries to do their own thing and is successful at it, gets tagged by others as having soul. Maybe he’s right to a certain degree; but anyone who knows McLaughlin’s music will tell you that there…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.11.05
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