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John Fogerty to be Named BMI Icon at 58th Annual Pop Awards May 18 in Los Angeles
BMI will honor John Fogerty as a BMI Icon at its 58th annual Pop Awards, slated for Tuesday, May 18 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Barbara Cane, BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles, the invitation-only event will also honor the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-performed…
From News, posted 3.10.10
Imagine Dragons: A Good Bet
Imagine Dragons will perform during BMI’s official SXSW showcase at Maggie Mae’s (323 East 6th St, Austin, TX) on Thursday, March 18. Imagine Dragons will take the stage at 10:30 p.m. The landscape of Las Vegas is a fairly accurate visual depiction of all things trending. Its trademark neon glow has been remade a handful of times to reflect the changing currents of America’s idea of style,…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.10.10
Neon Trees’ Utah Glam Rock
Neon Trees will perform during BMI’s official SXSW showcase at Maggie Mae’s (323 East 6th St, Austin, TX) on Thursday, March 18. Neon Trees will take the stage at 9:45 p.m. If the idea of “Utah glam rock” evokes images of wholesome Osmond boys in thick black eyeliner, then you haven’t heard Mercury/Island Def Jam artist Neon Trees, a foursome which has managed to defy both stereotypes.…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.10.10
Samuel Genao Wins peermusic Latin Scholarship 2010
Porfirio Piña, Director of the BMI Foundation's peermusic Latin Scholarship, has announced that Samuel Genao is the winner of the seventh annual peermusic Latin Scholarship, a competition for original Latin songs and instrumental compositions. Genao, a 22-year-old native of New York City and a student at The City College of New York, received a $5,000 scholarship for his song, “Amor Entre Acordes.” The award was presented onstage…
From News, posted 3.08.10
‘The Weary Kind’ Garners Oscar Gold
BMI songwriters T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham walked away with the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, held Sunday, March 7 in Los Angeles. “The Weary Kind,” co-written by Burnett and Bingham, is the theme song for the critically acclaimed Crazy Heart, starring fellow BMI songwriters Jeff Bridges and Robert Duvall, as well…
From News, posted 3.08.10
Juanes Receives President’s Award at 17th Annual BMI Latin Music Awards
Espinoza Paz Earns Songwriter of the Year Crown; "Te Presumo" Named Song of the Year; Editora Arpa Musical Earns Latin Publisher of the Year en español BMI held its 17th annual Latin Music Awards tonight at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Juanes received the BMI President’s Award; Espinoza Paz claimed his third consecutive Songwriter of the Year title; “Te Presumo” earned Song…
From News, posted 3.04.10
Miriam Cutler’s Reel-Life Music
After more than two decades of working as a film score composer, Los Angeles-based musician Miriam Cutler understands her job perfectly well: “I have really learned,” she says, “that I am just a vessel for the director.” It would be easy for any artist in this situation to view herself simply as a hired gun. In Cutler’s case, the opposite has proven true. As the person responsible…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.04.10
Tree Adams: Music to Remember Him By
Writing songs and scores for television and film requires a mindset all its own. No one understands that better than Tree Adams, who's composed music for such TV shows as Californication and Canterbury's Law, and for movies such as Emilio and Hunt for the BTK Killer. "It's an applied art," says Adams, "in that you're there to facilitate somebody else's vision. You really have to get a…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.12.10
Urban Legend: They’re Not Tourists
In the opening track of Urban Legend’s new EP Tropical Techniques, vocalist Chana sings, “And the world keeps spinning, vuelta, vuelta, vuelta”—a fitting opening for this vibrant Pan-Latin collection of six bilingual tracks by producer duo comprised by J-Radical and Kool Kojak. J-Radical (Jared Faber), 37, is a TV music producer and songwriter (Being Bobby Brown) while graffiti artist, and producer-songwriter Kool Kojak (Allan Peter Grigg), also…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.09.10
Veterans Them Crooked Vultures Wield a New Fang
Music fans have always guarded their album collections, and more importantly, their approval, closely. But with a lineup that reads more as a “who’s who” among veteran rock gods than it does a standard album credit listing, if any fans gave a solemn nod of approval without even hearing a note of the eponymous debut from Them Crooked Vultures, perhaps they are entitled to a pass. After…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.09.10
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