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Photo Archive

Nov 19, 2009
Composer John Celentano prepares his sheet music at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Composers Shyam Vai and David Maurice wait intently for their compositions to be recorded at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” participants Ela Orleans, Patrick Sasso, and Kerry Mussey convene during the program’s final project recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Composer Rick Baitz instructs emerging film composers Gervasio Goris and Neil Shah during the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Emerging film composer Stephen Frost puts the final touches on his composition at the BMI-sponsored “Composing for the Screen” recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Members of America's premiere post-classical string quartet ETHEL rock the BMI-sponsored "Composing for the Screen" recording session, held on October 15 at Manhattan Sound. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Longtime Music Row publisher Mark Brown and songwriter Stephen Allen Davis recently stopped by BMI to affiliate their new publishing venture, Molet Music. While the two were in the organization’s Music Row offices, BMI’s Jody Williams surprised the Grammy-nominated Davis with a Million-Air certificate recognizing more than 3 million performances of his composition “Stand Beside Me,” recorded by Jo Dee Messina. The song marks just one of Davis’s accomplishments as a songwriter: The impressive list of artists who have recorded his work also includes Frank Sinatra, Joe Cocker, Meatloaf, Tom Jones, Alabama, Reba McEntire, and Charlie Rich. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams, Stephen Allen Davis, and Molet Music’s Mark Brown. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Margot MacDonald performs in the Copyright Alliance "Coffee Shop," accompanied by Jonathan Ifergan of Chicago band Color Radio. The Coffee Shop was part of the Copyright Alliance Expo held recently in D.C. View Photo


Nov 19, 2009
Pictured at the third annual Copyright Alliance Expo are BMI jazz composer/artist Marcus Johnson, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), BMI songwriter/artist Margot MacDonald, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), and BMI Senior Vice President, Government Relations Fred Cannon. View Photo


Nov 18, 2009
Thomas Rhett Akins, son of BMI Award-winning songwriter Rhett Akins, recently joined the BMI family. Just last week, Akins, Sr. took home a 2009 BMI Country Award for Brooks & Dunn’s “Put a Girl In It,” and Thomas is auspiciously preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps. Pictured are BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Thomas Rhett Akins, and Rhett Akins. View Photo


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