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Apr 14, 2009 Respected tastemaker Chris Farren recently made the switch, joining BMI’s growing family. The two-time Grammy-nominated producer and five-time Grammy-nominated publisher has also proven to be an acute businessman, spearheading Combustion Music as the multi-genre publishing powerhouse’s president. The company features a 12-deep writing roster that includes The Kings of Leon, Ashley Gorley, and Gordie Sampson. Pictured are BMI’s Jody Williams,… View Photo

Apr 10, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s acoustic lunch featuring a performance by Grammy Award-winner Lila Downs Wednesday, April 8 in Los Angeles are Paul Cohen, Lila Downs, BMI’s Marissa Lopez and Gil Gastelum. View Photo

Apr 10, 2009 Lila performs songs from her acclaimed album Shake Away at BMI’s acoustic lunch Wednesday, April 8 at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles. View Photo

Apr 10, 2009 Lila Downs performs at BMI’s acoustic lunch Wednesday, April 8 at the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles. View Photo

Apr 10, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s acoustic lunch featuring a performance by Grammy Award-winner Lila Downs Wednesday, April 8 in Los Angeles are Paul Cohen, BMI’s Casey Robison and Marissa Lopez, and Lila Downs, with BMI’s Delia Orjuela, Barbara Cane and Ray Yee. View Photo

Apr 10, 2009 BMI COO John Cody visited with the cast of Jersey Boys as they ended their recent run at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville. Cody is also on the TPAC board of directors executive committee. Pictured are Jersey Boys’ Erik Bates (Tommy DeVito) and Josh Franklin (Bob Gaudio); BMI COO John Cody; Jersey Boys’ Steve Gouveia (Nick Massi);… View Photo

Apr 07, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s April installment of the Acoustic Lounge series in Los Angeles are performer Manuel Romero, BMI’s Tavi Shabestari, and performer Ken Will Morton, with BMI’s Delia Orjuela and Myles Lewis. View Photo

Apr 07, 2009 Composer Tim Maurice was named the 2009 BMI Film Scoring Scholarship recipient during the annual BMI Day at Berklee College of Music held recently in Boston. Maurice, a film scoring major, received the scholarship at a presentation by BMI composer David Newman, in whose name this year's scholarship is given. Pictured are David Newman; Berklee Film Scoring Department Chair Dan… View Photo

Apr 03, 2009 Jeffrey Steele treated a substantial crowd to a welcome full-band blitz during BMI’s Tin Pan South Showcase Thursday, April 2 at Mercy Lounge. The rowdy audience enjoying Steele’s performance included some of the hitmaker’s most recognizable friends. Hanging out backstage before the show are Kix Brooks; Bob DiPiero; Craig Wiseman; BMI’s Clay Bradley; NSAI’s Erika Wollam Nichols; Jeffrey Steele; and… View Photo

Apr 03, 2009 Pictured in a Nashville studio during a session booked to re-record Sammy Johns’ 1974 hit “Chevy Van” are BMI’s David Preston, Sammy Johns, guitar legend James Burton, producer and publisher Tom Long, and Darryl Burgess. View Photo