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Mar 13, 2009 BMI President & CEO, Del Bryant; Espinoza Paz, Composer of the Year and BMI's Delia Orjuela View Photo

Mar 13, 2009 BMI's President & CEO Del Bryant; BMI's Delia Orjuela; Espinoza Paz, Composer of the Year and Pepe Garza, Latin Publisher of the Year. View Photo

Mar 13, 2009 BMI Icon Gloria Estefan View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 2009 BMI Latin Icon Gloria Estefan View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 As part of CRS-40, Lyric Street Records and Carolwood Records co-hosted a guitar pull at the ICON in Nashville’s Gulch area. Pictured at the event are BMI’s Perry Howard, Lyric Street artists and BMI songwriters Sarah Buxton and Billy Ray Cyrus, Carolwood artist and BMI songwriter Trent Tomlinson, BMI’s Mason Hunter, Wilmington, Delaware’s WXCY-FM General Manager Bob Bloom, and BMI’s… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured performing during the annual WCRS Live! showcase presented by BMI and Country Aircheck Thursday, March 5 are Jamey Johnson, Bobby Pinson, Paul Overstreet and Josh Turner. View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured at the annual WCRS Live! showcase presented by BMI and Country Aircheck Thursday, March 5 are BMI’s Dan Spears and Clay Bradley, performers Paul Overstreet, Josh Turner, Jamey Johnson, and Bobby Pinson, and BMI’s Jody Williams. Staged during CRS-40, the anticipated evening of live music featured a commanding set from multiple award-winning singer-songwriters. View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Justin Townes Earle recently changed his songwriter affiliation to BMI. Earle’s 2008 album The Good Life elicited lavish praise from outlets including The New York Times, No Depression, and hometown tastemaker the Nashville Scene. His follow-up for Chicago-based indie label Bloodshot Records, dubbed Midnight at the Movies, hit streets March 3. Pictured with Justin Townes Earle are BMI’s Jody Williams… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Pictured at the party Thursday, March 5 celebrating the Zac Brown Band’s first no. 1 single “Chicken Fried” are BMI’s Bradley Collins, Angelika Music’s Richard Blackstone, ROAR’s Lynn Oliver and Matt Maher, co-writers Wyatt Durrette and Zac Brown, CAA’s John Huis and Matthew Morgan, ROAR’s Will Ward and BMI’s Jody Williams, with Bigger Picture Promotion’s Jeff Solima and Michael Powers… View Photo

Mar 12, 2009 Co-writers Wyatt Durrette (left) and Zac Brown (right) enjoy jokes, sweet tea and fried chicken at the BMI-hosted party Thursday, March 5 celebrating the Zac Brown Band’s first no. 1 single, “Chicken Fried.” View Photo