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May 15, 2013 BMI Icon David Foster offered interaction and guidance at the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Master Sessions at the University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music. View Photo

May 15, 2013 From left, SHOF Board Member Mary Jo Mennella of Music Asset Management, Inc.; Dr. Robert Cutietta, Dean of USC Thornton School of Music; BMI Icon David Foster; music veteran Gary Lemel; BMI songwriter, SHOF inductee and USC Thornton faculty member Lamont Dozier; BMI's Barbara Cane; SHOF Abe Olman Publisher Award Recipient and Peermusic CEO Ralph Peer; and USC Thornton's Chris… View Photo

May 15, 2013 From left, fellow USC Thornton School of Music West Coast Committee Members Randy Poe (Leiber & Stoller); Barbara Cane (BMI); Tom DeSavia (SONGS); and Kathy Spanberger (Peermusic) with SHOF Board Member Mary Jo Mennella (Music Asset Management, Inc.).; USC Thornton's Chris Sampson and Dr. Robert Cutietta. View Photo

May 15, 2013 USC Thornton School of Music freshman Brooke Randol sings a few bars of the iconic Bonnie Raitt song "I Can't Make You Love Me," while David Foster offers some coaching. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant (L) and BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane (R) present singer/songwriter Adam Levine with the 2013 BMI President's Award at the 2013 BMI Pop Awards. View Photo

May 15, 2013 Singer/Songwriter Chris Daughtry attends the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo

May 15, 2013 BMI President & CEO Del Bryant (L) and BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane (R) present singer/songwriter Adam Levine with the 2013 BMI President's Award at the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo

May 15, 2013 (L-R) Ryan Keith Follese, Gavin DeGraw, Amy Heidemann and Nick Louis Noonan of the pop duo Karmin and Nash Overstreet attend the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo

May 15, 2013 Claude Kelly, Co-BMI Songwriter of the Year award recipient, pauses for a photo at the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. View Photo

May 15, 2013 (L-R) BMI President & CEO Del Bryant, BMI Senior Vice President Writer/Publisher Relations Phil Graham, Chairman & CEO Universal Music Publishing Group Zach Horowitz, BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane and President Universal Music Publishing Group North America Evan Lamberg attend the 2013 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on May 14,… View Photo